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Sages Of Israel
Chazal or Ḥazal () are the Jewish sages of the Mishnaic and Talmudic eras, spanning from the final 300 years of the Second Temple period until the 7th century, or . Their authority was mostly in the field of ''Halakha'' (Jewish law) and less regarding Jewish theology. Rabbinic eras (eras of ''Halakha'') Chazal are generally divided according to their era and the major written products thereof: * ''Soferim'' ("scribes"): Sages from the period preceding Ezra the scribe and up to the ''Zugot'' era, including the men of the Great Assembly. Traditionally, the era of ''Soferim'' is assumed to have stretched from the ''Matan Torah'' ("giving of the Law"; i.e., the receipt of the Torah by Moses on Mount Sinai) to the era of the earliest ''Halakha'', including the times of Simeon the Just. * ''Zugot'' ("pairs"): Five pairs of sages from consecutive generations who lived during a period of roughly 100 years toward the end of the Second Temple era. (142BCE) * ''Tannaim'' ("teachers") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hebrew Abbreviations
Abbreviations () are a common part of the Hebrew language, with many organizations, places, people and concepts known by their abbreviations. Typography Acronyms in Hebrew use a special punctuation mark called gershayim (). This mark is placed between the last two letters of the non-inflected form of the acronym (e.g. "report" in singular is , hence the plural ). Acronyms can be formed from strings of single initial letters, e.g. (for ), or multiple initial letters, e.g. (for , the Holy Land) or (for , Rishon LeZion). If the acronym is read as is, then the spelling should be with a final form letter. If, on the other hand, the acronym is read as the complete phrase or read as the individual letters, then it should be spelled with a medial form letter. In practice, this rule is often ignored, and the acronyms spelled either way. Abbreviations that are truncations of a single word, consisting of the first letter or first several letters of that word (as opposed to acronyms for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |