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Moriah (newspaper)
Moriah was a Hebrew language daily newspaper, published in Ottoman Palestine between 1910 and 1915. History The newspaper was founded in Jerusalem by the Printer (publishing), printer Rabbi Yehuda Aharon Weiss, after the downfall of "Habazeleth" that was, prior to that, the leading newspaper of the Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jewish community in Jerusalem. The permit to publish "Moriah", which was also the name of the printing house that printed the newspaper (owned by Weiss and his partner, Rabbi Moshe Samuel Schinbaum), was granted by the Ottoman authorities, after assuring they would abide with the Ottoman law. The newspaper's chief editor, in all its years of publication, was Yitzhak Yaakov Yellin, who also wrote a significant portion of its articles. Together with Weiss, Yellin made it a goal of the newspaper to reform the "Old Yishuv" and its public conduct. Right from the first issue, the founders express their intent of addressing the Haredi Jews in a manner representing Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Language
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a dead language that has been revived. It is also one of only two Northwest Semitic languages still in use, with the other being Aramaic. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' Lashon Hakodesh'' (, ) since an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
