Pennsylvania Dutch. Pennsylvania Dutch is the language used by the Amish population here in Lancaster County. It is considered to be their first and native language. The Amish learn to read, write and speak in English, allowing them to communicate with the ‘outside world’. How do you say hello in […]
Scots, along with its closest relative English, is a member of the West Germanic family of languages, a group that also includes Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, and German. It is a distinctive language, divergent from English since at least the fourteenth century. Are Scots Celtic or Germanic? GermanicWhile Highland Scots […]
Yes, it’s often possible to communicate with a Dutch because many of them speak English or even German. I would not say that — generally, there are always exceptions — any German would easily understand Dutch. Can you understand Dutch If you know German? The Germanic language family to which […]
Yeshua. Jesus’ name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua. What does Yeshua mean in Hebrew? to rescueYeshua in Hebrew is a verbal derivative from “to rescue”, “to deliver”. Among the Jews of the Second Temple period, the Biblical Aramaic/Hebrew name יֵשׁוּעַ, Yēšūaʿ was common: the Hebrew […]
“mother tongue”), distinguishing it from לשון־קודש (loshn koydesh, “holy tongue”), meaning Hebrew and Aramaic. The term “Yiddish”, short for Yidish Taitsh (“Jewish German”), did not become the most frequently used designation in the literature until the 18th century. Where did the term Yiddish come from? The term “Yiddish” is derived […]
Yiddish is a fusion language with Germanic, Hebraic, and Slavic elements and hundreds of thousands of speakers worldwide. The primary language of Ashkenazic Jews, Yiddish is currently spoken mostly in Israel, Russia, the United States, and several European countries. Who speaks Yiddish in the world? In the 21st century, most […]
Yiddish is a language once spoken by Jews in an area spreading from Alsace to the Urals, influenced by and influencing local languages and cultures. It neared extinction in the 20th century when it lost the majority of its speakers, mostly – but not only – through the Holocaust. When […]
Hebrew is a Semitic language (a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages, languages spoken across the Middle East), while Yiddish is a German dialect which integrates many languages, including German, Hebrew, Aramaic, and various Slavic and Romance languages. Is Hebrew the same as German? The short answer is no. Hebrew (Biblical […]
Definition of halacha : the body of Jewish law supplementing the scriptural law and forming especially the legal part of the Talmud. What does the name Halacha mean? The word halakha is derived from the Hebrew root halakh – “to walk” or “to go”. Taken literally, therefore, halakha translates as […]
Many are Palestinian refugees or internally displaced Palestinians, including more than a million in the Gaza Strip, about 750,000 in the West Bank and about 250,000 in Israel proper.Palestinians. الفلسطينيون al-Filasṭīnīyūn – West Bank 2,930,000 (of whom 809,738 are registered refugees (2017)) What percent of Israel is Palestinian? 20.95 percentAccording […]
First-century historian Josephus observed that there were three sects among the Jews: the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and Essenes. Historian Pamela Nadell examines these once-flourishing sects that thrived in the late Second Temple era until the war between the Jews and the Romans (66–70 A.D.) sealed their fates. What are the […]
In 2018, the Israel Democracy institute estimated that the Haredim comprised 12% of Israel’s total population, and just over 15% of the Jewish population. Is Haredi the same as Hasidic? Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Haredi (“ultra-Orthodox”) Judaism, and is noted for its religious and social conservatism and social […]
8%. In 2010 a report released by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics showed that 8% of Israel’s Jewish population defines itself as ultra-Orthodox, 12% as Orthodox, 13% as traditional-religious, 25% as traditional, and 42% as secular, on a descending scale of religiosity. How many haredim are there in Israel? […]
Home. Paying for Seminary. Preparing Your Mind, Heart & Family for Seminary.There can be several varieties of financial aid: Entrance scholarships. These are based on academic merit. In-course scholarships. Transfer scholarships. Bursaries (or grants). Family assistance. Budget of faith. Extra offerings. Education fund. Can you get financial aid for seminary? […]
What is seminary training? It is a program of study that includes Bible, theology, church history, philosophy, biblical languages, preaching, leadership, administration and other subjects that lead to a graduate degree. What does it mean to go to seminary school? a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., […]