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  • noun Judaism The sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.

Etymologies

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From Hebrew חז״ל (khazál), which is an acronym for חכמינו זיכרונם לברכה (khakhaméinu zikhronám livrakhá, "our sages, of blessed memory").

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Examples

  • (Video of James Geary on the Aphorisms of Malcolm de Chazal via irvingweiss. com)

    Vitro Nasu » 2009 » March 2009

  • Malcolm de Chazal was discovered by Surrealists but had nothing to do with Surrealism, according to James Geary.

    Vitro Nasu » 2009 » March 2009

  • Malcolm de Chazal was discovered by Surrealists but had nothing to do with Surrealism, according to James Geary.

    Irving Weiss & Sens-Plastique by Malcolm de Chazal 2009

  • And since you cover so much little known artlit territory, you should know I have just published my complete translation from the French of Malcolm de Chazal, Sens-Plastique, (Green Integer 2008), foreword by WH Auden.

    Irving Weiss & Sens-Plastique by Malcolm de Chazal 2009

  • And since you cover so much little known artlit territory, you should know I have just published my complete translation from the French of Malcolm de Chazal, Sens-Plastique, (Green Integer 2008), foreword by WH Auden.

    Vitro Nasu » 2009 » March 2009

  • Death is the bowel movment of the soul evacuating by intense pressure on the spiritual anus – Malcolm de Chazal

    Vitro Nasu » 2009 » March 2009

  • (Video of James Geary on the Aphorisms of Malcolm de Chazal via irvingweiss. com)

    Irving Weiss & Sens-Plastique by Malcolm de Chazal 2009

  • Claire Chazal, a prominent evening news anchor who—such are the ways of the insular Paris elites—happens to be an old family friend, floated softball questions and failed to follow up with harder ones.

    DSK's Fall From French Grace Matthew Kaminski 2011

  • Andre Breton claimed Chazal as surrealist and Braque told him his aphorisms were really images and he should paint (which he took up on).

    Vitro Nasu » 2009 » March 2009

  • Death is the bowel movment of the soul evacuating by intense pressure on the spiritual anus – Malcolm de Chazal

    Irving Weiss & Sens-Plastique by Malcolm de Chazal 2009

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