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The Four Israels
Hebrew Pre/Suffixes
The Four Worlds
Hebrew Words
Holidays
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This is the original name of the Torah character whose name is changed to Israel.

יעקב

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This prefix means "the" and is also called the "definite article."

ה

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This is the quality of and name of the lowest of the four worlds.

Physical - Assiyah

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This Hebrew word means "God."

אדוני

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This Holiday celebrates the escape of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.

Passover

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This is a Hebrew term for the Jewish people.

עם ישראל

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This prefix means "to" or "for."

ל

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This is the quality of and name of the second lowest of the four worlds.

Emotional - Yetzirah

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This Hebrew word means "king."

מלך

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This Holiday commemorates those who died in the Holocaust.

Yom haShoah

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This phrase refers to the geographical land of Israel.

אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל

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This suffix shows that a noun is masculine and plural.

ים

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This is the quality of and name of the third lowest of the four worlds.

Intellectual - B'riah

300

This Hebrew phrase means "how are you?"

מַה נִשְׁמַע?

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This Holiday involves a bundle of plants and a citrus fruit.

Sukkot

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This is the Hebrew name for the modern country named Israel.

מדינת ישראל

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This suffix shows that a noun is feminine and plural.

ות

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This is the quality of and name of the highest of the four worlds.

Spiritual - Atzilut

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This Hebrew word means "ground/soil."

אדמה

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This Holiday marks the New Year in the Jewish calendar.

Rosh Hashanah

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This is the meaning of the name Israel and the story of how Jacob received his new name.

"Wrestles with God"

Jacob wrestled with an angel from sunset until dawn and finally releases the angel after the angel renames Jacob as Israel.

500

This suffix shows that a noun is in second-person possessive form. ex. your hearts, your house, your God

ךָ

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This is the relationship between the four worlds, the four-letter name of God, and the siddur.

Each letter of the name represents one of the four worlds, and the siddur guides us from one level to the next like rungs in a ladder over the course of the prayer service.

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This Hebrew word means "thank you."

תודה

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This Holiday marks the "New Year for the Trees" and is celebrated with a vegetarian seder in which we eat fruits, nuts, and juice.

Tu Bishvat