Hasidic Judaism is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that emphasizes spirituality and the worship of God through joyous and ecstatic prayer and devotion.

Купола /Главы/ Георгиевского собора Выдубицкого монастыря.

На фото: Большой купол над центральным престолом и три (из четырёх) малых купола. Все купола на световом барабане.

Форма крестов на куполах выражает идею храма как Дома Божия и корабля Спасения и имеет соответствующую символику. В данном случае на всех куполах собора мы видим Кресты «накупольные» с полумесяцем. По своей внешней форме эти накупольные кресты отличаются от привычных нам восьмиконечных.

На крестах каплевидные элементы символизирующие капли Крови Христа, что навеки сообщили кресту Его силу.

Полумесяц — это люлька Вифлеемская, принявшая Богомладенца Христа; полумесяц — это чаша евхаристическая, в которой находится Тело Христово; полумесяц — это корабль церковный, ведомый Кормщиком Христом; полумесяц — это и якорь надежды, крестный дар Христа; полумесяц — это и древний змий, попираемый Крестом и полагаемый как враг Божий под ноги Христа.

“Я есмь истинная виноградная лоза, а Отец Мой — виноградарь” (Ин. 15:1). Так назвал себя Иисус Христос, Глава насажденной Им же Церкви.

“Я есмь лоза, а вы ветви; кто пребывает во Мне, и Я в нем, тот приносит много плода” (Ин. 15:5). Эти слова Самого Спасителя положили основание символизму виноградной лозы - главное значение виноградной лозы для христиан находится в символической связи с Таинством причащения.

Возможно, именно лирообразные детали на на концах и в углах крестов являют собой символическое изображение виноградной лозы.

В древности церковь представляла из себя ориентированный с запада на восток крестовокупольный, шестистолпный, трехнефный храм с одним куполом и закомарним покрытием.

Первые свидетельства о ремонте церкви относятся к началу 17 века. Тогда был переложен свод в центральной части и оштукатурены фасады.

В конце 17 - начале 18 веков закомарное перекрытие церкви заменили на четырехскатное, установили четыре боковые купола на барабанах восьмигранной формы, западный фасад укрепили двумя пилонами.

Вследствие реконструкции 1748-1760 годов крыша церкви стала двускатной, купола получили граненую грушевидную форму, над западным фасадом был построен фронтон мягкого волнообразного абриса.

Многочисленны и разнообразны детали лепного декора: фронтон, окна и ниши украшены цветочными гирляндами, растительными побегами, листьями аканфа, порталы - колоннами, капителями ионического и коринфского ордера.

«Свято-Троицкая церковь Кирилловского монастыря в Киеве — объект пристального научно-открывательского и реставраторского внимания Прахова в 1881–1884 гг. — принадлежит к тем немногим памятникам зодчества Древней Руси XII в., которые сохранили первоначальную конструктивную структуру, и чуть ли не единственный памятник на территории тогдашней Российской империи, в котором сохранились фрески того же XII в.

Конечно, в эпоху барокко Кирилловская церковь была «украшена» приличествующими этому пышному стилю декоративными деталями, привычными луковично-барочными куполами, исказившими прежний облик храма, но адаптировавшими его к «художественным тенденциям» XVIII в.

Год строительства церкви в хрониках не сохранился, однако в Ипатьевской летописи храм впервые поминается под 1171 г., затем — под 1179м. Церковь, и сейчас находящаяся на отшибе от центра Киева (в Дорогожичах, откуда шли дороги на Чернигов), была усыпальницей князей черниговской династии Ольговичей. В 1194 г. в ней нашел упокоение герой «Слова о полку Игореве» киевский князь Святослав Всеволодович, отец которого — князь Всеволод Кирилл II Ольгович (былинный Чурило) — и упомянут в Лаврентьевской летописи как основатель храма в честь св. Кирилла, епископа Александрийского. Церковь построена классически: из плинфы на известково-кирпичном растворе.

Это трехнефный, трехабсидный шестистолпный крестовокупольный храм, первоначально — с одним куполом и системой коробовых сводов. В западной части здания расположены хоры, на которые в северной стене ведут узкие ступени. В нартексе сохранились древние аркасолии (ниши), где еще в XVII в. стояли саркофаги князей Ольговичей. Храм достойно освещен 42 окнами, расположенными в «шеях» куполов и на фасадах.»

