Yom Kippur - General observances. Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of repentance, considered to be the holiest and most solemn day of the year. Its central theme is atonement and reconciliation. Eating, drinking, washing, cosmetics, wearing leather shoes, and conjugal relations are prohibited (Mishnah tractate Yoma 8:1). Fasting - total abstention from all food and drink - usually begins a half an hour before sundown (called "tosefet Yom Kippur", the "addition" of fasting a bit of the previous day is required by Jewish law), a ...

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Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur - Date, Yom Kippur - Biblical origin, Yom Kippur - Observances, Yom Kippur - General observances, Yom Kippur - Observances among secular Jews, Yom Kippur - The eve of Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur - Prayer services, Yom Kippur - Atonement, Yom Kippur - Forgiveness and vidduy, Yom Kippur - Reconcilation with others, Yom Kippur - The Temple service

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Some Christian groups, most notably those associated with the Worldwide Church of God, also observe Rosh Hoshanah, though they normally call it by the English expression Feast of Trumpets. There are many New Testament passages that mention trumpets, and those who observe the Feast of Trumpets consider that these trumpet blasts and the events mentioned in the New Testament are the actual fulfillment of the what this day actually represents in Leviticus ...

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Feast of Trumpets, Feast of Trumpets - Date, Feast of Trumpets - In the New Testament

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The shofar is mentioned frequently in the Hebrew Bible, from Exodus to Zechariah, and throughout the Talmud and later rabbinic literature. It was the voice of a shofar, "exceeding loud," issuing from the thick cloud on Mount Sinai that made all the Israelites tremble in awe (Exodus xix, xx). This horn appears to be a normal trumpet. It can be sounded as a normal horn, but if the command word is spoken and the instrument is then played, it deals 5d6 points of sonic damage to creatures within a 40-foot cone and causes them to be ...

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Shofar, Shofar - In the Bible and rabbinic literature, Shofar - Post-Biblical times, Shofar - Construction, Shofar - Physical horns, Shofar - The sounds, Shofar - Unique sound waves, Shofar - The performer, Shofar - Use in modern times

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Like the vast supercontinent Eurasia, the culture of Asia is the aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in Asia. The continent is often divided into geographic and cultural subregions, including the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent"), North Asia, and Southeast Asia. (Southwest Asia and the Middle East are often considered geographically but not culturally Asian). Asian cultures also range ...

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• Culture of Asia - Nationalities and ethnic groups
• Culture of Asia - Architecture
• Culture of Asia - Art
• Culture of Asia - Visual arts
• Culture of Asia - Performing arts
• Culture of Asia - Mythology and folklore
• Culture of Asia - Languages
• Culture of Asia - Literature
• Culture of Asia - Classical
• Culture of Asia - Modern
• Culture of Asia - Philosophy
• Culture of Asia - Religions
• Culture of Asia - Festivals & celebrations
• Culture of Asia - Food & drink
• Culture of Asia - Culture by people
• Culture of Asia - Notes

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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponds to the years 5766-5767 in the Hebrew Calendar, 5107-5108 in the Hindu Calendar, 1426-1427 in the Islamic Calendar, 1384-1385 in the Iranian calendar, 4703 in the Chinese calendar, and 2759 a.U.c. It is also the current year. It has been designated: The International Year of Deserts and Desertification The Rembrandt Year, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrand ...

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• 2006 - Events
• 2006 - January
• 2006 - Predicted and scheduled events
• 2006 - January
• 2006 - February
• 2006 - March
• 2006 - April
• 2006 - May
• 2006 - June
• 2006 - July
• 2006 - August
• 2006 - September
• 2006 - October
• 2006 - November
• 2006 - December
• 2006 - Major Religious Holidays
• 2006 - Unknown/undecided dates
• 2006 - Deaths in 2006
• 2006 - January
• 2006 - 2006 in Fiction

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The article Judaism and Christianity compares and contrasts two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to each other and in other ways fundamentally divergent in theology and practice. Whereas the article on the Judeo-Christian tradition emphasizes continuities and convergences between the two religions, this article emphasizes that Judaism and Christianity each have widely diverging views of their respective relationship to the other, and of elements they have in common, such as the Bible and God. Including:

• Judaism and Christianity - Neither religion is monolithic
• Judaism and Christianity - Raison d'être of the religion
• Judaism and Christianity - The nature of religion: national versus universal
• Judaism and Christianity - Concepts of God
• Judaism and Christianity - Understanding of the Bible
• Judaism and Christianity - Sin and Original Sin
• Judaism and Christianity - Faith versus good deeds
• Judaism and Christianity - Love
• Judaism and Christianity - Abortion
• Judaism and Christianity - War violence and pacifism
• Judaism and Christianity - Judgement
• Judaism and Christianity - Capital punishment
• Judaism and Christianity - Heaven and Hell
• Judaism and Christianity - The Messiah
• Judaism and Christianity - Catholic views
• Judaism and Christianity - Eastern Orthodox views
• Judaism and Christianity - Jewish views
• Judaism and Christianity - Evangelism
• Judaism and Christianity - Miscellaneous
• Judaism and Christianity - Mutual views
• Judaism and Christianity - Common Jewish views of Christianity
• Judaism and Christianity - Common Christian views of Judaism

