Limmud
/lɪˈmuːd/noun
A Jewish educational movement and network, also referring to its learning festivals and events.
Did you know?Limmud’s name comes from the Hebrew root למד, the same root behind Talmud and talmid—“student” or “disciple.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*l-m-d
“A reconstructed root associated with learning, teaching, and instruction.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
לָמַד (lamad)
“To learn or be accustomed through instruction.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
לִמּוּד (limmud)
“Taught, trained, or instructed; a person shaped by learning.”
Rabbinic Hebrew
Hebrew
לִמּוּד (limmud)
“Learning, study, or instruction.”
1980
English/Hebrew
Limmud
“Name adopted by a British Jewish educational conference founded to bring together diverse forms of Jewish learning.”
Modern English
English
Limmud
“An international Jewish learning movement and the festivals or events it organizes.”