/Андрей Пучков, «Кирилловские черновики А.В. Прахова/

Мозаїка «Богоматір Оранта» у просторі вівтаря собору святоі Софії в Києві, близько 1018 року.

Оранта (від лат. orans — «той, що молиться») — один із основних типів зображення Божої Матері. Оранта зображувалася з піднятими вгору руками — жест адорації (молитви). Це один із найдавніших жестів, що звернений до Бога, і означав благання, прохання. Молитва Оранти звернена до Христа-Вседержителя (Пантократора).

Мозаїчний образ Богоматері Оранти XI століття у соборі Київської Софії. Вона зображена у надвівтарній частині на загальному мозаїчному фоні. Стоїть на чотирикутному золотому камені з піднятими руками. Освячена 1049 року.

Над образом Богородиці грецькою мовою слова з Книги псалмів: «Бог серед… [міста], воно не похитнеться; Бог йому допоможе перед світанком» (Пс. 45:6) Вона — символ вічного Києва. Це уявлення відобразилося у народному повір'ї: «Допоки в Софії є Оранта, стоятиме й Київ».

Другой источник прочтения:

«По периметру дуги апсиды проходит греческая надпись, которая еще раз подчеркивает предстательство Богоматери: «ὁ Θεὸς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ σαλευθήσεται·βοηθήσει αὐτῇ ὁ Θεὸς τὸ πρὸς πρωΐ πρωΐ – Бог посреди ея и не подвижется: поможет ей Бог утро заутра» (Пс. 45:6).»

Оранта вдягнена у царські шати Володарки світу. На ній пурпурово-золотий мафорій (плащ), синій хітон і червоні чобітки. На червоному паску біла хустка, вишита золотом і багряницею. Обабіч німба є надпис «ΜΡ» і «ΘV» (від грец. Μήτηρ θεών — Богоматір).

Величественный образ Богородицы высотой 5,45 метра в алтарной апсиде. Вогнутая поверхность самой апсиды отражает свет таким образом, что создается иллюзия сияния золотого фона вокруг фигуры Богоматери. Это дополнительно подчеркивается кубиками смальты, которые вставлены в штукатурку фона под разными углами.

Зображення Першого Вселенського собору.

У першій третині XVIII століття у центральній частині собору Софії Київської з’являються актуальні для тих часів зображення семи Вселенських соборів, які пишним фризом оточували підкупольний простір. З цього циклу збереглася тільки ця фреска.

Перший Вселенський Собор відбувся у 325 р. у Нікеї, за імператора Костянтині Великому. Скликаний цей Собор був проти лжевчення олександрійського священика Арія, котрий відкидав Божество і передвічне народження другої Особи Св. Трійці, Сина Божого, від Бога Отця; і вчив, що Син Божий є лише найвищим творінням.

На Соборі брало участь 318 єпископів, серед яких були: Свт. Микола Чудотворець, Свт. Яків Низібійський, Свт. Спіридон Триміфунтський, Світ. Афанасій Великий, що був у той час ще в сані диякона та ін. Собор засудив і відкинув єресь Арія і утвердив незмінну істину – догмат, що Син Божий є істинний Бог, народжений від Бога Отця перед усіма віками і так само вічний, як Бог Отець; Він народжений, а не створений, і єдиносущений з Богом Батьком. Щоб усі православні християни могли точно знати справжнє вчення віри, воно було ясно та коротко викладено у перших семи членах Символу Віри. На цьому ж Соборі було ухвалено всім святкувати Великдень першого недільного дня після першого весняного повня і після юдейського Великодня за юліанським календарем. Визначено було також священикам бути одруженими, і було встановлено багато інших правил.

So, though Judaism is a set of beliefs, it is not a creed in the conventional sense. Instead, it is a series of truths that become true only in virtue of the fact that we have lived them. In living them, we turn the “ought” into the “is.”

