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Tabernacle
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noun
  1. a case on the altar of a church that contains the consecrated host and wine for the Eucharist
  2. the portable place of worship in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant in the book of Exodus
Talmud
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noun
  1. A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).
Tammuz
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proper noun
  1. (Judaism) The fourth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar.
tefillin
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noun
  1. (plural of, tefilla)
temple
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noun
  1. The region of the skull on either side of the forehead.
  2. A building for worship.
"A temple of Zeus."
  1. (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
  2. (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
  3. Something regarded as holding religious presence.
  4. Something of importance; something attended to.
My body is my temple.
  1. (Ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
  2. (obsolete) a body
terefah
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noun
  1. (Kashrut): meat that is forbidden
Tetragrammaton
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noun
  1. The four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration, YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously transliterated as Yahweh or Jehovah.
Tevet
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proper noun
  1. (Judaism) The tenth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar
Torah
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noun
  1. A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.
  1. A book containing the five books of Moses.
There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.
proper noun
  1. The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
  1. The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts.
It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.
  1. The whole of Jewish law, written and unwritten.
  2. The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.
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