kiruv

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Pronounced: KEY-roov; Origin: Hebrew, outreach, usually referring to activities performed by Orthodox Jews in an effort to engage less traditional or secular Jews in religious practice.

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Sanhedrin 102

King, colleague, teacher.

What Is Kiruv?

The organized effort to draw less observant Jews closer to Judaism is often traced to postwar America.

Sanhedrin 91

Resurrection of the dead.