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Hadass

Hadass (Hebrew: הדס, pl. hadassim - הדסים) is a branch of the myrtle tree that forms part of the lulav used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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הדס
... Hadass (Hebrew הדס, pl ... The hadass grows in tiers of three leaves ... According to the Halakha, the most perfect hadass is one whose leaves grow evenly in each set of three ...
Yentl (film) - Plot
... student, Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin), and meets his fiancée, Hadass (Amy Irving) ... The story is complicated as Hadass's family cancels her wedding to Avigdor over fears that his family is tainted with insanity, and decides that she should marry Anshel instead ... Meanwhile, Hadass develops romantic feelings for Yentl (as Anshel), while Yentl herself is falling in love with Avigdor ...
History Of The Jews In Antwerp - Present
... religious councils, known as kehillas The Israëlitische Gemeente van Antwerpen Shomre Hadass primarily oriented toward the Modern Orthodox community ... The Orthodoxe Israëlitische Gemeente Machsike Hadass represents the ultra-orthodox Haredi community ... Kreiswirth, was the Chief Rabbi of the Machzikei Hadass kehilla for many years and was widely regarded as a pre-eminent scholar of Talmud ...
Hadass
... Hadass (Hebrew הדס, pl ... The hadass grows in tiers of three leaves ... According to the Halakha, the most perfect hadass is one whose leaves grow evenly in each set of three ...
Four Species - Practice
... the species for the mitzvah, the lulav is first bound together with the hadass and aravah (this bundle is also referred to as "the lulav") in the following ... lulav and the second aravah to its left, and cover them with the three hadass boughs—one on the right, the second on the left, and the third atop the lulav ...