https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen Chosen things en-us 2016-09-08 14:28:56 UTC 2016-09-16 14:49:07 UTC hello@padlet.com beporter0927 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122763013 Tefillin is a set of small leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. It is worn around the upper arm, hand or on the head. Tefillin is worn as a sign of "remembrance" that God brought the children out of Egypt.]]> 2016-09-09 14:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122763013 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122768396 Mezuzah is a parchment inscribed with religious texts and attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house as a sign of faith.]]> 2016-09-09 15:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122768396 Semsaccount https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122769305 Star of David, is a six pointed figure consisting of two interlaced, which is used as a Jewish and Israeli symbol. The Star of David is also known as the Magen David, meaning the Shield of David. The Zohar (3:73) says that " There are three knots connecting [three entities] one to another: the holy one, blessed be He; Torah; and Israel."]]> 2016-09-09 15:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122769305 beporter0927 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122934816 2016-09-10 21:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122934816 beporter0927 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122934869 2016-09-10 21:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/122934869 setsers1 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123080146 George Setser
Tzitzit are attached to the Tallit and Tallit Katan. According to the Torah, the purpose of wearing Tzitzit is to remind the Jews of their religious obligations.]]> 2016-09-12 12:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123080146 setsers1 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123090426 George Setser
Is an Aramaic word from the root T-L-L meaning cover. Tallit literally means cloak or sheet but in Talmudic times already referred to the Jewish Prayer Shawl.]]> 2016-09-12 12:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123090426 beporter0927 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123145249 A yarmulke is a skullcap worn, especially during prayer and religious study, by Jewish males adhering to Orthodox or conservative tradition   ]]> 2016-09-12 14:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123145249 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123154434 2016-09-12 14:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123154434 Semsaccount https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123158901 Menorah is the Hebrew word for lamp, referring to the seven branched candelabrum that was used in an ancient temple in Jerusalem. The lamp that is used during Hanukkah. For every on of the nine nights a candle is used. Plus, if needed a helper candle is added called a Shammash.

]]> 2016-09-12 14:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123158901 beporter0927 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123478805 Reuven uses a tefillin while he's in the hospital to pray. He asks the nurse "May I pray with my tefilin?]]> 2016-09-13 14:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123478805 setsers1 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123724575 Reuven is describing what the Orthodox Jews are wearing and he describes the tzitzit as "long fringes appended to the four corners of the garment, came out above their belts and swung against their pants as they walked." (Chosen pg 9)]]> 2016-09-14 12:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123724575 setsers1 https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123734958 Reuven is explaining that it is a shawl that the Jews pray with.]]> 2016-09-14 12:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beporter0927/ThingsEnglish2Chosen/wish/123734958