Hadassah
Zionist women's organization
Hadassah is a Hebrew name meaning "myrtle," best known as the birth name of the biblical Queen Esther.
It remains in use as a Jewish given name.
Hadassah is also the name of a major American Jewish women's organization founded in 1912, known for charitable work and support of medical facilities in Israel.
Purim story protagonist
- HamanBiblical court schemer
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- edictAuthoritative public command
gallows · fasting · intercession · courage · advocacy · providence · Persia · exile
Organized public celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- hamantaschenTriangular Purim cookies
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- feastingEating sumptuously together
masquerade · carnival · revelry · Shushan · charity · gifts · parades · spiel
Jewish house of worship
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
Zionism · mitzvah · kosher · Shabbat · menorah · seder · Talmud · Passover
Jewish state proponent
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
healthcare · membership · chapters · advocacy · nurses · Jerusalem · fundraising · youth
Semitic language of Israel
- femininePertaining to women
- biblicalOf sacred texts
- IsraeliMiddle Eastern national
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
Mordecai
Purim story protagonist
- HamanBiblical court schemer
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
edict · gallows · fasting · intercession · courage · advocacy · providence · Persia · exile · heroine
festival
Organized public celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- hamantaschenTriangular Purim cookies
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
feasting · masquerade · carnival · revelry · Shushan · charity · gifts · parades · spiel · reading
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
diaspora · Zionism · mitzvah · kosher · Shabbat · menorah · seder · Talmud · Passover · Hanukkah
Zionist
Jewish state proponent
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
Israel · healthcare · membership · chapters · advocacy · nurses · Jerusalem · fundraising · youth
Hebrew
Semitic language of Israel
traditional · meaning · namesake · identity
plant
Botanical organism
- women's groupssorority, sisterhood, nuns, women's club, women's league
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, rabbis, Torah scrolls, Torah study, Shabbat
- American Jewrysynagogues, rabbis, kosher, Yiddish, Hebrew
- Jewish WomenSarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Miriam
- PurimPurim, Esther, Mordecai, Haman, hamantaschen