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Semitic burial monument
A nefesh (from Hebrew: נֶפֶשׁ, lit. 'soul'; pl. נֶפָשׁוֹת, nefashot) is a Semitic funerary monument typically placed near a grave, intended to be seen
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Topics referred to by the same term
Nefesh is a Semitic monument placed near a grave so as to be seen from afar. Nefesh or Nephesh may also refer to: Nephesh, a Hebrew word for soul Nefesh
Nefesh_(disambiguation)
Nonprofit organization
Nefesh B'Nefesh (Hebrew: נפש בנפש, lit. 'Soul to soul'), or Jewish Souls United, is a nonprofit organization that promotes, encourages, and facilitates
Nefesh_B'Nefesh
Principle in Jewish law
Pikuach nefesh (Hebrew: פיקוח נפש), which means 'saving a soul' or 'saving a life', is the principle in Halakha (Jewish law) that the preservation of human
Pikuach_nefesh
Israeli conversion therapy organization
Atzat Nefesh (Hebrew: עצת נפש; English: Psychological Advice) is an Orthodox Jewish conversion therapy organization based in Israel that promotes sexual
Atzat_Nefesh
Jewish-bluegrass band
Nefesh Mountain is a New York based progressive bluegrass band that bridges elements of American folk and Appalachian bluegrass with Celtic folk and Jewish
Nefesh_Mountain
Type of soul in the Kabbalah
In Kabbalah, the animal soul (Hebrew: נפש הבהמית, nefesh habehamit) is one of the two souls Jews possess. The animal soul animates the living body and
Animal_soul
Jewish liturgical poem
Yedid Nefesh (Hebrew: יְדִיד נֶפֶש, lit. 'beloved of the soul') is the title of a piyyut and zemer (Jewish hymn). It is usually sung on Shabbat. This poem
Yedid_Nefesh
Type of soul in the Kabbalah
In kabbalah, the divine soul (נפש האלקית; nefesh ha'elokit) is the source of good inclination, or yetzer tov, and Godly desires. The divine soul is composed
Divine_soul
Hebrew word for aspects of sentience
Nephesh (Biblical Hebrew: נֶ֫פֶשׁ, romanized: nép̄eš), also spelled nefesh, is a term in the Hebrew Bible used to refer to the aspects of sentience, and
Nephesh
Nefesh (Hebrew: נפש, lit. 'Soul') is a networking organization for Torah-observant mental health professionals internationally. Nefesh was founded in 1992
Nefesh_(group)
Masorti synagogue in London, England
Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue is a Masorti Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Rectory Lane in Edgware, in the Borough of Barnet, London, England
Kol_Nefesh_Masorti_Synagogue
Ancient monumental rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem
upper part serving as a nefesh (funeral monument) for the tomb in its lower part, but it was probably also meant as a nefesh for the adjacent burial cave
Tomb_of_Absalom
American Israeli rabbi
an American-Israeli rabbi and the co-founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B'Nefesh. The Jerusalem Post listed him among the fifty most influential
Yehoshua_Fass
Belarusian Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and ethicist
under the control of the Russian Empire. The title of his major work is Nefesh Ha-Chaim. Both Chaim and his elder brother Simcha (d. 1812) studied under
Chaim_of_Volozhin
Ukraine-born Jewish maskil (1749–1826)
integration. Among his influential works is a Musar text titled Heshbon Ha-Nefesh (Moral Accounting), which was published in 1808, based in part on the ethical
Menachem_Mendel_Lefin
Innate constituent character-aspects within the soul, in Hasidism
Kochos/Kochot haNefesh (Hebrew: כוחות הנפש from nephesh-"soul"), meaning "Powers of the Soul", are the innate constituent character-aspects within the
Kochos_hanefesh
Immigration of diaspora Jews to the Land of Israel
from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012. "Nefesh B. Nefesh". nbn.com. 2008-08-02. Archived from the original on 2005-10-03. Retrieved
Aliyah
American rabbi
ventures in the United States and abroad. Korff is the author of Meshivas Nefesh Yitzchok: Insights of a Contemporary Chassidic Master, in the original
Yitzhak_Aharon_Korff
Psychiatrist, brain researcher, and psychoanalyst (born 1958)
emotions. In addition to his academic work, Yovell hosts the talk show Sichat Nefesh (Heart to Heart) on the Israeli Educational Channel and has authored many
Yoram_Yovell
Israeli-American journalist
Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization. She also received the 2023 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B'Nefesh Bonei Zion Award for Young Leadership, an award given to English-speaking
Emily_Schrader
In religion and philosophy, immaterial essence of a living being
changing form until liberation, while Judaism employs multiple terms such as nefesh and neshamah to refer to the soul. Sikhism regards the soul as part of God
Soul
Israeli-American rabbi
Miriam Nefesh Shimshon - Shabbos Kodesh Nefesh Shimshon - HaTorah U'Kinyana Nefesh Shimshon - Galus U'Nechama Nefesh Shimshon - Tehillim Nefesh Shimshon
Shimshon_Dovid_Pincus
Valley originating in Jerusalem
and the so-called "Tomb of Zechariah", which could quite likely be the nefesh of the Tomb of Benei Hezir. Absalom's Tomb consists of two parts. First
Kidron_Valley
Foods conforming to Jewish dietary law
of certain sharp cheeses. The laws of kashrut can be broken for pikuach nefesh (preservation of human life). For example, a patient is allowed to eat non-kosher
Kosher_foods
Country in West Asia
November 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2012. "Sherut Leumi (National Service)". Nefesh B'Nefesh. Retrieved 20 March 2012. "Israel's Arab soldiers who fight for
Israel
Howard Rypp and Gabriel Emanuel in Canada. At the time of its founding, HaNefesh was the only professional Jewish theater in Canada, where it produced approximately
HaNephesh_Theater
Jewish prayer book
was released in 1975. In 2015, CCAR released the complementary Mishkan HaNefesh machzor for the High Holy Days. CCAR also produces a host of print and electronic
Mishkan_T'filah
accomplished student of the Talmud. He is especially known from his responsa work Nefesh Haya, and as the president of Kupat Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes Kollel Polen,
Chaim_Elozor_Wax
Suicide in Jewish Law
and fasting on Yom Kippur. Thus, the Torah generally asserts that pikuach nefesh (פיקוח נפש, "the preservation of human life") is paramount, and in most
Self-sacrifice_in_Jewish_law
Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician
retiring from the foreign service in 2006, Ayalon became the co-chairman of Nefesh B'Nefesh, an organization that encourages Aliyah by Jewish people to Israel
Danny_Ayalon
Holiest day in Judaism
Fasting is waived in the case of dangerous medical conditions (pikuach nefesh), and in such cases one is actually required to break the fast. Just as
Yom_Kippur
Jewish traditional folk song in Hebrew
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
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Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Weekly_maqam
Form of Jewish religious song or tune
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Nigun
Jewish traditional folk song in Hebrew
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Hava_Nagila
Soldier without immediate family in Israel
to provide housing for more than 200 lone soldiers. In February 2025, Nefesh B'Nefesh, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and Sheba Medical Center
Lone_soldier
Tomb in Jerusalem
actually this nefesh. Another option is that the additional facade to the north of the Doric dystilos-in-antis was the original nefesh. Although it did
Tomb_of_Benei_Hezir
Process of making Hebrew a lingua franca in Israel
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
Revival of the Hebrew language
Revival_of_the_Hebrew_language
Branch of the Haganah
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
Mossad_LeAliyah_Bet
Religiously selective usage of electronic devices
as pikuach nefesh and to other purposes, all electricity generation is classified as pikuach nefesh. The argument based on pikuach nefesh would allow
Electricity_on_Shabbat
Term referring to a non-Jew
possesses the three levels of soul, nefesh, ruah, neshamah,—from holiness... the gentiles possess only the level of nefesh from the feminine side of the shells
Gentile
Musicologist
Jaclyn (Jacky) Chernett is a musicologist and lecturer who is Cantor at Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue in Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. She was ordained
Jaclyn_Chernett
1950 Israeli law granting Jews the right to immigrate and gain Israeli citizenship
North American immigrants arriving in Israel under the auspices of Nefesh B'Nefesh
Law_of_Return
Pact between a person and the Devil or another demon
go to Switzerland for a fee. Under Jewish law, the principle of pikuach nefesh ("saving life") is an obligation to compromise one's principles in order
Deal_with_the_Devil
Non-Jew assisting in a task on Sabbath
life is at stake (pikuach nefesh) or in the case where there would be a reasonable chance of danger to life (safek pikuach nefesh). Originally, the job of
Shabbos_goy
Tenth emanation in Kabbalah
Yesod, Hod, and Nezah, constitute the most physical dimension of life, the nefesh." Unlike the other nine sephirot, it is an attribute of God which does not
Malkuth
Jews in Palestine before 1948
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
Yishuv
Type of Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah were developed in the writings of Shalom Sharabi, including in Nefesh HaChaim and the 20th-century Sulam. Hasidism interpreted Kabbalistic structures
