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Is it acceptable to use the Jacobean names of books, people, and places?
It's not offensive to use the proper names commonly used in English. It's fine.
The language of discourse on Mi Yodeya is English, which presents an inherent challenge when dealing with terms, ...
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Is it acceptable to use the Jacobean names of books, people, and places?
It's not offensive to use variant names, no. (Except "old testament" -- that one's offensive to a lot of people.) There are currently 989 posts containing "Moses" and 460 containing "Deuteronomy", ...
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Is it acceptable to use the Jacobean names of books, people, and places?
In my experience those names are used quite often around here without complaint. If they work for you, go right ahead.
It might even be preferred to use them if they aren't that obscure, based on our ...
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Mi Yodeya Glossary
הלכה למעשה - halacha l'ma'aseh - practical halacha
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Mi Yodeya Glossary
חז"ל — Hazal, Chazal
[lit. acronym for חכמינו זכרם לברכה; our sages of blessed memory] — Used to refer collectively to the sages of the Talmud. Oftentimes referred to by default as 'the Sages'.
May ...
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Mi Yodeya Glossary
תשובה — teshuvah, t'shuva — noun — literally, a return
a reply letter to a question, especially one of Jewish law or practiceRabbi Schwartz spends a lot of time on each teshuvah, making sure it's ...
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Mi Yodeya Glossary
באַשערט — bashert —
(originally, adjective) preordained, destined
(thus, noun) soulmate, preordained spouse
This is from the Yiddish adjective, and you sometimes see it declined for case, gender, ...
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Mi Yodeya Glossary
נושאי כלים - nos'ei keilim
Literally "armiger" or "arms-bearer," this word is commonly used to refer to commentaries on an earlier work (especially in halacha). For example,
Mishna Berura is ...
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