Golus
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Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish theological concept
→
Yiddish term → religious concept → |
| associatedReligion | Judaism → |
| contrastsWith |
Golus
→
surface form: "Geulah"
|
| discussedIn |
Hasidic homiletic literature
→
Jewish philosophical writings → Yiddish ethical literature (muser) → |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | Hebrew term Galut → |
| goalContrastedWith |
messianic redemption
→
return to Zion → |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Golus → |
| hasAspect |
cultural dislocation
→
historical exile → national displacement → physical exile → religious suffering → spiritual exile → |
| hasConnotation |
distance from God
→
exile from ancestral homeland → historical suffering of the Jewish people → yearning for return → |
| hasLanguage | Yiddish → |
| hasOrthography | Golus → |
| implies |
lack of full national sovereignty
→
living under foreign rule → separation from the Land of Israel → |
| refersTo |
Jewish diaspora
→
Jewish dispersion → Jewish exile → |
| relatedConcept |
Israel
→
surface form: "Eretz Yisrael"
Galut → Jewish diaspora → |
| semanticField |
diaspora
→
exile → redemption → |
| timePeriodDescribed |
post-Temple Jewish history
→
post-exilic era → |
| usedBy | Yiddish-speaking Jews → |
| usedInContext |
Hasidic discourse
→
Jewish history → Jewish liturgy and prayer → Jewish theology → rabbinic discourse → |
| viewedAs | temporary state in Jewish eschatology → |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Mikra"
this entity surface form: "Tsimtsum"
this entity surface form: "Geulah"
this entity surface form: "Geulah"
this entity surface form: "Ein Sof"