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  1. Samaritansnoun

    A telephone helpline providing support to those at risk of suicide.

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  1. Samaritans

    Samaritans (; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ‎,romanized: Šā̊merīm, transl. Guardians/Keepers [of the Torah]; Hebrew: שומרונים, romanized: Šōmrōnīm; Arabic: السامريون, romanized: as-Sāmiriyyūn) are an ethnoreligious group who originate from the ancient Israelites. They are native to the Levant and adhere to Samaritanism, an Abrahamic and ethnic religion. Samaritan tradition claims the group descends from the northern Israelite tribes who were not deported by the Neo-Assyrian Empire after the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel. They consider Samaritanism to be the true religion of the ancient Israelites and regard Judaism as a closely related but altered religion. Samaritans also regard Mount Gerizim (near both Nablus and biblical Shechem), and not the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, to be the holiest place on Earth. They attribute the schism between Samaritanism and Judaism to have been caused by Eli creating an alternate shrine at Shiloh, in opposition to Mount Gerizim. Once a large community, the Samaritan population shrank significantly in the wake of the brutal suppression of the Samaritan revolts against the Byzantine Empire. Mass conversion to Christianity under the Byzantines and later to Islam following the Muslim conquest of the Levant further reduced their numbers. In the 12th century, the Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela estimated that only around 1,900 Samaritans remained in the regions of Palestine and Syria.As of 2021, the community stood at around 840 individuals, divided between Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan compound in Holon. There are also small populations in Brazil and Sicily and elsewhere. The Samaritans in Kiryat Luza speak Levantine Arabic, while those in Holon primarily speak Israeli Hebrew. For the purposes of liturgy, Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic are used, both written in the Samaritan script. The head of the Samaritan community is the Samaritan High Priest. Samaritans have a standalone religious status in Israel, and there are occasional conversions from Judaism to Samaritanism and vice versa, largely due to interfaith marriages. While Israel's rabbinic authorities came to consider Samaritanism to be a sect of Judaism, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel requires Samaritans to undergo a formal conversion to Judaism in order to be officially recognized as Halakhic Jews. Rabbinic literature rejected Samaritans unless they renounced Mount Gerizim as the historical Israelite holy site. Samaritans possessing only Israeli citizenship in Holon are drafted into the Israel Defense Forces, while those holding dual Israeli and Palestinian citizenship in Kiryat Luza are exempted from mandatory military service.

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  1. Samaritans

    The Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group that claims to be descended from ancient Israelites who broke away from Judaism some 2,200 years ago. Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from a group of Israelite inhabitants of the ancient Levant from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Samaritans

    . See Samaria.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of samaritans in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of samaritans in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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  1. Alexandra Miller:

    In coming to Arizona, President Biden has an important opportunity to bear witness to the cruelty that migrants are experiencing at the border and to see the hard work that humanitarian organizations, legal service providers and other good Samaritans are doing at the border every day, unfortunately, it looks like this opportunity will be missed.

  2. Melinda Katz:

    As alleged, the defendants targeted two women to steal their handbags and stabbed two good Samaritans who selflessly intervened during one of the incidents, thankfully, no lives were lost but we will not allow senseless violence to become the norm in our communities. Both defendants now face serious charges for their alleged actions.

  3. Jacques Rodrigue:

    We are so thankful for the good Samaritans that saved this special artwork, dad painted 'Wendy and Me' for his wedding to Wendy so this is an irreplaceable piece to my family.

  4. William Donohue:

    When [de Blasio] first learned of the relief efforts of Samaritans Purse, he acted as if New York has been invaded by a hostile force.

  5. Police Commissioner Trevor Botting:

    Three American tourists live in a world filled with many bad things, but Three American tourists still have Good Samaritans, i would like to thank those who came to the aide of the children and everyone who were a part of the search and rescue, this includes volunteers, Three American tourists Emergency Response Teams and the U.S. Coastguard Helicopter crew. While authorities have not yet publically identified the victims, family members in Texas identified the married couple as Irma Barrera, 33, and Roy Perez, 38. Family members told KTRK they were working to get the couples 15-year-old daughter who survived back to the U.S. The third man was identified was Dr. Richard Okoloise, who was known as someone who loved to travel. Friends told KPRC-TV he was an.

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