-A Letter in the Scroll Understanding

Our Jewish Identity

and Exploring the Legacy

of the World’s Oldest Religion Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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Lysimachus is a Greek name meaning "fighter who stops the battle." Martyr Lysimachus of Sebaste - March 22 is the day of the angel.

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are Christian soldiers who were martyred for their faith in Christ in Sebastia (Lesser Armenia, modern Turkey) in 320 under Emperor Licinius.

In the hands of each of them is the Cross and the Crown.

The forty martyrs of Sebastopol are seen as the support of the Church on whose bones and blood it was built. According to ancient legend, the power of their collective prayer has the ability to give strength to both the structure of the temple and the body of the Church as a single spiritual organism.

The mosaics of the Martyrs of Sebaste are located on the northern and southern girth arches of the cathedral, made by Byzantine masters at the beginning of the 11th century.

Medallions depicting martyrs have an average diameter of 95 centimeters.

Not all of their mosaic images have been preserved.

Лісімах - грецьке ім'я, що означає - "боєць, що зупиняє битви". Мученик Лісімах Севастійський - 22 березня день ангела.

Сорок Севастійських мучеників - воїни-християни, які прийняли мученицьку смерть за віру в Христа в Севастії (Мала Вірменія, сучасна Туреччина) у 320 році за імператора Ліцинія.

У руках кожного з них Хрест і Вінець.

Сорок мучеників Севастійських розглядаються як опора Церкви на чиїх кістках і крові вона зводилась. За давньою легендою, сила їх колективної молитви має здатність надавати міцність як конструкції храму, так і тілу Церкви як єдиному духовному організму.

Мозаїки Севастійських мучеників розташовуються на північній та південній підпружних арках собору, виконані візантійськими майстрами на початку XI ст.

Медальони з зображенням мучеників в середньому мають діаметр 95 сантиметрів.

Збереглися не всі їхні мозаїчні образи.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105).

The Psalms were the original hymn book of the Jewish people. Many of them are attributed to King David, Israel's greatest king and a fine musician. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David

But many of the later Psalms were composed in the Babylonian exile after the destruction of Solomon's great Temple in Jerusalem (587 BCE). It is believed that at this time the small synagogue became the centre of Jewish worship and the rituals of Judaism became formalised.

In Solomon's Temple there was a giant seven branched lampstand. This electric lamp (the main source of light in the Launceston synagogue) has seven branches.

"Dans le judaïsme, le Livre de Jonas (Iona dans la traduction de Chouraqui) est lu à l'occasion de Yom Kippour, « Jour du Grand Pardon » où le fidèle prie l'Éternel afin qu'il lui soit pardonné. Dieu envoie Jonas à Ninive, capitale de l’empire assyrien. Jonas désobéit à Dieu et se rend à Jaffa pour prendre la fuite sur un bateau en direction de Tarsis. Durant le voyage, le bateau sur lequel se trouve Jonas essuie une tempête due à la colère divine consécutive à sa désobéissance. Les marins décident alors de tirer au sort pour connaître le responsable de ce malheur. Le sort désigne Jonas. Ils le prennent, le jettent par-dessus bord, et à l’instant même, la mer s’apaise. Il est recueilli dans le ventre d’un grand poisson (souvent désigné à tort comme une baleine) durant trois jours et trois nuits. Le « gros poisson » le recrache ensuite sur le rivage."

"Yunus est également un des prophètes du Coran, son nom en arabe signifie « colombe » : يونس (yûnus)."

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At the grave of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1525–1609). In the Jewish Cemetery, Prague. He is known as the Maharal of Prague (an acronym for "Moreinu HaRav Loew," meaning "Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew"), was a renowned Jewish scholar, mystic, and philosopher, famous for his deep Talmudic studies, Jewish philosophy and Jewish mysticism, and legendary for creating the Golem of Prague. He served as a leading rabbi in Prague and Moravia, leaving a significant legacy through his commentaries and mystical writings.

▪️Judaism

4000 years old

Sustained by Jewish people

100% Jewish

Based on faith

Wants Jewish people to live everywhere

Good relations with neighbors

Sustained through community

Existed in Western Levant for 3800 years ▪️Zionism

128 years old

Invented by atheists

93% Christian

Based on nationalism

Wants to concentrate all Jews in one place.....

