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Ha⋅das⋅sah

  [huh-dah-suh, hah-]
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–noun
a benevolent organization of Jewish women founded in New York City in 1912 by Henrietta Szold and concerned chiefly with bettering medical and educational facilities in Israel, forwarding Zionist activities in the U.S., and promoting world peace.
Origin:
< Heb hădassāh lit., myrtle, the Hebrew name of Queen Esther; see Esther 2:7
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Hadassah

myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther (q.v.), Esther 2:7.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Hadassah

American religious organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Jewish social and religious values in the United States and to strengthening ties between U.S. and Israeli Jewish communities

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