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What does this acronym mean? [duplicate]
I have an Asher Yazar card dedicated Le'ilu'i Nishmat HaRav 'Ovadyah Yosef A"H. At the bottom of the card is the Rav's name followed by זצוקללה"ו. I've been unable to decipher the full acronym through ...
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What is the proper suffix for a deceased person? [duplicate]
What do the different suffixes mean, what are the differences between them, and which suffix is used for which people?
Example: ז"ל, זצ"ל, זצוק"ל, זי"ע, נבג"מ
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What is the proper prefix for a rabbi? [duplicate]
What are the different prefixes for a rabbi, what are their differences, and when is it appropriate to use them?
Example: ר',הרב, מרן, הרה"ח, הרה"ת, הרה"ג, הרה"ק
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What to call the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe [closed]
Often times a few different rebbes are mentioned (either previous Chabad rebbes or rebbes of other Chasudusim) in the same talk and then the word "The Rebbe" comes in and it's ambiguous.
I have heard ...
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"שליט״א" only for certain people
Living people sometimes have "שליט״א" added after their respective names. This means, roughly, "may he live a good, long life". That seems like a nice blessing for anyone; yet, in my experience, only ...
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Why do we say that Hashem chose us if He offered to the Torah to all the other nations first?
According to Midrash Sifri (Deuteronomy 343), Hashem first went around to all the nations and offered them the Torah before offering it to Bnei Yisroel. So why do we say in Kiddush and Birchas ...
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Rav Moshe Feinstein and tzitzis tucked in
I have heard that Rav Moshe Feinstein ztsl held that tzitzis should be tucked in. Can somebody give a nice summary of the reasons behind his ruling?
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Is there a female equivalent of Z"l?
When a righteous woman passes away what is the appropriate term to use to indicate "in her blessed memory"?, i.e., is there a lady's alternative to z"l ?
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Hebrew letters Hey-Yud-Dalet after a name
I'd seen some stuff written about a man, with the Hebrew הי"ד (Hey-Yud-quotes-Dalet) after his name. What does that mean?
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Tish'a Ushmonim Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred eighty-nine?
?תשעה ושמונים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi
yodeya", please post
interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 289.
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What does שליט"א stand for?
I thought that שליט"א came from the Aramaic word שליט (Ruler). But a Rabbi I told this to, pointed out that שליט"א is always written as with " , in the Middle so each the letters must ...
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Abbreviation Translation of נ"י
What does the abbreviation נ"י stand for and what is the origin of the abbreviation. Is it for both male and female use.
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symbol to denote a Jewish deceased author/writter?
In a written list of names I need to indicate which people have passed away. We normally use a dagger symbol for this. A dagger † in most appearances looks like a cross, a Christian symbol. ...
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והוא ידרוש לציון עיר ה...
In the song "ברוך א׳ עליון" (text) is the line:
וְהוּא יִדְרֹשׁ לְצִיּוֹן עִיר הַנִּדָּחָה
My grandfather, ע״ה, when singing this line, would replace הַנִּדָּחָה with another word (I think ...
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What does the title "Hatomim" mean?
I have stumbled upon the title "Hatomim" before people's names in Chabad-oriented documents on the Internet.
What is the meaning and significance of this title, in this context?
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