What collectively are Beas, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, and the Sutlej?
"1947, the Majha region of Punjab got split into India and Pakistan when the Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab were formed. The Majha region of Indian State of Punjab covers the area between Beas and Ravi rivers, including the area on the north of Sutlej, after the confluence of Beas and Sutlej at Harike in Tarn Taran district, extending up to the Ravi river, which is all part of the Majha region in India. This region contains thirteen districts of the Pakistani province of Punjab and four districts of Indian state of Punjab - Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot."
"Jabesh Jabesh (ja'-besh) יבש in the Bible is the father of king Shallum of the northern kingdom of ten tribes. Jabesh was also a city in Gilead. In Judges 19 11 tribes of Israel had all but wiped out the tribe of Benjamin. Only 600 men from Benjamin remained on the Rimmon Rock. However the eleven tribes relented from destroying the whole tribe and they decided that they needed to find wives for the 600 men since all other people in Benjamin had been killed. But they had taken an oath not to give their daughters to a Benjamanite so"
"Yitzchak of Lublin (known as ""The Seer of Lublin""), the prominent Billiczer rabbinical family of Szerencs, Hungary and the Dym family of rabbis and communal leaders in Galicia. Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye, one of the most prominent student of Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad, the Fruchter-Langer families and Rabbi Meir Zelig Mann of Memel, Lithuania (b. 1921, d. 2008). His most important work ""Shenei Luḥot HaBerit"" (, ""Two Tablets of the Covenant"", abbreviated ""Shelah"" ), is an encyclopedic compilation of ritual, ethics, and mysticism. It was originally intended as an ethical will - written as a"
"end, teaching them the traditional Slonimer melodies. The Slonim Hasidic dynasty was virtually wiped out in the Holocaust; the yeshiva in Jerusalem served as the focus for its revival. As part of his effort to rejuvenate Slonimer chasidus, Rabbi Sholom Noach was responsible for collecting the oral traditions ascribed to previous Slonimer rebbes (who did not commit their teachings to writing) in works such as ""Divrei Shmuel"" and ""Toras Ovos"". In 1954, Rabbi Berezovsky's father-in-law agreed to assume the mantle of the Rebbe. Rabbi Sholom Noach wrote up his discourses, too; they were subsequently published as ""Birkas Avrohom"". Rabbi Sholom"
"Yaakov Schwei Aharon Yaakov Schwei is an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movement. Rabbi Schwei serves as on the Bais Din Tzedek (Jewish Rabbinical Court) of the Chabad community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a member of the Crown Heights Beth Din (rabbinical court), Rabbi Schwei is considered one of the community's chief rabbis (Aramaic, מרא דאתרא (""Marah D'Asra"")). The rabbinical court is the spiritual and religious body governing the Crown Heights Chabad community. There are currently four rabbis serving on the Beth Din: Each hold the title ""Marah D'Asra"". Rabbi Schwei supervises and grants kosher"
"as a subset of the Afro-Asiatic languages, denoting the common linguistic heritage of Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ethiopic, Hebrew and Canaanite-Phoenician languages. The following family tree contains information from the Hebrew Bible, without data from any other sources. According to Luke 3, an additional figure named Cainan is the son of Arpachshad and the father of Shelah. Shem Shem (; ""Shem"";) was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature. The children of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram, in addition to daughters. Abraham, the patriarch of the Hebrews and Arabs,"
"by Hasidic Judaism. It is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Shalom Sharabi (1777), known as ""the Rashash"" and considered the father of all contemporary Sephardic kabbalists, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1950) and the date upon which the seventh Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, formally accepted the leadership of Chabad (1951). His wife Hannah's epitaph reads: Rabbi Katzenellenbogen had many notable descendants. Meir Katzenellenbogen Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen (c. 1482 – 12 January 1565) (also, Meir of Padua, or Maharam Padua, ) was an Italian rabbi born in Katzenelnbogen. Meïr ben Isaac, who was generally called after"
