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• ear|lock — «IHR LOK», noun. 1. a lock of hair worn next to either ear by ultra Orthodox Jews (in obedience to a Biblical commandment, Leviticus 19:27, prohibiting the rounding off of hair on the temples). 2. a lock of hair near the ear …   Useful english dictionary

• ear locks — lock of hair worn next to each ear (by Ultra Orthodox Jews) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Burnt ear — Burnt Burnt, p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. [1913 Webster] {Burnt ear}, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See {Smut}. {Burnt offering},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jew's-ear — noun A kind of edible fungus growing on tree trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes. Over the hearth hang bunches of drying mushrooms, the thin, curling kind they call jews ears, which have grown on the elder trees since Judas hanged… …   Wiktionary

• MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Payot — (also peyot, payos, peyes, ] , and the Priestly Code of the Torah arguing that, in certain cases of tzaraath, the hair should be completely shaved away [] OriginAccording to biblical scholars, the shaving of hair was originally a mourning custom… …   Wikipedia

• POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Mishpatim — (מִּשְׁפָּטִים Hebrew for “laws,” the second word of the parshah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. Jews in the… …   Wikipedia

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• Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …   Universalium