Rosh
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Rosh may mean:
- ROSH, acronym for Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel (1250-1328) a prominent Talmudic scholar, sometimes called "the Rosh."
- Rosh, a minor character in the Book of Genesis and the name of a nation listed in the Book of Ezekiel 38:2,3; 39:1 and as a variant reading in Isaiah 66:19.
- rosh ראש , meaning head in Hebrew. (Arabic: ras).
Rosh is a proper noun of a northern nation, undoubtedly the Russians, who are mentioned by Byzantine writers of the tenth century as dwelling to the north of Taurus.
[edit] See also
- Rosh Hashanah, the day/s of the Jewish New year
- Rosh Hashanah (Talmud), a tractate in the Mishna and Talmud dealing with a number of issues, including laws related to the holiday of Rosh Hashanah
- Rosh Chodesh, the first day of each Hebrew month
- Rosh Yeshiva, a title for the religious leader of a Yeshiva, a Jewish school of higher religious study
- Rosh HaMemshala ("head [of] the government"), "Prime Minister" in modern Hebrew
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