Yet in Hebrew, the standard “hello” or “goodbye” is ... the Baal HaTurim commentary remarks that the numerical value of the letters that spell “shalom” (376 — shin=300, lamed=30, vav ...

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Hamas came in the form of a Hebrew word as ancient as it is universal. “‘Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye — you can choose,” Trump wrote ...

Aravrit’s letters can be combined to form words or sentences. A Hebrew-speaker should be able to read the bottom half or the words, and an Arabic-speaker should be able to read the top half.

Jewish educator Bat-Ami Frankel said Hebrew, despite its different alphabet and being read right to left, is surprisingly easy to pick up. ("Shalom" means hello, goodbye and peace, as well.) ...

Om and Shalom. The word “yoga” means “to unite.” Among practitioners, there is a custom to end each session by chanting “Om,” a sacred Indian mantra that connotes an infinitely ...

Avitan Shalom was charged last year under Section 7(1) of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 with trafficking in six guns, and Section 8 of the Arms Act 1960 with possessing 200 bullets ...

Welcome back to my gematria blog, and Shabbat Shalom. In the first of our series on the Hebrew letters we will be looking closely at the gematria of the first two verses of Genesis because they ...

AUBURN – Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center will offer a two-evening crash course in Hebrew literacy, “Decoding the Squiggles,” followed by an eight-week Hebrew reading class, focusing on the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set Feb 28 for the hearing of Israeli national Avitan Shalom’s application to stay the Sessions Court proceedings, pending the appointment of a certified Hebrew ...

January 4: Shalom to Yaffa Greer Fay Cashman eulogized Yaffa Yarkoni in a moving fashion, as an American I would like to recall great singer in the US during two month in 1961.