Kabbalah
Judah. However, there is an exemption in Judaism on the basis of pikuach nefesh, which allows a Jew to break almost any Torah commandment (including the
Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork
Religious_restrictions_on_the_consumption_of_pork
Jewish liturgical poem
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Eliyahu_HaNavi_(piyyut)
Jewish liturgical poem
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Mipi_El
Jewish solidarity slogan
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Am_Yisrael_Chai
Award
organization Nefesh B'Nefesh to recognize the achievements and contributions of Anglo immigrants to the State of Israel. "Bonei Zion Prize". Nefesh B'Nefesh
Bonei_Zion_Prize
Jewish immigration to Palestine (1881–1903)
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First_Aliyah
Variety of fruit
to use the Balady citron. These letters were published in his responsa Nefesh Haya and the responsa of his correspondents, as well as in pamphlets addressing
Balady_citron
Provençal rabbi and Talmud commentator (c.1125–1198)
works of several contemporary scholars. His best-known work was Baʿalei ha-Nefesh ("Masters of the Soul"), which discusses laws relating to women. RABaD's
Abraham_ben_David
British rabbi, writer, and theologian (1920–2006)
support their Rebbes by gifts known as "pidyon" (redemption) or "pidyon nefesh" (redemption of the soul) delivered personally to a rebbe. Pidyon is understood
Louis_Jacobs
Organization
entrepreneur, Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke, is the Founder and Managing Director of W4. After her B.A. at Cambridge University, Nefesh-Clarke joined Human Rights
Women's_WorldWide_Web_(W4)
Idea rooted in Jewish history, religion and culture
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
Homeland for the Jewish people
Homeland_for_the_Jewish_people
Non-governmental organization
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
World_Zionist_Organization
Kibbutz in northern Israel
London: Continuum Publishing. p. 436. ISBN 9780826413161. Nefesh B'Nefesh, Beit Rimon Nefesh B'Nefesh, Beit Rimon Official website Archived 2021-05-08
Beit_Rimon
Scholar of Medieval Jewish Philosophy (born 1951)
annotated edition with introduction and edition of section of poem Battei ha-Nefesh ve-ha-Lahashim (Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 2004) 480 pages
Howard_Kreisel
Form of circle dance originating in Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Greece and the Balkans
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Hora_(dance)
Immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
Aliyah_from_Ethiopia
Jewish blessing
Full Kaddish Aleinu Mourner's Kaddish Shabbat / Holiday additions Yedid Nefesh Kabbalat Shabbat Psalm 95 96 97 98 99 29 100 Ana BeKoach Lekha Dodi 92 93
Asher_yatzar
Congress of the World Zionist Organization in 2025
of Germany Contemporary International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Nefesh B'Nefesh Birthright Israel History and timelines History of Israel Chronology
39th_World_Zionist_Congress
1897 event in Basel, Switzerland
of Germany Contemporary International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Nefesh B'Nefesh Birthright Israel History and timelines History of Israel Chronology
First_Zionist_Congress
Israeli music chart
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Mako_Hitlist
Traditional Hebrew folk song
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Shalom_chaverim
Jewish prayer composed by Rabbi Nechunya ben Hakanah
Edot HaMisrach and Siddur Sefard exclude Yedid Nefesh but include Ps 100 Siddur Chabad excludes Yedid Nefesh This article conforms to the prohibition against
Ana_BeKoach
Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994)
and were therefore prohibited under Jewish law on the basis of pikuach nefesh (preservation of life). Schneerson greatly encouraged the Jews who lived
Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson
Style of Jewish music
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Klezmer
Israeli lawyer
"he: ארסן אוסטרובסקי" [Arsen Ostrovsky]. Bonei Zion Prize (in Hebrew). Nefesh B'Nefesh. 19 October 2025. Narunsky, Gareth (1 May 2025). "Australia's A-list
Arsen_Ostrovsky
Roman siege during First Jewish-Roman War
roof upon a podium, a small tree and a harp, and is thought to portray a Nefesh (a traditional Judean mausoleum). The other side of the stone features a
Siege_of_Yodfat
Catalan Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (1070-1136)
Among Bar Ḥiyya's philosophical works, one of the best known is Hegyon ha-Nefesh ha-Azuvah ("Meditation of the Sad Soul"). He also wrote the encyclopaedic
Abraham_bar_Hiyya
