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Simeon the Righteous — relates that Mary was purified according to the religious law, followed by Jesus s presentation in the Jerusalem temple, and this explains the formal names given to the festival.In the liturgy of Evening prayer in the Anglican communion, tens of… … Wikipedia
SIMEON — (Heb. שִׁמְעוֹן), the second son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:33) and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Simeon. The name is formed from the verb shʿm (שמע) with the addition of the suffix on (וֹן), and was given by Leah to her son because the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Simeon (Hebrew Bible) — Simeon (Hebrew Name 1|שִׁמְעוֹן|Shim on) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor… … Wikipedia
SIMEON BAR YOḤAI — (mid second century C.E.), tanna. Simeon was one of the most important pupils of akiva . In the Mishnah, the Tosefta, and those midrashei halakhah belonging to the school of R. Akiva, he is almost universally called R. Simeon without any… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SONG OF SONGS — (Heb. שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), the book of the Hebrew Bible which normally follows Job in the Hagiographa and precedes the Book of Ruth. It thus stands first among the Five Scrolls. In Protestant and Roman Catholic Bibles, the book follows Proverbs… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Simeon I of Bulgaria — Infobox Monarch | name =Simeon I title =Tsar of the Bulgarians and the Byzantines caption =Anonymous seal of Simeon I reign =893 ndash;27 May 927 coronation = predecessor =Vladimir successor =Peter I consort =two, names unknown issue = see below… … Wikipedia
Simeon — (first century) Poet. Simeon was a devout elderly Jew who encountered the infant Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem. He took him in his arms and pronounced the words of the song which is now known as the ‘Nunc Dimittis’: ‘Lord, now lettest… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Tribe of Simeon — The Tribe of Simeon (Hebrew Name|שִׁמְעוֹן|Šimʻon|Šimʻôn| Hearkening; listening ) was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height, the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah; the… … Wikipedia
San Simeon (disambiguation) — San Simeon may refer to: *San Simeon, California, an unincorporated town in California * San Simeon , a song by the band Goldfinger on the album Stomping Ground *San Simeon State Park, a state park in California *San Simeon (horse), an Australian … Wikipedia
The Chanukah Song — is a humorous song written by comedian Adam Sandler with Saturday Night Live writers Lewis Morton and Ian Maxtone Graham and originally performed by Sandler on Saturday Night Live s Weekend Update on December 3, 1994.[1] Sandler subsequently… … Wikipedia
