Lamed

He was bound and blindfolded when the battalion commander, Lt. - Col. Omri Borberg and the soldier, identified only as "Lamed," spotted him.

Yoni the Blogger 2008

He was bound and blindfolded when the battalion commander, Lt. - Col. Omri Borberg and the soldier, identified only as "Lamed," spotted him.

Yoni the Blogger 2008

He was bound and blindfolded when the battalion commander, Lt. - Col. Omri Borberg and the soldier, identified only as "Lamed," spotted him.

Yoni the Blogger 2008

He was bound and blindfolded when the battalion commander, Lt. - Col. Omri Borberg and the soldier, identified only as "Lamed," spotted him.

Yoni the Blogger 2008

The sailors have their Flying Dutchman, the explorers their Vespucci, the Jews their Lamed-Vav.

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 5/5: The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar 2009

THE 36, the Lamed-Vavniks, the 36 righteous individuals that exist across generations.

Lit Fest ‘09 Update: Traditional Jewish Folklore Gets an Image Makeover from author Jonathon Keats « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009

Among the numerous prizes the Yiddish literary world awarded her were the Louis Lamed Prize for poetry and prose (1950 and 1958), the Jewish Book Council of America Certificate of Honor and Award for Yiddish Poetry (1969), the H. Leivick Prize (1972) and the Manger Prize of the State of Israel (1974).

Rokhl H��ring Korn. 2009

They are also explained thusly by novelist Andre Schwarz-Bart: To understand this metamorphosis, one must be aware of the ancient Jewish tradition of the Lamed-Vov, a tradition that certain Talmudists trace back to the source of the centuries, to the mysterious time of the prophet Isaiah.

Phew 2008

According to it, the world reposes upon thirty-six Just Men, the Lamed-Vov, indistinguishable from simple mortals; often they are unaware of their station.

Phew 2008

In the seventh century, Andalusian Jews venerated a rock shaped like a teardrop, which they believed to be the soul, petrified by suffering, of an 'unknown' Lamed-Vovnik.

Phew 2008