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rabbinical conferences
rabbinical seminaries
Rabbinites
rabbi (Hebrew, 'my master')
Rabin, Yitzhak (1922-95)
rain, prayers for
ransom
rape
Raphael
Rapoport, Solomon Judah (1790-1867)
Ras Shamra
Rashi (1040-1105)
rav
Rava (fl. fourth century)
Rav (fl. third century)
Raziel, Book of
reading of the Torah
rebbe (Yiddish)
Rebekah(fl. ?16th century bce)
rebuke
reception of the Sabbath (Hebrew: kabbalat Shabbat)
Rechabites
Reconstructionist Judaism
red heifer(Hebrew: parah adummah)
redemption of the first-born (Hebrew: pidyon ha-ben)
Reform Judaism
regard for human life(Hebrew: pikkuah nefesh)
Rehoboam (fl. 10th century bce)
reincarnation
rejoicing in the law
remnant of Israel
rending of the garments
repentance (Hebrew: teshuvah)
resh kallah(Hebrew, 'head of the kallah')
responsa(Hebrew: she'elot u-teshuvot)
responsiblity
resurrection(Hebrew: tehiyat hametim)
retaliation
Reuveni, David (fl. 16th century)
revelation (Hebrew: nirah)
revenge
Revisionism
reward and punishment
righteous stranger(Hebrew: ger toshav)
righteousness
rimmonim (Hebrew, 'pomegranates')
Rishon le-Zion
rishonim (Hebrew, 'first ones')
ritual slaughter (Hebrew: shehita)
robbery (Hebrew: gezelah)
Rome
Rosenzweig, Franz (1886-1929)
Rosh Ha-Shanah
Rosh Hodesh
rosh yeshivah
Rossi, Azariah dei (fl. c.1511-78)
ruah
Rubenstein, Richard (b. 1924)
Ruth, Book of
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Reprinted with permission from
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.