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The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. It is a small deciduous tree reaching 5-12 m tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple oval with an acute tip and serrated margin, slightly downy below, 5-12 cm long and 3-6 cm broad on a 2-5 cm petiole. The flowers are produced in spring with the leaves, white, usually tinged pink at first, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, with five petals. T ...

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• Apple - Botanical origins
• Apple - Apple cultivars
• Apple - Growing apples
• Apple - Apple breeding
• Apple - Starting an orchard
• Apple - Location
• Apple - Pollination
• Apple - Thinning
• Apple - Pests and diseases
• Apple - Harvest
• Apple - Commerce and uses
• Apple - Health benefits
• Apple - Cultural aspects

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Cantillation (Hebrew: ta`amei ha-mikra or just te`amim; Yiddish trope is also commonly used in English) comprises special signs or marks in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh) which complement the letters and vowel points. Some of these signs were also sometimes used in medieval manuscripts of the Mishnah. A primary purpose of the cantillation signs is to guide the chanting of the sacred texts during public worship. Very roughly speaking, each word of text has a cantillation mark at its prima ...

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• Cantillation - Three functions
• Cantillation - The musical function
• Cantillation - Ashkenazic melodies
• Cantillation - Eastern melodies
• Cantillation - Syntax and phonetics
• Cantillation - History

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The High Holidays refers to the ten-day period in Judaism which begins with Rosh Hashanah followed by the ten days of repentance, ending with Yom Kippur, the day of repentance. The English term "High Holidays" is not an accurate translation; the actual name for this period is the Yamim Noraim. (Hebrew, "Days of Awe"). Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה ro’sh hash-shānāh, beginning of the year) is the Jewish spiritual New Year. The Mishnah, the core work of the Jewish oral law, sets this day aside as the new year for calculat ...

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Yechi began as the phrase "Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu Verabbeinu," ("May our master, teacher and Rebbe live!") to which the response was a shout of "Yechi" ("May he live!"). Generally, it was recited in the presence of Rabbi Schneerson after the recitation of twelve special verses known as "the Twelve Pesukim." A child honored with reciting the last verse of the Twelve Pesukim would call out the phrase, to which everyone would respond. This was repeated three times. The response would be accented on the second ...

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• Yechi - Early history
• Yechi - Growth of Messianism
• Yechi - Recent developments

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Everything that Jews do regarding death is for one of two reasons: respect for the dead (kavod ha-met) or to console those left behind (nihum avelim). Jewish bereavement - Death bed. By Jewish law, Jews are forbidden to do anything to hasten a person's death but, are at the same time required to do anything possible to comfort the dying. So the spectrum of what can-and-cannot be done for a person on their deathbed goes to both extremes. There are some who will not touch a dying person for fear that something so mild ...

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• Jewish bereavement - Death and dying
• Jewish bereavement - Death bed
• Jewish bereavement - When a person is defined as dead
• Jewish bereavement - Afterlife
• Jewish bereavement - Preparing the body
• Jewish bereavement - Vigil
• Jewish bereavement - Funeral service
• Jewish bereavement - Burial
• Jewish bereavement - Jewish view of cremation
• Jewish bereavement - Community
• Jewish bereavement - Chevra kadisha
• Jewish bereavement - Zihuy Korbanot Asson ZAKA
• Jewish bereavement - Mourning
• Jewish bereavement - Five stages
• Jewish bereavement - Unveiling
• Jewish bereavement - Visiting the gravesite
• Jewish bereavement - Memorial through prayer
• Jewish bereavement - Mourner's Kaddish
• Jewish bereavement - Yizkor
• Jewish bereavement - Av HaRachamim
• Jewish bereavement - Days of memorial
• Jewish bereavement - Yahrzeit
• Jewish bereavement - Yom Ha'Shoah
• Jewish bereavement - Yom Hazikaron
• Jewish bereavement - Tisha B'Av
• Jewish bereavement - Fast of the First Born
• Jewish bereavement - General
• Jewish bereavement - Jewish concepts and topics
• Jewish bereavement - Jewish ritual
• Jewish bereavement - Jewish organisations
• Jewish bereavement - Jewish memorial days

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Time of rejoicing with the end of judgment after Yom Kippur. Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of/with the Torah), Shalosh Regalim (Jewish pilgrimages) Sukkot (סוכות or סֻכּוֹת sukkōt, booths) or Succoth or Sukkos is a Biblical pilgrimage festival which occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishri (mid- to late-October). The holiday is also known as the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles, or the Feast of Ingathering. In Judaism it i ...

