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• AMENITIES, COMMUNAL — AMENITIES, COMMUNAL. From the beginnings of Jewish communal organization, the Jewish community held nothing human to be beyond its ken. Its corporative character and national and social cohesion led to the inclusion of social services, socio… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• SICK CARE, COMMUNAL — As a religious duty and social service the Jewish community, like the city, took care of its sick. Many communities engaged communal physicians as well as making other necessary arrangements. Many ordinances, prayers, and descriptions of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• HAGGADAH, PASSOVER — (Heb. הַגָּדָה; telling ), a set form of benedictions, prayers, midrashic comments and psalms recited at the seder ritual on the eve of passover .   INTRODUCTION The Haggadah is based on the seder service prescribed by the Mishnah (Pes. 10),… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Matsuri —    As a Shinto term, best left untranslated. It may according to context be rendered festival , worship celebration rite , or even prayer . The Chinese pronunciation of matsuri is sai, so for example Kasuga matsuri is also Kasuga sai. The verb… …   A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

• Ancient Israelite cuisine — refers to the food eaten by the ancient Israelites during a period of over a thousand years, from the beginning of the Israelite presence in the Land of Israel at the beginning of the Iron Age until the Roman period. The dietary staples were… …   Wikipedia

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• Mixtec transnational migration — Mixtec transnational migration, mainly to the United States has continued for over three generations. Nevertheless, the Mixtec have remained an autonomous community; indeed, they remain one of the last autonomous Mesoamerican indigenous groups.… …   Wikipedia

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• David (film) — Infobox Film name = David caption = director = Peter Lilienthal producer = Joachim von Vietinghoff writer = Joel Koenig (novel) Jurek Becker Peter Lilienthal narrator = starring = Walter Taub Irene Vrkijan Eva Mattes Mario Fischel music =… …   Wikipedia