"a red heifer. The boundaries of the areas which are completely forbidden, while having large portions in common, are delineated differently by various rabbinic authorities. However, there is a growing body of Modern Orthodox and national religious rabbis who encourage visits to certain parts of the Mount, which they believe are permitted according to most medieval rabbinical authorities. These rabbis include: Shlomo Goren (former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel); Chaim David Halevi (former Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Yaffo); Dov Lior (Rabbi of Kiryat Arba); Yosef Elboim; Yisrael Ariel; She'ar Yashuv Cohen (Chief Rabbi of Haifa); Yuval Sherlo (rosh"
"in Mea Shearim include: Breslov, Slonim, Toldos Aharon, Toldos Avraham Yitzchak, Mishkenos HaRoim, and Satmar. The Pinsk-Karlin dynasty also has its center here. The Edah HaChareidis, which supervises kashrut certification and runs a Jewish religious court, has its headquarters at the western end of Mea Shearim. Mea Shearim is the stronghold of both factions of the Neturei Karta movement, as well as the movement whence they sprang, the descendants of the original Perushim community, also known as ""Yerushalmis"". Some residents have asked to live under Arab rule. The late Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, the leading posek of Litvish/Yeshivish Jewry, made"
"group being known as סלונים and the Bnei Brak group being known as סלאנים. They are two distinct groups today and have many differences between them. The first Rebbe of Slonim, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg (1804–1883), was the author of ""Yesod HaAvodah"". In 1873 he sent a group of his grandchildren and other Hasidim to settle in Ottoman Palestine; they set up their community in Tiberias. Almost all of the Slonimer Hasidim in Europe perished at the hands of the Nazis in the Holocaust. The present-day Slonimer community was rebuilt from the Slonimer Hasidim who had settled in Israel. In addition"
"of sefarim. Over the years, Rabbi Yochanan founded many synagogues, chederim and kollelim, which he named after his ancestors. The Ezrat Torah Campus in Jerusalem is named ""Beth Chasam Sofer"", as is the Erlau Synagogue in Haifa. The chederim are named ""Talmud Torah Ksav Sofer"" after the Chasam Sofer's son; the kollelim and synagogues are named ""Yad Sofer"" after rabbi Yochanan's father and the main yeshiva campus in Katamon is named ""Ohel Shimon MiErlau"" after his grandfather. He has authored numerous Torah commentary works, naming them ""Imrei Sofer"". The Erlau community is considered Hassidic style, though strictly follows Ashkenaz customs"
"which include """"Sha'arei HaYichud VeHaEmunoh"","" """"Sha'arei Avoda"","" and """"Avodas HaLevi""."" The Staroselyer Rebbe was a follower of the first Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. After the passing of R' Shneur Zalman, R' Aharon HaLevi started his own Chassidic following, an offshoot of Chabad, in Staroselye. Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok (Hasidic dynasty) Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok is a Hasidic movement located in Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighborhood. It is an offshoot of the Hasidic group Toldos Aharon, which is in turn an offshoot of Shomer Emunim. It is led by its Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Kohn. Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok is one"
"the leading figure of the faction of Breslov which is connected to the larger Ashkenazi Hasidic community, centered in Meah Shearim. Thousands of people from all over the world and from all backgrounds flock to him for guidance on all matters, and for his blessings. A selection of Shechter's talks from ""Leket Amarim"" (A Collection of Talks) was translated into English as ""In All Your Ways: A Guide to Avodas Hashem"" (Moznaim Publishers). This work incorporates Shechter's broad knowledge of Talmud, Midrash, Mussar, Breslov Hasidut, and Kabbalah into an inspirational guide for the spiritual seeker. Yaakov Meir Shechter Rabbi Yaakov"
