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An enclosure in a synagogue for the Torah scrolls. Ashkenazi (Hebrew, “native of Germany”), pl. Ashkenazim — ...
An enclosure in a synagogue for the Torah scrolls. Ashkenazi (Hebrew, “native of Germany”), pl. Ashkenazim — ...
In Sumer and later in Babylon, religious rituals involved sacred sexuality in the form of the Sacred Marriage or hieros gamos, an act simulating marriage.
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Bible References: Deuteronomy 23.8; 1 Kings 14.24; 1 Kings 15.12, 22.46; 2 Kings 23.7; Heart of Story: Cult prostitution was rampant in ...
During the religious reforms that occurred in Judah in the sixth century B.C., Josiah, king of Judah, “broke down the houses of the male ...
kedeshah literally means set apart (in feminine ... homosexuals and homosexual prostitutes.[69][70][71][72] Xochiquetzal was worshiped as goddess of sexual
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A word widely used, but what does it actually mean? Various translations are given, including, "holy", "sanctified" and "separate".
Holiness is not inherent in creation but comes by God's dictates. He sanctifies or sets apart the Sabbath (Gen 2:3; Exod 20:11), Israel and its priests (Exod 29 ...
Attention to ethical sofrut—Jewish scribal arts that take seriously how those animals lived and died—is still rare. But it is growing. When Scribes Knew Their ...