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  • 41Yom Kip|pur — «yom KIHP uhr; YOHM kih POOR», a Jewish fast day of atonement for sins; Day of Atonement, the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar, observed with complete fasting for 24 hours. It occurs ten days after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on the …

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  • 42YOM HA-ZIKKARON — (Heb. יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן; Remembrance Day ), memorial day observed for those who fell on active service in the Israel War of Independence and subsequently. It is observed on Iyyar 4th (the day before independence day ) in solemn civil, military,… …

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  • 43Yom Kippur — Yom Kip*pur (y[=o]m k[i^]*p[oo^]r , y[aum]m k[i^]*p[oo^]r ), [Heb. y[=o]m kipp[=u]r, day of atonement.] (Jewish Antiq.) the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the rites… …

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  • 44Yom-Tov Lipmann-Muhlhausen — Yom Tov ben Solomon Lipmann Muhlhausen (Hebrew: יום טוב ליפמן מילהאוזן) was an Jewish Austrian controversialist, Talmudist, and kabalist of the 14th and 15th centuries. According to Bishop Bodecker of Brandenburg, who wrote a refutation of… …

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  • 45YOM SANGSOP — YOM SANGS face= EU Caron ェP (1897 1963) Lorsqu’il sort de prison il a été condamné pour sa participation au Mouvement pour l’indépendance (1919) le romancier coréen Y face= EU Caron サm Sang S face= EU Caron サp crée, en 1920, la revue littéraire… …

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  • 46Yom Kippur — Yom Kip•pur [[t]yɒm ˈkɪp ər, yoʊm[/t]] hebr. [[t]ˈyɔm kiˈpur[/t]] n. jud the holiest Jewish holiday, observed on the 10th day of Tishri by fasting and by recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue Also called Day of Atonement •… …

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  • 47YOM TOV OF JOIGNY — (d. 1190), talmudist, exegete, and synagogal poet. He was a disciple of Rabbenu tam of Troyes, the grandson of Rashi. Toward 1180 he settled in york , probably under the aegis of josce , the leader of the community. His halakhic decisions are… …

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  • 48Yom Kippur — • A most solemn fast, on which no food could be taken throughout the day, and servile works were forbidden Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 49Yom Kippur — Yom Kip|pur [ˌjɔm ˈkıpə, kıˈpuə US ˌjoum ˈkıpər, kıˈpur] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Hebrew; Origin: Day of Atonement ] a Jewish religious holiday on which people do not eat, but pray to be forgiven for the things they have done wrong …

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  • 50Yom Kippur — Yom Kip|pur [ ,jɔm kıpər, ,jɔm kı pur ] noun count or uncount a day each year in September or October when Jewish people do not eat or drink but pray to God to forgive them. This holiday is also called the Day of Atonement …

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