"Los Angeles, New York, Paris, London, Montreal, and Lakewood Township, New Jersey. While there are no exact statistics, according to the Breslov Research Institute, the number of core adherents in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak amounts to several thousands families, and several tens in Safed. The original Jerusalem community, was founded by emigrees from Ukraine in the late 19th century, and was joined by descendants of the ""Yerushami yishuv hayashan"" (Old Yishuv in Jerusalem) community. It is built around the Breslov Yeshiva in Mea Shearim founded by Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim Rosen in 1953, which is referred to as the shul. It"
"= Mendel; Asher = Anshel. Some Kinnuim represent the ancestral tribes of Israel, referencing the animal-like attributes of four of the sons of Jacob and one of his grandsons: Judah, the lion (e.g. the family name Lyon, Loewe); Benjamin, the wolf (e.g. the family name Woolf); Naftali, the deer (e.g. the family names Hirsch, Hersch, Harris); and Issachar, the ass (or the bear) (e.g. the family names Bar, Baer, Barell, Barnard, Bernhardt, Berthold, Schulter ); plus Ephraim, the fish (e.g. the family name Fish). The Austrian Emperor Joseph II Habsburg, who controlled a substantial part of Europe in the late"
"in the Aramaic language. The addition to its name of Al-Halaweh (the Arabic word for “the beautiful”) relates to its natural beauty. Jbaa is the capital of Iqlim al-Tuffah, and was the Directorate of Independence during the French mandate over Lebanon. In the 20th century, it was known as an important resort for the peoples of Nabatieh and Sidon and the rest of the Jabal Amel area. Jbaa has fancy restaurants and hotels because of its dozens beautiful and famous natural springs: Ein-elteen, Marjah, Kabiy, Ein-Arkez, Hoelh-spring, spring-Abboud, Spring-Valley and Albsis. Evidence shows that Jbaa has been continually inhabited since"
"eldest son, Rabbi Menachem Nachum, became the Boyaner Rebbe in Chernowitz, Bukovina. Rabbi Menachem Nachum's son-in-law, Rabbi Moshenu (1841–1943), became the Boyaner Rebbe in Krakow. The Pachad Yitzchok's second son, Rabbi Yisroel (1878–1951), became the Boyaner Rebbe in Leipzig, Germany. His third son, Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov (1884–1941), became the Boyaner Rebbe in Lemberg. His fourth son, Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo (1891–1971), became the Boyaner Rebbe in New York. After the latter's death, the Boyaner dynasty was leaderless until 1984, when Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo's grandson, Rabbi Nachum Dov Brayer (born 1959), was crowned Boyaner Rebbe. The dynasty is now headquartered in Jerusalem,"
"the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. According to the Hebrew Bible, Benjamin's name arose when Jacob deliberately changed the name ""Benoni"", the original name of Benjamin, since Benoni was an allusion to Rachel's dying just after she had given birth, as it means ""son of my pain"". Textual scholars regard these two names as fragments of naming narratives coming from different sources - one being the Jahwist and the other being the Elohist. Unusually for one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the Bible does not explain the etymology of Benjamin's name. Medieval commentator Rashi gives two different"
"where the Sephardic and Ashkenazi customs differ. These glosses are widely referred to as the ""mappah"" (literally: the ""tablecloth"") to the Shulchan Aruch's ""Set Table"". Almost all published editions of the Shulchan Aruch include this gloss, and the term ""Shulchan Aruch"" has come to denote ""both"" Karo's work as well as Isserles', with Karo usually referred to as ""the ""mechaber"""" (""author"") and Isserles as ""the Rema"" (an acronym of Rabbi Moshe Isserles). The ""Shulchan Aruch"" (and its forerunner, the Beit Yosef) follow the same structure as ""Arba'ah Turim"" by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher. There are four sections, each subdivided into"
"Shneur Zalman of Liadi Shneur Zalman of Liady (, September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S. / 18 Elul 5505 – 24 Tevet 5573), was an Orthodox rabbi and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi in the Russian Empire. He was the author of many works, and is best known for ""Shulchan Aruch HaRav"", ""Tanya"", and his ""Siddur Torah Or"" compiled according to the ""Nusach Ari"". Zalman is a Yiddish variant of Solomon and Shneur (or Shne'or) is a Yiddish composite of the two Hebrew words ""shnei ohr"" (שני"
