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51abstruseness — noun 1. the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑obscureness, ↑obscurity, ↑reconditeness • Ant: ↑clarity (for: ↑obscurity) …
52abstrusity — noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs • Syn: ↑reconditeness, ↑abstruseness, ↑profoundness, ↑profundity • Derivationally related forms: ↑profound …
53astuteness — noun 1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑shrewdness, ↑perspicacity, ↑perspicaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious (for: ↑perspicaciousness), ↑ …
54reconditeness — noun 1. the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand • Syn: ↑obscureness, ↑obscurity, ↑abstruseness • Ant: ↑clarity (for: ↑obscurity) • …
55EDELS, SAMUEL ELIEZER BEN JUDAH HA-LEVI — (known as MaHaRShA – Morenu Ha Rav Shemu el Adels; 1555–1631), one of the foremost Talmud commentators. Born in Cracow, he moved to Posen in his youth, where he married the daughter of Moses Ashkenazi Heilpern. His mother inlaw, Edel, by whose… …
56GORA KALWARIA — (Yid. Ger; Heb. Gur), town 19 mi. (30 km.) S.E. of Warsaw, Poland. The town, known popularly as Nowy Jeruzalem, obtained a charter in 1670 which included a clause prohibiting the settlement of Jews there. Jews were first permitted to settle in… …
57MALBIM, MEIR LOEB BEN JEHIEL MICHAEL WEISSER — (1809–1879), rabbi, preacher, and biblical exegete. The name Malbim is an acronym formed from Meir Loeb ben Jehiel Michael. Born in Volochisk (Volhynia), Malbim was a child when his father died. He studied in his native town until the age of 13,… …
58NAḤMANIDES — (Moses b. Naḥman, also known as Naḥamani and RaMBaN – an acronym of Rabbi Moses Ben Naḥman; 1194–1270), Spanish rabbi and scholar and one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the Middle Ages; philosopher, kabbalist, biblical exegete,… …
59SHNEUR ZALMAN OF (Liozna-) LYADY — (1745–1813), founder of chabad Ḥasidism. According to family traditions he was born in Liozna, Belorussia, on the 18th of Elul. After his marriage in 1760 he devoted himself to Torah study. Concluding that he knew a little about learning, but… …
60Crude — (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered,… …
