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1. Heḳdesh (Bet Heḳdesh La-'Aniyim Lit. "House Consecrated To The Needy"): Hebrew name for an asylum or a hospital; found in many medieval Jewish documents. Its origin goes back to pre-Christian times (see Kohler in "Berliner Festschrift," 1903, p. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]