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Brewer's: Ha-ha

(A). A ditch serving the purpose of a hedge without breaking the prospect. (Anglo-Saxon, hœh, a hole.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HahnemannHagring A B…

Rosh ha-Shanah

(Encyclopedia) Rosh ha-ShanahRosh ha-Shanahrŏsh [key]Rosh ha-Shanahhə-shäˈnə [key] [Heb.,=head of the year], the Jewish New Year, also known as the Feast of the Trumpets. It is observed on the first…

God Said “Ha!”

Director/Writer: Julia Sweeney Miramax; PG-13; 87 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Julia Sweeney “Courageous” is a word on the endangered species list, a term that has suffered…

Ha Jin Biography

Ha Jin novelist, poetBorn: 1956Birthplace: Liaoning Province, China From the age of 14 until he was 20, Jin served in the People's Liberation Army in China. Upon release, he taught himself…

Letteris, Meir ha-Levi

(Encyclopedia) Letteris, Meir ha-LeviLetteris, Meir ha-Levimīr hä-lāˈvē lĕtârˈĭs [key], 1800–1871, Austrian-Jewish poet. He wrote about 30 volumes of prose and poetry. The poem called “Yonah Homiyah…

Judah ha-Nasi

(Encyclopedia) Judah ha-NasiJudah ha-Nasij&oomacr;ˈdə [key]Judah ha-Nasihä-näˈsē [key], c.135–c.220, Palestinian Jewish communal leader (tanna). He occupied the office of patriarch (nasi) which…

Judah ha-Levi

(Encyclopedia) Judah ha-Levi or Judah HalevyJudah ha-Leviboth: j&oomacr;ˈdə [key]Judah ha-Levihäˌlēˈvī [key], c.1075–1141, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher, b. Tudela, Spain. His poems—…

Ha

(Encyclopedia) Ha, formerly the suggested symbol for the name hahnium, which was applied variously to two elements, now called dubnium and hassium.