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111Day's journey — A Day s journey in pre modern literature, including the Bible[1][2], ancient geographers and ethnographers such as Herodotus, is a measurement of distance. In the bible it is not as precisely defined as other Biblical measurements of distance;… …
112Fast of Esther — Tanit Esther, fast which is held the day before the Jewish holiday of Purim …
113Day of Atonement — Synonyms and related words: Fast of Av, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Weeks, Hanukkah, High Holy Days, New Year, Ninth of Av, Passover, Pentecost, Pesach, Purim, Rosh Hashanah, Shabuoth, Simhath Torah, Sukkoth, Yom Kippur, asceticism, cold… …
114FASTING AND FAST DAYS — FASTING AND FAST DAYS, the precept (or custom) of refraining from eating and drinking. In the Bible Although the origins of the ritual of fasting are obscure, several current theories claim that it originated as (1) a spiritual preparation for… …
115Nativity Fast — Liturgical year Western Advent Christmastide Epiphany Pre Lent Lent Easter Triduum Eastertide Ascensiontide Pentecost Ordinary Time Eastern Feast of Cross Nativity Fast Nativity Th …
116ESTHER, FAST OF — (Heb. תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר, Ta anit Esther), the day before purim on which it is customary to fast (unless that day falls on the Sabbath; see below). The She iltot of R. Aḥa of Shabḥa (eighth century; ed. by S.K. Mirsky, 3 (1964), 222, no. 69) has… …
117Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1964 Official name Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Observed by U …
118Break fast — A break fast is the meal eaten after Jewish fast days such as Yom Kippur and Tisha B Av. During a Jewish fast, no food or drink is consumed, including bread and water. The major fasts last over 25 hours, from before sundown on the previous night… …
119National Day of Prayer — Observed by The United States of America Date First Thursday in May 2010 date May 6 …
120holy day — noun a day specified for religious observance • Syn: ↑religious holiday • Hypernyms: ↑holiday • Hyponyms: ↑fast day, ↑Christian holy day, ↑Jewish holy day, ↑Dormition, ↑ …
