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wages
Wailing Wall
Wandering Jew
war
War of Independence
war scroll
watcher
water
wedding
weekday of the festival
weeks, feast of
Weizmann, Chaim (1874-1952)
whole offering
widow
Wiesel, Elie (b. 1928)
wig
willow
wine
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wisdom literature
Wise, Isaac Mayer (1819-1900)
Wissenschaft des Judentums (German, science of Judaism)
witness
Wolffsohn, David (1856-1914)
woman of valour(Hebrew: eshet hayil)
worlds, four
worship
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A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism
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by Dan Cohn-Sherbok. Oneworld Publications.