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  • Respecting shamir, which is translated "Diamond" in (Jeremiah 17: 1) see under

    Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

  • Finky and Chomsky were allowed in because Hezbollah and the Syrian government wanted to use them for PR purposes. shamir

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • As shamir and y-love bring up in this post, the lives lost are for not; a lie perhaps… Your post is awful and give Jew Guvearian or Bushian a bad name.

    FYI, In Case You Lost Count… | Jewschool 2006

  • Ten things were created on the eve of Sabbath in the twilight: the mouth of the earth; the mouth of the well; the mouth of the ass; the rainbow; the manna; the rod; the shamir; the shape of written characters; the writing, and the tables of stone: some say, the destroying spirits also, and the sepulchre of Moses, and the ram of Abraham our father; and others say, tongs, also, made with tongs.

    Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle

  • Although Asmodeus was captured only for the purpose of getting the shamir, Solomon nevertheless kept him after the completion of the Temple.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • Then the man shouted, and so terrified the bird that she dropped the shamir and flew away.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • The scholars told him that Moses had used the shamir, (82) the stone that splits rocks, to engrave the names of the tribes on the precious stones of the ephod worn by the high priest.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • Solomon's demons could give him no information as to where the shamir could be found.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • The moor-hen takes the shamir with her to mountains which are not inhabited by men, splits them by means of the shamir, and injects seeds, which grow and cover the naked rocks, and then they can be inhabited.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

  • When the moor-hen came and could not reach her young, she flew away and fetched the shamir and placed it on the glass.

    The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Louis Ginzberg 1913

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