Churban


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Churban

(xʊːrˈbɑn; Yiddish ˈxʊːrbən) or

Hurban

n
1. (Judaism) the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
2. (Historical Terms) another name for holocaust2
[literally: destruction]
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