"States and Canada,"" also known as Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch who also banned COTS Yaakov Schwei Aharon Yaakov Schwei is an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movement. Rabbi Schwei serves as on the Bais Din Tzedek (Jewish Rabbinical Court) of the Chabad community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a member of the Crown Heights Beth Din (rabbinical court), Rabbi Schwei is considered one of the community's chief rabbis (Aramaic, מרא דאתרא (""Marah D'Asra"")). The rabbinical court is the spiritual and religious body governing the Crown Heights Chabad community. There are currently four rabbis serving on the Beth"
"in Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Jerusalem, Petach Tikva, Haifa and Netanya. These synagogues still operate but have been integrated into the larger community with no distinct character of their own. Besides for that of Bnei Brak founded by rabbi Yitzchak Shlomo Ungar and that of Petach Tikva founded by Rabbi Shmaryahu Deutch. Rabbi Ungar, a descendant of the Chasam Sofer, founded a Yeshiva named Machneh Avraham and a kashrut organization named Chug Chasam Sofer which are both very active and well known. After Rabbi Ungar's passing in 1994 the yeshiva appointed Rabbi Altman as rabbi and rosh yeshiva, with Rabbi"
"if the syllable ""yau"" is part of the word Yahveh, with "" h "" dropped out, it would appear that in some families the worship of Yahveh is also reflected in the family name. These lists of names bear clear testimony as to the co-existence of Ba'al worship alongside of the worship of Jehovah in Northern Israel. On the sherds found, the only years mentioned are the ninth, tenth, fifteenth, and seventeenth, and the only materials are wine and oil. The names Kheles, Akhinoam, Akhimelek, Kha-nan, Ba'ara (female), Gomer (female), Meribaal, are all Biblical, while Gaddiyau and Shemaryau are the"
"confrontation with the prophets of Baal. That ""ravens"" fed Elijah by the brook Chorath has been questioned. The Hebrew text at uses the word ""`ōrvīm"", which means ""ravens"", but with a different vocalization might equally mean ""Arabs"". The Septuagint has , ""ravens"", and other traditional translations followed. Alternatives have been proposed for many years; for example Adam Clarke (d. 1832) treated it as a discussion already of long standing. Objections to the traditional translation are that ravens are ritually unclean (see ) as well as physically dirty; it is difficult to imagine any method of delivery of the food which"
"Tetsh (Hasidic dynasty) The Tetsh Hasidic dynasty is a branch of the Ujhel-Siget Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (1759–1841), Rabbi of Sátoraljaújhely in Hungary, who was a disciple of the Polish Hasidic leader Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin (the Chozeh of Lublin). Rabbi Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum (author of ""Kedushas Yom Tov""), a great-grandson of the founder of the Siget dynasty, was also the Rabbi in the town of Tetsh (then Técső, now Tyachiv, Ukraine). After assuming his father Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum's position in Siget (Sighetu Marmaţiei, Romania) and continuing the main branch of the Siget"
"in Baltimore) Rabbi Schechter was accepted as one of the members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, the supreme rabbinical policy decision-making body of Agudath Israel of America. In this capacity he has become one of the foremost guides and leaders for Haredi Judaism in the United States, particularly of the Lithuanian Jewish community (although he also works. Rabbi Schechter works closely with two other early disciples of Rabbi Hutner on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rabbi Aharon Feldman of and Rabbi Yaakov Perlow ( who was appointed ""Rosh Agudas Yisroel"" -- ""head [of] Agudath Israel [of America]"") the Hasidic Rebbe of"