Categories of activity prohibited by biblical law on Shabbat
ספק פיקוח נפש / Sofek Pikuaḥ Nefesh / Possibly life-threatening (practically treated as level 7) פיקוח נפש / Pikuaḥ Nefesh / Certainly life-threatening
39_Melakhot
Aspect of God in Kabbalah
Mathers, The Kabbalah Unveiled, George Redway, London, 1887 The Kabbalah Unveiled by S. L. Macgregor Mathers Related articles on Zeir Anpin by Zion Nefesh
Zeir_Anpin
National anthem of Israel
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Hatikvah
Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem
Education in Israel: Gan, Middle School, High School - Nefesh B'Nefesh". Nefesh B'Nefesh. 26 July 2021. "Nefesh B'Nefesh | Aliyah: It's your move!". "Kipod in
Ramot,_East_Jerusalem
Spanish Kabbalah teacher (1240-1291)
on the Guide of the Perplexed – Sefer ha-Ge’ulah (1273), Sefer Chayei ha-Nefesh, and Sefer Sitrei Torah (1280); on Sefer Yetzirah: – Otzar Eden Ganuz (1285/6)
Abraham_Abulafia
American composer and cantor
2001 Preludes and Debka, for trombone and string quartet - 13’ 2007 Yedid Nefesh: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano - 26’ 2009 Variously Blue: Trio for
Gerald_Cohen_(composer)
Songs etc. of some Jewish communities
Shim'on bar Yohai, reputed author of the Zohar. Song 61 and 62: "Yedid Nefesh" (written by Eleazar Azikri, and also used by Ashkenazim) and "Agadelcha"
Baqashot
Emigration of Romania's historic Jewish community to Israel
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Jewish emigration from Romania
Jewish_emigration_from_Romania
Principle stating that human life is sacred and should be protected
Catholic teaching about the fifth commandment in the Ten Commandments. Pikuach nefesh allows the Jewish person to override all other Jewish laws and practices
Sanctity_of_life
Canadian-Israeli business person
Humanities. The "Bonei Zion Prize" is given every year with his name by Nefesh b'Nefesh. The award recognizes immigrants to Israel from English-speaking
Sylvan_Adams
1919–1923 wave of Jewish immigration to Palestine
Youth Aliyah Mossad LeAliyah Bet El Al Ministry of Aliyah and Integration Nefesh B'Nefesh Am Yisrael Foundation Related topics Yishuv Sabra Jewish refugees
Third_Aliyah
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
History of religious Jewish music
History_of_religious_Jewish_music
Czech rabbi and Kabbalist (d. 1609)
contain exceptions which are entirely unlike the realm in nature. guf, nefesh, sechel ("body", "life-force", "intellect") – different levels of a single
Judah_Loew_ben_Bezalel
Jewish liturgical poem
Israeli music Religious Contemporary Jewish hip-hop Jewish rock Piyyut Yedid Nefesh Lekha Dodi Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) Zemirot Kol Meqadesh Shevi'i Ya Ribon
Ki_Hine_KaKhomer
Scottish rabbi
Jonathan Wittenberg Historical Louis Jacobs Communities and synagogues Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue New London Synagogue New North London Synagogue New Stoke
Jonathan_Wittenberg
Palestinians in Israel. In response to protests against a November 19, 2025, Nefesh B'Nefesh event for individuals interested in emigrating to Israel held at
Political positions of Zohran Mamdani
Political_positions_of_Zohran_Mamdani
18th-century European Rabbi
scribes on the holy names of God which occur in the Scriptures. Nefesh David veNefesh Chayyah, on the death of his parents, ib. 1812. Mevasser Tov, two
Elazar_Fleckeles
Study of Christian belief and practice
psychophysical pair. A man did not possess a nefesh but rather was a nefesh, as Gen. 2:7 says: "wayehi ha-adam le-nefesh ḥayya" (". . . and the man became a living
Christian_theology
Period of Jewish immigration to Palestine (1904–1914)
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Second_Aliyah
English-born Israeli editor and publisher
Jerusalem (from the Jerusalem Book Fair) and the Bonei Zion Prize (from Nefesh beNefesh) in 2015 in recognition of his contribution to Israel's cultural and
Asher_Weill
Heavenly beings who directly attend to God
what it has done during the day; the soul then reports it to the spirit (nefesh), the spirit to the angel, the angel to the cherub, and the cherub to the
Cherub
Literary bracketing device
mother because "ayn dochin nefesh mipnei nefesh" ("one soul may not be set aside in favor of another"). The use of the word nefesh at the beginning and the
Inclusio
Immigration of Russian Jews to Israel
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1970s_Soviet_Union_aliyah
Builder of the mausoleum of Emesa (c. 78/79 AD)
University of Oxford. ISBN 9781900934022. Kropp, Andreas (2010). "Earrings, Nefesh and Opus Reticulatum: Self-Representation of the Royal House of Emesa in
Gaius_Julius_Sampsigeramus
travel, tourism, insurance
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