Orit is a
Hebrew language feminine given name ().
Notable people with this given name include:
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Orit Gadiesh
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Orit Noked
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Orit Strook
Orit Malka Strook ( he, אוֹרִית מַלְכָּה סְטְרוֹק, born 15 March 1960) is an Israeli far-right politician. She serves as a member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party, and served as member of the Knesset for Tkum ...
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Orit Wolf
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Orit Adato
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Orit Rozin
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Orit Bar-On
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Orit Ishay
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Orit Zuaretz
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Orit Galili-Zucker
Other uses
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Beta Israel
The Beta Israel ( he, בֵּיתֶא יִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Bēteʾ Yīsrāʾēl''; gez, ቤተ እስራኤል, , modern ''Bēte 'Isrā'ēl'', EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "House of Israel" or "Community of Israel"), also known as Ethiopian Jews ...
name for the
Octateuch, which is the set of scriptures used in Ethiopian Jewish
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
s - the Orit comprises the
Torah plus the
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isra ...
, the
Book of Judges, and the
Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth ( he, מגילת רות, ''Megilath Ruth'', "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five Megillot) is included in the third division, or the Writings (Ketuvim), of the Hebrew Bible. In most Christian canons it is treated as one of the ...
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Hebrew feminine given names