Bombs every neighbor

Sustained through violence

Existed in Western Levant for 90 years ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️ Pàirc Craigie, Inbhir Àir / Craigie Park, Ayr

Tonight is the third night of Hanukkah.

The light of the Jewish people will never be extinguished.

"In 1931, a rabbi’s wife, Rachel Posner, photographed the family’s brass menorah on their windowsill in the northern port city of Kiel.

Opposite their apartment was the Nazi party’s regional headquarters with a large swastika flag hanging menacingly from the facade.

On the back of the snapshot Rachel wrote an inscription: “The flag says ‘death to Judaism,’ the light says ‘Judaism will live for ever.'”

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Jerusalem the western wall. Israel. Urban landscape. City. Urban. Islam - Judaism - Christianity. Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Holiness. Religions. Religion. Faith. Jerusalem. Old city.

In Judaism, the biblical Judah (Hebrew: Yehuda), who gave his name to the tribe of Judah, was traditionally associated with the symbol of a lion.

In the Christian tradition, the lion is often one of the symbols of Christ.

"The Lion of Judah" is mentioned in the Revelation of John the Theologian (Rev. 5:5): "And one of the elders said to me: do not weep: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed and is able to open the book and loose its seven seals."

В юдаїзмі біблійний Юда (давньоєврейський - «Єгуда»), який дав імʼя коліну Юди (генеалогія), традиційно був пов'язаний із символом лева.

У християнській традиції найчастіше лев є одним із символів Христа.

«Лев Юди» згадується в Одкровенні Іоанна Богослова (Об. 5:5): «І один зі старців сказав мені: Не плач, ось, лев від племени Юдиного, корінь Давидів, переміг і може розкрити цю книгу і зняти сім печаток її».

In Judaism, the biblical Judah (Hebrew: Yehuda), who gave his name to the tribe of Judah, was traditionally associated with the symbol of a lion.

In the Christian tradition, the lion is often one of the symbols of Christ.

"The Lion of Judah" is mentioned in the Revelation of John the Theologian (Rev. 5:5): "And one of the elders said to me: do not weep: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed and is able to open the book and loose its seven seals."

As soon as Christianity was born, Christian symbols appeared. And the very first of them was a fish. In Greek, ichthys. This word is written as ΙΧΘΥΣ - and this is an ancient monogram of the name of Jesus Christ, which is made up of the first letters in the words Jesus Christ God's Son Savior.

В юдаїзмі біблійний Юда (давньоєврейський - «Єгуда»), який дав ім'я коліну Юди (генеалогія), традиційно був пов'язаний із символом лева.

У християнській традиції найчастіше лев є одним із символів Христа.

«Лев Юди» згадується в Одкровенні Іоанна Богослова (Об. 5:5): «І один зі старців сказав мені: Не плач, ось, лев від племени Юдиного, корінь Давидів, переміг і може розкрити цю книгу і зняти сім печаток її».

Щойно зародилося християнство, з'явились і християнські символи. І найпершим із них стала – риба. Грецькою їхтіс. Пишеться це слово як ΙΧΘΥΣ – і це давня монограма імені Ісуса Христа, що складається з перших букв у словах Ісус Христос Божий Син Спаситель.

Знак також асоціювався з Альфою зі слів Ісуса Христа: «Я є Альфа і Омега, початок і кінець, перший і останній» (Откр.22:13).

The Menorah is a universal symbol of Judaism. It is modelled on the original seven-branched oil lamp that was in the Temple of Solomon. For some the seven branches represent the seven days of creation, or the seven heavens full of the light of God. Others see it as representative of the presence of God (seven being the number of perfection). Perhaps it even harks back to the burning bush of Exodus 3, out of which God called Moses to liberate his people from slavery.

breakingmatzo.com/philosophy/the-history-meaning-of-the-m...

Kotel - Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, March 2020

Adresse ; Place de Jérusalem au croisement de la rue de Courcelles et du boulevard de Reims dans le 17e arrondissement de Paris.

Architectes : Bruno Fléchet et Stéphane Maupin

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Two young boy Orthodox Jew protestors from the Sat 11 October 2025 march through London, attended by approx. 500,000.

