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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 preserve ...

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Orit Gadiesh Orit Gadiesh ( he, אורית גדיש born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and chairperson of management consulting firm Bain & Company. Biography Gadiesh was born in Haifa, Israel, in 1951, the daughter of a Berlin- ...

Orit Noked Orit Noked ( he, אורית נוקד, born 25 October 1952) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party and as Minister of Agriculture. Biography Born in Jerusalem in 1952, Noked studied l ...

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 Tku ...

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Orit Rozin Orit Rozin is an Israeli historian. She is a professor of Jewish history at the University of Tel Aviv. Donna Robinson Divine, writing in ''The New Rambler'' in 2016, described Rozin as "one of a new generation of scholars building their careers ...

Orit Bar-On Orit Bar-On (אורית בראון; born November 17, 1975) is an Israeli judoka. Bar-On was born in Netanya, Israel. Judo career She was trained in judo by Israeli Olympic silver medalist Yael Arad. Bar-On won the national Israeli judo champi ...

Orit Ishay Orit Ishay (Hebrew: אורית ישי; born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation. She is also a lecturer in photography. Ishay's art examines the interrelation between man and place and possible systems of re ...

Orit Zuaretz Orit Zuaretz ( he, אורית זוארץ, born 21 February 1967) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and Hatnuah between 2009 and 2013. Biography Born Svetlana Moiseyevna Chernyak (russian: Светлана ...

Orit Galili-Zucker Dr. Orit Galili-Tzucker (born in Jerusalem on 29 March 1956) is a former journalist and an Israeli political consultant. She was the head of the political communications team for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Galili-Zucker holds a bachelo ...

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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 ...

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Octateuch The Octateuch (, from grc, ἡ ὀκτάτευχος, he oktateuchos, "eight-part book") is a traditional name for the first eight books of the Bible, comprising the Pentateuch, plus the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges and the Book of Ruth. The ...

, 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 wor ...

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Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...

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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 ...

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Book of Judges The Book of Judges (, ') is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdo ...

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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 th ...

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