"of Hassidic melodies. Some accompany certain prayers, others are sung to Biblical verses or are melodies without words. Depending on the tune they are meant to arouse joy, spiritual ecstasy or teshuvah. One special melody, commonly referred to as The Alter Rebbe's Niggun or Dalet Bovos, is reserved by Chabad Hassidim for ushering a groom and bride to their wedding canopy and other select occasions. Shneur Zalman's other works include: Shneur Zalman of Liadi Shneur Zalman of Liady (, September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S. / 18 Elul 5505 – 24 Tevet 5573), was an Orthodox rabbi and"
"of Nineveh) should be the seat of the immense empire. He raised a major revolt against his brother, Ashurbanipal. He led a powerful coalition of peoples also resentful of Assyrian subjugation and rule, including Elam, the Persians, Medes, the Babylonians, Chaldeans and Suteans of southern Mesopotamia, the Arameans of the Levant and southwest Mesopotamia, the Arabs and Dilmunites of the Arabian Peninsula and the Canaanites-Phoenicians. After a bitter struggle Babylon was sacked and its allies vanquished, Shamash-shum-ukim being killed in the process. Elam was destroyed once and for all, and the Babylonians, Persians, Chaldeans, Arabs, Medes, Elamites, Arameans, Suteans and"
"Located in the ethereal plane, under the worldly city of Jerusalem. Citadel of Fire: the First region of Heaven which is the meeting point of ""ishins"". It was ruled by Amael, then by Aziel, and later became the headquarters of Gabriel and the new rebels. Tsafon, Mount of the Congregation: the highest region of the Seventh Heaven where God was asleep. Sheol: the dimension where the remains of Tehom and the gods of darkness were buried. It later served as home to Lucifer and his fallen angels, becoming known as Hell. Castle of Light: the main stronghold of the cherubim,"
"of the Levy committee's opinion. The area is further divided into 8 military administrative regions: Menashe (Jenin area), HaBik'a (Jordan Valley), Shomron (Shechem area, known in Arabic as Nablus), Efrayim (Tulkarm area), Binyamin (Ramallah/al-Bireh area), Maccabim (Maccabim area), Etzion (Bethlehem area) and Yehuda (Hebron area). Judea and Samaria Area Judea and Samaria Area (, ""Ezor Yehuda VeShomron"", also an acronym יו""ש ""Yosh"" or ש""י ""Shai""; , ""Yahuda was-Sāmerah"") is the Israeli government term for the administrative division encompassing Israeli-occupied West Bank excluding East Jerusalem. It is for some purposes regarded by Israeli authorities as one of its administrative regions, although"
"to thrive in various cities. In Yerushalayim, the eldest grandson of Rav Avrohom Yissochor, Rabbi Nosson Nochum Englard, was appointed as Radziner Rav, leading the Radziner Shtiebel and community there. In the third generation, after the death of the ""Orchos Chaim"", his younger brother, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Leiner, became Rebbe in the city of Chelm. He was one of the top students of his older brother, the Orchos Chaim. After his death on 27 Shevat 5680 (1920), two of his sons became Rebbe in Chelm, Rabbi Gedalya and Rabbi Ovadya. A number of years later, his son, Rabbi Yeruchem"
"Yeshivas Beis Yosef Tzvi, the movement's flagship yeshiva on Shmuel HaNavi Street in Jerusalem, as well as the movement's other educational institutions, which have close to 3,000 students in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, and other locales. He and his family reside in the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood of Jerusalem. He is the Son in-law of Rav Zalman Leib Meisels The Seagate Rov. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (third Dushinsky rebbe) Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky () is the third Rebbe of the Dushinsky Hasidic dynasty of Jerusalem, Israel. He assumed the leadership of the Hasidut upon the death of his father, Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky,"
"being ""East"" in Hebrew), that is, in reference to the diverse collection of Middle Eastern and North African Jews who are often, as a group, referred to collectively as ""Sephardim"" (together with Sephardim proper) for liturgical reasons, although Mizrahi Jewish groups and Sephardi Jews proper are ethnically distinct. Smaller groups include, but are not restricted to, Indian Jews such as the Bene Israel, Bnei Menashe, Cochin Jews, and Bene Ephraim; the Romaniotes of Greece; the Italian Jews (""Italkim"" or ""Bené Roma""); the Teimanim from Yemen; various African Jews, including most numerously the Beta Israel of Ethiopia; and Chinese Jews, most"