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kalki avatar kalki avataar sadgurudev shri ramlalji siyag gurudev guru siddhayoga shaktipat method of meditation awakening kundalini shakti kling kreeshn kling spiritual the comforter next prophet judaism, christianity, hinduism.

The Comforter, next Prophet or Kalki of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived or not ??? – a method to Prove that whether the Supramental Force, Supreme Power, Comforter, next Prophet or Kalki of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived on Earth or Not.

It may sound mind blowing to scientific minded people, surprisingly this method is especially for the Scientist and Intellectual Community of the World, who experiment and scrutinize every new concept before believing it, yes, and we must be able to prove it ourselves before believing or accepting it.

Yes; it is a complete and more advanced science than the modern science says Guru Siyag, capable of giving on the spot results just like modern science. Of course it was limited to myths, stories, faith and belief till today, because we were not able to prove it as a factual subject, it was regarded as a mere baseless theory. Guru Siyag has proved it to be a Practical Science; he has discovered and disclosed a new formula or Practical experimental Method, using this Method every Positive minded curious Human Being of the World can himself do this experiment to realize and visualize the truth of spiritual science, leading to spiritual evolution and holistic healing. Guru Siyag has proved that through Siddha Yoga method of Meditation it is possible to get rid of even the so called incurable diseases like cancer, AIDS, Arthritis, Insomnia, and Mental Stress and so on. The Practitioner also gets rid drug and other addictions like alcohol, tobacco, Brown sugar, Morphine, Opium, Heroine etc. These results are nothing but the removal of hurdles in the way to complete development of Human Beings, to attain a Divine Bodily Form, in other words we can call it the journey from man to superman.

Another surprising Disclosure by Guru Siyag is the Method to prove whether the Comforter, Next Prophet or kalki Avatar of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived on Earth or not, yes we can test the truth about presence of that supramental force on earth. It takes only 15 to 20 minutes to experiment it, right now. The Method ---

1. Sit in a comfortable posture on the ground with crossed legs.

2. Close the eyes and concentrate on the Forehead between the Eyebrows.

3. Make a Mental Prayer to that Supramental Force, saying that if the Comforter, Prophet or Kalki is Present on Earth, then I must get the proof, if the Supramental Force is Present on Earth, then I must go into automatic (Kundalini controlled) Spiritual Meditation for 15 or 20 minutes.

4. After this mental prayer start continuous mental repetition(Chanting) of any one sacred word of your choice(God, Jesus, Allah, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, etc.,) in the mind without moving lips or tongue, simultaneously keep concentrating on the forehead between the eyebrows.

5. Continue this process and within a few minutes you will be induced by automatic spiritual meditation, might even hear and see visualizations during this state of meditation.

6. Don’t panic if your body starts moving automatically during this process, these are the Yogic body movements (Real Yoga is induced automatically by inner spiritual power Kundalini), required to free the body from physical, mental and spiritual diseases of all kinds, these will stop automatically after 15 or 20 minutes, and you will come out of spiritual meditation into normal state.

7. To get complete results and benefits, it has to be practiced regularly in the morning and evening at any convenient time, empty stomach, before having food.

8. The time taken to get the results is totally dependent on our Positive approach and curiosity to realize the truth.

9. No barriers of Race, Religion, Cast, Country or Gender, no rules and no regulations.

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Method of Meditation from

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Another way to get into automatic spiritual meditation is by listening to Guru Siyag's voice with closed eyes.

Block 10 at the Auschwitz I camp was the so-called experimental block. SS doctors conducted medical experiments there, including those focused on sterilization.

A visitor to the western wall in Jerusalem, holding the Book of Psalms.

Tisha B'Av ("the ninth of Av") is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.

*Re-edited June 2022

Established in 1922 as The Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ) by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, SAJ at 15 W. 86th St. is the founding synagogue of what eventually became Reconstructionist Judaism. The Reconstructionist movement is the first major Jewish religious movement to originate in North America, developing between the 1920s and 1940s within the consolidations of Conservative Judaism. Reconstructionists originally was operating in a complex socio-religious setting, formally separating in 1955. When the property was first acquired, it consisted of two 19th Century-style townhouses. Comprehensive renovations were done by PKSB in 2004. What used to be the small, windowless entrance was enlarged, making a double-height lobby illuminated by the southern windows recessed within the arch.

Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah"; in Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, Yahedut, the distinctive characteristics of the Judean eáqnov) is a set of beliefs and practices originating from the saga of the ancient Israelites, as embodied and codified in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts. Judaism presents itself as the covenental relationship between the Children of Israel (later, the Jewish nation) and God. As such, many consider it the first monotheistic religion although many aspects of Judaism correspond to Western concepts of ethics and civil law. Judaism is among the oldest religious traditions still being practised today, and many of its texts and traditions are central to other Abrahamic religions. As such, Jewish history and the principles and ethics of Judaism have influenced various other religions, including Christianity and Islam.

Some sources say that the earliest Jews were those who settled in the Malabar coast during the times of King Solomon of Israel, and after the Kingdom of Israel split into two . They are sometimes referred to as the "black Jews". The Paradesi Jews, also called "White Jews", settled later, coming to India from European and Middle Eastern nations such as Holland and Spain, and bringing with them the Ladino language. Spanish and Portuguese Jews (Sephardim) settled in Goa in the 15th century, but this settlement eventually disappeared. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Cochin had an influx of Jewish settlers from the Middle East, North Africa and Spain.

Jews came to Kerala and settled as early as 700 BC for trade. An old, but not particularly reliable, tradition says that Jews of Cochin came in mass to Cranganore (an ancient port, near Cochin ,now known as Kodungallur) after the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. A chieftain by the name of Joseph Rabban, according to local tradition, was granted a principality over the Jews of Cochin by the Chera Emperor of Kerala, Bhaskara Ravivarman II . His descendents had, in effect, their own principality (called Anjuvannam in Indian sources) for many centuries until a chieftainship dispute broke out between two brothers (one of them named Joseph Azar) in the 15th century. The dispute led neighboring princes to dispossess them. In 1524, the Muslims, backed by the ruler of Calicut (today called Kozhikode), attacked the Jews of Cranganore on the pretext that they were tampering with the pepper trade. Most Jews fled to Cochin and went under the protection of the Hindu Raja there. He granted them a site for their own town that later acquired the name "Jew Town" (by which it is still known).

Unfortunately for the Jews of Cochin, the Portuguese occupied Cochin in this same period and indulged in persecution of the Jews until the Dutch displaced them in 1660. The Dutch Protestants were tolerant, and the Jews prospered. In 1795 Cochin was occupied by and came under the control of the British Empire. In the 19th century, Cochin Jews lived in the towns of Cochin, Ernakulam, Aluva and North Paravur.

For an insight to Cochin Jewish life in eighteenth Century. read Volume VIII (page 336 to 354) of The Land of the Permauls, Or, Cochin, Its Past and Its Present By Dr Francis Day, a British Civil Surgeon of 1863 AD .

The Jews of Cochin did not adhere to the Talmudic prohibition, followed by other Orthodox Jews, against public singing by women, and therefore have a rich tradition of Jewish prayers and narrative songs performed by women in Judeo-Malayalam.

This shot is taken from Jew Street , Mattancheri, Cochin. I visited the Jewish Synagogue also , unfortunately photography was not allowed there.

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("thank you for your visit ")

Its members are often referred to as strictly Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox. Haredim regard themselves as the most religiously authentic group of Jews and the state of ISRAEL would destroy JUDIASM due to secularity.

They are Pro-Palestinian.

Their lives are run by the TORAH..no ifs ands or buts!

Manhattan

Photography’s new conscience

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one of the thousands of pilgrimages to the Holy City every month,

Jerusalem, Israel

Armenian Courtyards

Inspired by the film, Jojo Rabbit

In Judaism, the period between the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Antonement) is often known as Yamim Noraim (Hebrew: ימים נוראים ‎"Days of Awe"). I, personally, spend the time reflecting on the past year's events, and how I can do better.

I had driven down to Jones Lake, this evening, to go for a bit of walk, to also enjoy the peacefullness and solitude there. I had brought my camera, just in case, something caught my eye, and I could share it with you. This scene most certainly did.

