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  • 31National Statement on Religious Diversity — The National Statement on Religious Diversity is a result of the New Zealand Diversity Action Programme, and is intended to provide “a framework for the recognition of New Zealand s diverse faith communities and their harmonious interaction with… …

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  • 32Royal Malaysian Custom — Infobox Law enforcement agency agencyname = Royal Malaysian Custom nativename = Kastam Diraja Malaysia nativenamea = nativenamer = abbreviation = RMC / KDRM fictional = patch = patchcaption = logocaption = badge = badgecaption = Royal Malaysian… …

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  • 33List of religious slurs — The list of religious slurs enumerates pejorative terms for people based on their religion.;Bible thumper : (U.S.) derogatory term used to describe a Protestant, particularly one from a Pentecostal or fundamentalist denomination who believes in… …

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  • 34ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 35HALAKHAH — DEFINITION The word halakhah (from the root halakh, to go ), the legal side of Judaism (as distinct from aggadah, the name given to the nonlegal material, particularly of the rabbinic literature), embraces personal, social, national, and… …

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  • 36Glossary of ancient Roman religion — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Ancient Roman religion …

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  • 37LABOR — Jewish Labor Organizations IN THE PRE STATE PERIOD Since the last decades of the 19th century, a number of sporadic labor associations have arisen in agriculture and in the printing, clothing, and building trades, as well as groups limited to a… …

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  • 38MENDELSSOHN, MOSES — (Moses ben Menahem, acronym RaMbeMaN, or Moses of Dessau; 1729–1786), philosopher of the German Enlightenment in the pre Kantian period, early Maskil, and a renowned Jewish figure in the 18th century. Born in Dessau, son of a Torah scribe,… …

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  • 39MINHAGIM BOOKS — Variations in usage between various sections of Palestine are already recorded in the period of the tannaim and amoraim. Thus, customs of Jerusalem (Ket. 4b, 12b; BB 93b; TJ, Suk. 4:14; Sem. 3:6), variations between Judah and Galilee (TJ, Pes.… …

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  • 40NEW YEAR'S CARDS — The widespread custom of sending Jewish New Year s cards dates to the Middle Ages, thus predating by centuries Christian New Year s cards, popular in Europe and the United States only since the 19th century. The custom is first mentioned in the… …

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