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• Sukkot - Sukkot laws and customs
• Sukkot - The sukkah
• Sukkot - Ushpizzin
• Sukkot - The Four Species
• Sukkot - Chol HaMo'ed
• Sukkot - Simchat Beit HaShoeivah
• Sukkot - Hoshanah Rabbah
• Sukkot - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
• Sukkot - The holiday in the Bible
• Sukkot - Sukkot as a place name
• Sukkot - Reference

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Bahya ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda) Full name: Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, known to Talmud scholars (in Hebrew) as the Rabbeinu Bechaya ("Our Rabbi Behaya"), was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. Bahya ibn Paquda - Life and works. He was the author of the first Jewish system of ethics, written in Arabic in 1040 under the title Al Hidayah ila Faraid al-Qulub, Guide to the Duties of the Heart, ...

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• Bahya ibn Paquda - Life and works
• Bahya ibn Paquda - Neoplatonism

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Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. The word is from the old English synn, presumed to be from Germanic *sun(d)jō (lit: "it is true"). [1] It is recorded in use as early as the 9th century. The most common formal definition is an infraction against religious or moral l ...

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• Sin - Etymology
• Sin - Jewish views of sin
• Sin - Jewish conceptions of atonement for sin
• Sin - Hebrew Concept of Sin
• Sin - Christian views of sin
• Sin - In General
• Sin - Roman Catholic Views
• Sin - Eastern/Oriental Orthodox Views
• Sin - Protestant Views
• Sin - Christian teachings on Atonement or the Remedy for Sin
• Sin - Muslim views of sin
• Sin - Hindu views of sin
• Sin - Atheist views of sin
• Sin - Notes and references

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Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. The tenets and history of Judaism are the major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions, including Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Over at least the last two thousand years, Judaism has not been monolithic in practice, and has not had any centralized authority or binding dogma. Despite this, Judaism in all its variations has remained tightly bound ...

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• Judaism - Introduction
• Judaism - Monotheism
• Judaism - Practical worship and the laws
• Judaism - Traditional view of the development of Judaism
• Judaism - Critical historical view of the development of Judaism
• Judaism - Religious doctrine and Principles of Faith
• Judaism - The traditional Jewish bookshelf
• Judaism - Jewish Law and interpretation
• Judaism - What makes a person Jewish?
• Judaism - Jewish philosophy
• Judaism - Jewish denominations
• Judaism - Jewish denominations in Israel
• Judaism - Karaism
• Judaism - Jewish prayer and practice
• Judaism - Prayers
• Judaism - Jewish holidays
• Judaism - Torah readings
• Judaism - Synagogues and Jewish buildings
• Judaism - Dietary laws: Kashrut
• Judaism - Family purity
• Judaism - Life-cycle events
• Judaism - Community leadership
• Judaism - Classical priesthood
• Judaism - Prayer leaders
• Judaism - Specialized religious roles
• Judaism - Jewish religious history
• Judaism - Ancient Jewish religious history
• Judaism - Historical Jewish groupings to 1700
• Judaism - Persecutions
• Judaism - Hasidism
• Judaism - The Enlightenment and Reform Judaism
• Judaism - The Holocaust
• Judaism - The present situation
• Judaism - Judaism and other religions
• Judaism - Christianity and Judaism
• Judaism - Islam and Judaism
• Judaism - Jews and Judaism
• Judaism - Jewish law and religion
• Judaism - Comparative

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P. granatum L. P. protopunica Balf. The Pomegranate, Punica granatum, is a species of fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 5-8 m tall. The pomegranate is believed to have originated in the area from eastern Iran to northern India, but its true native range is not accurately known because of its extensive cultivation. The leaves are opposite or sub-opposite, glossy, narrow oblong, entire, 3-7 cm long and 2 cm broad. The flowers are bright red, 3 cm diameter, with five petals (o ...

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• Pomegranate - Etymology
• Pomegranate - Cultivation and uses
• Pomegranate - Health Benefits
• Pomegranate - Pomegranates and symbolism
• Pomegranate - Judaism and the Bible
• Pomegranate - Greek mythology
• Pomegranate - Other

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Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. yeshivot or yeshivos) is an institution for Torah study and the study of Talmud primarily within Orthodox Judaism attended by males. Females usually attend Bais Yaakov schools. Yeshiva - History. See also Torah study Yeshiva - Pre-1800s. Traditionally, every town rabbi had the right to maintain a number of full-time or part-time pupils in the town's study hall (beis midra ...