Very little processing was done on this scene, enjoy!

Taken at Jones Lake, in Moncton, NB, Canada, on 26 September 2017.

Old City of Jerusalem, Jewish Quarter. September, 2018.

An orthodox Jewish man

heading back

to temple

during

Yom Kippur

in

Williamsburg

Brooklyn

Photography’s new conscience

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Judaism

This term appears three times in the Book of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22), and is used in the sense of God being eternal.

“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.” Daniel 7:9.

Eastern Christianity

In Eastern Orthodox Christian hymns and icons, the Ancient of Days is sometimes identified with God the Father or occasionally the Holy Spirit; but most properly, in accordance with Orthodox theology he is identified with God the Son, or Jesus. Most of the eastern church fathers who comment on the passage in Daniel (7:9-10, 13–14) interpreted the elderly figure as a prophetic revelation of the son before his physical incarnation.

Eastern Christian art will sometimes portray Jesus Christ as an old man, the Ancient of Days, to show symbolically that he existed from all eternity, and sometimes as a young man, or wise baby, to portray him as he was incarnate. This iconography emerged in the 6th century, mostly in the Eastern Empire with elderly images, although usually not properly or specifically identified as "the Ancient of Days."

The first images of the Ancient of Days, so named with an inscription, were developed by iconographers in different manuscripts, the earliest of which are dated to the 11th century. The images in these manuscripts included the inscription "Jesus Christ, Ancient of Days," confirming that this was a way to identify Christ as pre-eternal with the God the Father. Indeed, later, it was declared by the Russian Orthodox Church at the Great Synod of Moscow in 1667 that the Ancient of Days was the Son and not the Father.

“Ветхий днями” - библ. (титул Бога; термин, которым символически обозначается одно из свойств Бога; термин этот употреблён пророком Даниилом при описании одного из его таинственных видений в Вавилоне:

"Видел я, наконец, что поставлены были престолы, и воссел Ветхий днями одеяние на Нем было бело, как снег, и волосы главы Его - как чистая волна; престол Его - как пламя огня, колеса Его - пылающий огонь" (Даниил 7:9)

Діонісій Ареопагіт про значення імені "Вєтхий деньми":

«Як Вєтхий деньми Бог оспівується тому, що Він існує і як вічність, і як час всього і до днів, і до вічності, і до часу. Однак і час, і день, і година, і вічність треба відносити до Нього богоподібно, тому що Він при кожному русі залишається незмінним і нерухомим, вічно рухаючись, перебуває в Собі і є Причиною і вічності, і часу, і днів. Тому і в священних богоявленнях при містичних осяяннях Бог зображується і як сивий, і як юний: старець означає, що Він Стародавній і сущий «від початку», а юнак — що Він не старіє, а обидва показують, що Він проходить крізь усе від початку до кінця, або ж, як каже наш Божественний священнодосконалець, обидва вони виявляють Божественну давнину: старець - першого в часі, а більш юний - більш початкового за кількістю, оскільки одиниця і найближчі до неї числа спочатку далеко від них відійшли ».

«Основная софиологическая антиномия выражается в целом ряде частных антиномий в общем учении о Боге. Так, антиномичны вечность и время: Бог вечен и в этом смысле сверхвременен, но для мира Бог открывается во времени, как во времени совершилось и пришествие Христа в мире и вознесение из него.

Далее, – антиномичны сверхпространственность и всепространственность или вездесущие Божие – свобода Творца от всякой ограниченности и внеположности пространства, и пространственная обусловленность действия Бога в мире, в частности, и в явлении Христа.»

/Икона и иконопочитание, протоиерей Сергий Булгаков/

Hasidism, sometimes Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: חסידות‎, translit. hasidut, [χaˈsidus]; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group. It arose as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe.

Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox ("Haredi") Judaism, and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews, so much so that many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism.

