Scrolls, Five
Scrolls, Five (Heb., Ḥamesh Megillot). The five shortest books of the Hebrew scriptures. The Five Scrolls are the Books of Ecclesiastes, Esther, Lamentations, Ruth, and the Song of Songs.
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