excessive+modesty
121shy — adj Shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy can mean showing disinclination to obtrude oneself in the presence or company of others. Shy implies a shrinking, sometimes constitutional, sometimes the result of inexperience, from familiarity or contact …
122prudery — prud•er•y [[t]ˈpru də ri[/t]] n. pl. er•ies 1) excessive propriety or modesty in speech, conduct, etc 2) pruderies, prudish actions, words, or remarks • Etymology: 1700–10; < F pruderie. See prude, ery …
123COUNCILS OF THE LANDS — COUNCILS OF THE LANDS, the central institutions of Jewish self government in Poland and Lithuania from the middle of the 16th century until 1764. The bodies in question were the Council of the Four Lands (Heb. וַעַד אַרְבַּע אֲךָצוֹת) or … …
124ELEAZAR ḤISMA — (fl. first third of the second century C.E.), tanna, one of the sages of Jabneh. Some consider Ḥisma to have been his father s name and refer to him as Eleazar b. Ḥisma, but it appears rather to have been his byname, meaning the strong, said to… …
125ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …
126JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
127JOSEPH — (Heb. יְהוֹסֵף, יוֹסֵף), son of jacob and Rachel. He was born in Paddan Aram after his mother had been barren for seven years (Gen. 29:20, 30; 30:22–24, 25; 31:41). Nothing is related of his childhood. Joseph and His Brothers At the age of 17… …
128SAMUEL BEN KALONYMUS HE-ḤASID (The Pious) OF SPEYER — SAMUEL BEN KALONYMUS HE ḤASID ( The Pious ) OF SPEYER (12th century), one of the first leaders of the …