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• Yeshiva - History
• Yeshiva - Pre-1800s
• Yeshiva - Chaim Volozhin
• Yeshiva - Types of yeshivot
• Yeshiva - Prominent yeshivot
• Yeshiva - In the United States
• Yeshiva - In Israel
• Yeshiva - Academic year
• Yeshiva - Typical schedule
• Yeshiva - Method of study
• Yeshiva - Talmud study
• Yeshiva - Jewish law
• Yeshiva - Ethics
• Yeshiva - Weekly Torah portion

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Jewish services are the communal prayer recitations which form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book. Jewish men are required to pray three times daily and four times daily on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays (five times on Yom Kippur). While prayer alone is valid, praying with a minyan (quorum of ten adult males) is considered ideal. Many synagogues (particularly Reform and Conservative, and large Orthodox ones ...

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• Jewish services - The prayers and their origins
• Jewish services - Backgrounds
• Jewish services - Text and language
• Jewish services - Quorum
• Jewish services - Concentration
• Jewish services - Weekday prayer services
• Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers
• Jewish services - Mincha: afternoon prayers
• Jewish services - Ma'ariv or Arvit: evening prayers
• Jewish services - Shabbat services
• Jewish services - Friday night services
• Jewish services - Saturday morning: Shacharit
• Jewish services - Saturday morning additional service: Musaf
• Jewish services - Saturday afternoon: Mincha
• Jewish services - Saturday evening: Maariv
• Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot
• Jewish services - Related customs
• Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors

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Daylight saving time (also called DST) is the North American term for a system intended to "save" daylight (the British observe summer time, and likewise the Europeans). The official time is adjusted forward, (usually) one hour from its official standard time, remaining that way for the duration of the spring and summer months. This is intended to provide a better match between the hours of daylight and the active hours of work and school. DST is most commonly used in temperate regions, due to the considerable variation in the amount of day ...

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• Daylight saving time - Origin
• Daylight saving time - Observation of DST
• Daylight saving time - Usage and history by location
• Daylight saving time - Africa
• Daylight saving time - Asia
• Daylight saving time - Australasia
• Daylight saving time - Europe
• Daylight saving time - North America
• Daylight saving time - South America
• Daylight saving time - Rationales for DST
• Daylight saving time - Criticism of DST
• Daylight saving time - Mnemonic
• Daylight saving time - Associated practices
• Daylight saving time - The name
• Daylight saving time - Notes
• Daylight saving time - Books

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The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. Based on the words holy and day -, holidays originally represented special religious days. The word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day. In most of the English-speaking world a holiday is also a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g. "I'm going on holiday to Mallorca next week"), the North American equivalent being "vacation". However, some Canadians (especially those of English or Irish decent) will use both the terms vacation and holiday interchangeably when referr ...

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• Holiday - Public holidays
• Holiday - Consecutive holidays
• Holiday - Religious holidays
• Holiday - Buddhist holidays
• Holiday - Celtic Norse and Neopagan holidays
• Holiday - Christian holidays
• Holiday - Hindu holidays
• Holiday - Islamic holidays
• Holiday - Jewish holidays
• Holiday - Bahá'í holidays
• Holiday - The Northern Hemisphere winter holiday season
• Holiday - Holidays traditionally in the winter holiday season
• Holiday - Winter holiday greetings
• Holiday - National holidays
• Holiday - International holidays secular
• Holiday - Other secular holidays
• Holiday - Unofficial holidays
• Holiday - No holidays?

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A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as holy or secular commemorations of important events in Jewish history. In Hebrew, Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called Yom Tov ("good day") or chag ("festival") or ta'nit ("fast"). Outside of a Jewish context, all Jewish holidays appear to be "religious holidays" but that is not actually the case. It is important to understand that Judaism is so old that it is simultaneously a religion ...

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• Jewish holiday - Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year
• Jewish holiday - Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
• Jewish holiday - Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
• Jewish holiday - Sukkot - Festival of Booths
• Jewish holiday - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - Rejoicing with the Law
• Jewish holiday - Hanukkah - Festival of Lights
• Jewish holiday - Tu Bishvat - New year of the trees
• Jewish holiday - Purim - Festival of Lots
• Jewish holiday - New Year for Kings
• Jewish holiday - Pesach - Passover
• Jewish holiday - Sefirah - Counting of the Omer
• Jewish holiday - Lag Ba'omer
• Jewish holiday - New Israeli/Jewish national holidays
• Jewish holiday - Yom Ha'Shoah - Holocaust Remembrance day
• Jewish holiday - Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day
• Jewish holiday - Yom Ha'atzma'ut - Israel Independence Day
• Jewish holiday - Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day
• Jewish holiday - Shavuot - Pentecost
• Jewish holiday - The Three Weeks and the Nine Days
• Jewish holiday - Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av
• Jewish holiday - Tithe of animals
• Jewish holiday - Rosh Chodesh - the New Month
• Jewish holiday - Shabbat - The Sabbath יום השבת
• Jewish holiday - Variances in observances

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