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Levi/Levy (Hebrew: לֵּוִי; Standard Levy Tiberian Lēwî ; "joining") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the levites). Certain religious and political functions were reserved for the Levites, and the early sources of the Torah—the Jahwist and Elohist—appear to treat the term Levi as just being a word meaning priest; scholars therefore suspect that "levi" was originally a general term for a priest, and had no connection to ancestry, and that it was only later, for example in the priestly source and Blessing of Moses, that the existence of a tribe named Levi became assumed, in order to explain the origin of the priestly caste.
The Torah suggests that the name of Levi refers to Leah's hope for Jacob to join with her, implying a derivation from yillaweh, meaning he will join, but Biblical scholars have proposed quite different origins of the name. Scholars suspect that it simply means priest, either as a loan word from the Minaean lawi'u, meaning priest, or by referring to those people who were joined to the ark of the covenant. Another possibility is that the Levites originated as migrants, and that the name Levites indicates their joining with either the Israelites in general, or the earlier Israelite priesthood in particular.
Actors: Ben Andrews (actor), Dima Levanchuk (editor), Dima Levanchuk (producer), Dima Levanchuk (producer), Dima Levanchuk (writer), Dima Levanchuk (director), Simone Leorin (actor), Hilary Gray (writer), Hilary Gray (producer), Megan Elizabeth Wescott (actress), Hilary Gray (actress), Hilary Gray (actress), Cindy Lemos (actress), Dave Shecter (actor), Jordan McGill (actor),
Genres: Action, Thriller,Actors: Alicia Witt (actress), Peter Bogdanovich (actor), Nicolas Coster (actor), Cheryl Hines (actress), Angela Sostre (producer), Victoria Tennant (actress), Charese Mongiello (miscellaneous crew), Ross Partridge (actor), Amy Ferguson (actress), Wilson Bethel (actor), Fiona Hardingham (actress), Russell Hadaya (miscellaneous crew), Ashton Holmes (actor), Laura Anderson (miscellaneous crew), Rita Squitiere (costume designer),
Plot: A Thanksgiving get-together for the eccentric Turner clan goes from bad to worse when estranged daughter Nina makes a surprise visit home for the first time in 15 years. Nina clashes with her stepmother Deborah, and sister, Lindsay, while half-brother Jacob tries to keep a massive gambling debt a secret. Meanwhile, family patriarch Poppy has his own dramatic news to share. "Cold Turkey" is a black comedy about how - despite our best efforts - we all eventually turn into our parents. Starring Alicia Witt ("Friday Night Lights"), Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Sonya Walger ("Lost"), Victoria Tennant ("L.A. Story") and acclaimed writer-director Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show").
Keywords: thanksgivingActors: David Spaltro (producer), Jason Shahinfar (writer), Jason Shahinfar (director), Jason Shahinfar (producer), Jason D. Yi (editor), Miranda Adema (miscellaneous crew), Zach Engelhart (actor), Cole Adema (producer), Luke Ma (producer), Levi Adema (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jon Gries (actor), Robert Longstreet (actor), Juli Erickson (actress), Betty Buckley (actress), Justin Arnold (actor), Graham Reynolds (composer), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (actress), Berndt Mader (writer), Berndt Mader (director), Berndt Mader (producer), Ben Steinbauer (producer), Noell Coet (actress), Ginger Attaway (miscellaneous crew), Brent Joseph (editor), Ezra Venetos (producer),
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Genres: ,Born upon the blue ridge, at the Carolina line
Baptized on the banks of the new river
Brought upon blue grass and clear moon shine
And tough as iron but a heart soft as leather
Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
10 000 miles from a southern town
Oh, Levi,
Like a fire on a mountain, running wild with no states
Playing nights on the glory horse shoe
And Indian raids
Now it's parachutes and combat boots
They camouflaged they planes
And a country boy who don't belong
In the desert anyways
Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
10 000 miles from a southern town
Oh, Levi,
Well the sandbox sure gets lonesome
And it's 109 degrees
Singing carry my back to Virginia
Lord I'm down here on my knees
In a market skrell while the bells were ringing
Loud to fill the air
Levi gazed his eyes out, to the rocket player
Be on the desert and the ocean
To the farthest fields on home
And when the bullets pierced his body
He was already gone
Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
10 000 miles from a southern town
Oh, Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down