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Pilpul

Among the Jews penetrating investigation disputation and drawing of conclusions esp in Talmudic study

or a tort, or otherwise between two or more individual persons, State of West Bengal v. Iswar Damodar Jew, AIR 1976 Cal 46 (50). [W.B. Estates Acquisition Act, 1954, s. 6(1)(1)] It includes every duty enforceable by

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Oath

manner following:- The person taking the oath shall hold as New Testament, or, in the case of a Jew, the Old Testament, in his uplifted hand, and shall say or repeat after the officer administering the oath

Pharisee

One of a sect or party among the Jews noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders

Pentecost

A solemn festival of the Jews so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day seven weeks after the second day of the Passover which

Jewry

Judea also a district inhabited by Jews a Jews quarter

Jehovah

A Scripture name of the Supreme Being by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy the ldquoineffable namerdquo of the Supreme Being which was

Arca cyrographica

Arca cyrographica, a common chest with three locks and keys, kept by certain Christians and Jews, where in all the contracts, mortgages, and obligations belonging to the Jews were preserved to prevent fraud, by

Domus conversorum

Domus conversorum, an ancient house built or appointed by King Henry III. For such Jews as were converted to the Christian faith; but King Edward III., who expelled the Jews from this kingdom,

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