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.

Aliases (4)

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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.

Tanakh alternativeName Golus
this entity surface form: "Mikra"
Galut alternativeSpelling Golus
this entity surface form: "Tsimtsum"
Galut contrastedWith Golus
this entity surface form: "Geulah"
Golus contrastsWith Golus
this entity surface form: "Geulah"
Kabbalah coreConcept Golus
this entity surface form: "Ein Sof"
Golus hasOrthography Golus

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