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rote

noun

«rote» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Isaiah complains that people honor God with "commandments learned by rote," empty habit without the heart.

Interpretation. Jewish teachers use this to warn that prayer and mitzvot should be done with attention and feeling (kavanah), not as empty habit.

Meaning

Learning or doing something by repeating it again and again without thinking about what it means. tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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