Hasidic thought draws heavily on Lurianic Kabbalah, and, to an extent, is a popularization of it. Teachings emphasize God's immanence in the universe, the need to cleave and be one with Him at all times, the devotional aspect of religious practice, and the spiritual dimension of corporeality and mundane acts. Hasidim, the adherents of Hasidism, are organized in independent sects known as "courts" or dynasties, each headed by its own hereditary leader, a Rebbe. Reverence and submission to the Rebbe are key tenets, as he is considered a spiritual authority with whom the follower must bond to gain closeness to God. The various "courts" share basic convictions, but operate apart, and possess unique traits and customs. Affiliation is often retained in families for generations, and being Hasidic is as much a sociological factor – entailing, as it does, birth into a specific community and allegiance to a dynasty of Rebbes – as it is a purely religious one. There are several "courts" with many thousands of member households each, and hundreds of smaller ones. As of 2016, there were over 130,000 Hasidic households worldwide, about 5% of the global Jewish population.

The Holocaust hit the Hasidim, easily identifiable and almost unable to disguise themselves among the larger populace due to cultural insularity, particularly hard today represent 5% of the Jewish population worldwide

There is a Hasidim population in Stamford Hill, London

The Torah is the most sacred text in Judaism. During the course of a year each of the five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are read through in sequence from a Sefer Torah (Torah Scroll) kept in the synagogue in a specifically made ark or sanctuary.

These scrolls are written in Hebrew text on parchment and kept shrouded in magnificently decorated mantles in velvet, satin, silk or embroidered brocade.

The writing of a Torah Scroll is a religious act that requires not only the skills of a master calligrapher, but a truly spiritual scholar. Every letter must be reproduced accurately since it is the inspired word of God. www.myjewishlearning.com/article/torah-scroll/

Orthodox Jews in Mea She'arim, Jerusalem

The Remah Synagogue (Synagoga Remuh), located in Kraków’s historic Kazimierz district, was built in 1553 and remains an active place of worship. Named for Rabbi Moses Isserles — one of Judaism’s foremost halakhic scholars — the synagogue stands beside his grave in the adjacent Remuh Cemetery, one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Poland. Captured at night, the building’s quiet dignity and weathered façade echo centuries of Jewish presence, devotion, and endurance in Kraków.

NYC,2021

Jerusalem Israel

In the museum attached to the Templo Libertad (the Libertad Ave. Synagogue). The Hebrew at top reads "Remington writing machine". Ashkenazi Jews came to Argentina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, driven by pograms in Russia and the promise of a new life in the New World. The typewriter could be used to write either Hebrew or Yiddish, as the latter is likewise written in the Hebrew alphabet.

Square de la Place-des-Martyrs-juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver, dans lequel se trouve une sculpture de Walter Spitzer et Mario Azagury intitulée "N'oublions jamais" en hommage aux victimes de la rafle des 16 et 17 juillet 1942, située 8, boulevard de Grenelle, Paris XVe (Source: Fondation de la Résistance) museedelaresistanceenligne.org/media5394-Square-de-la-Pla...

"In Eternal Memory of the 1604 Jewish Martyrs of Rhodes and Cos Who Were Murdered in Nazi DEath Camps" - 23 July 1944 ---- For 2,300 years, Jews have lived on the island of Rhodes at the southern tip of the Aegean Sea. The community became Sephardic in the sixteenth century, and was among the most renowned Sephardic communities in the world. The synagogue in Rhodes, Kahal Shalom, was built in 1575 and is the oldest functioning synagogue in Greece.

Rhodes was part of Italy during World War II, having been ceded to the Italians after World War I. As with other areas under Italian occupation, the Jews of Rhodes remained relatively safe until the Germans occupied the island in September 1943.

In 1944 there were close to 2,000 Jews living on the island, 50 of whom, as Turkish citizens, fell under the protection of the Turkish consulate. The rest were deported on July 20, 1944.

The timing of the deportation is especially painful since, less than three months later, the Germans were forced to leave Greece. Deportations from Rhodes were the last conducted by the Germans in Greece.

On July 20, 1944, the Jews of Rhodes and the neighboring island of Kos were sent by boat to the Greek mainland. Crammed together in the hot summer sun, without food or water, 23 Jews died on the voyage to the mainland. Those who survived were incarcerated in the SS-operated transit camp Haidary and then deported by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Only 151 Jews from Rhodes survived the Holocaust.