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  2. Yahrzeit candle - Wikipedia

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    The use of a yahrzeit candle is a widely practiced custom, where mourners light a yahrzeit candle that burns for 24 hours, on the anniversary of the death on the Hebrew calendar. [3] Many Jews who are otherwise unobservant follow this custom. [3] It is customary to light the candle inside one's home, or near the grave of the deceased.

  3. Yahrzeit - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad. Judaism portal. v. t. e. Yahrzeit ( Yiddish: יאָרצײַט, romanized :yortsayt, lit. 'year-time', plural יאָרצײַטן, yortsaytn) [1] is the anniversary of a death in Judaism. It is traditionally commemorated by reciting the Kaddish in synagogue and by lighting a long-burning candle.

  4. History of the Jews in England - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753, an attempt to legalise the Jewish presence in England, remained in force for only a few months. Historians commonly date Jewish emancipation to either 1829 or 1858, while Benjamin Disraeli , born a Sephardi Jew but converted to Anglicanism , had been elected twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ...

  5. Anno Mundi - Wikipedia

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    Anno Mundi (from Latin "in the year of the world"; Hebrew: לבריאת העולם, romanized : Livryat haOlam, lit. 'to the creation of the world'), abbreviated as AM or A.M., or Year After Creation, [1] is a calendar era based on the biblical accounts of the creation of the world and subsequent history. Two such calendar eras have seen ...

  6. Honorifics for the dead in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Judaism. Among the honorifics in Judaism, there are several traditional honorifics for the dead which are used when naming and speaking of the deceased. Different honorifics might be applied depending on the particular status of the deceased. These honorifics are frequently found on gravestones, on memorial walls inside the sanctuary of ...

  7. List of discount shops in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Factory Shops Essex Ltd. 5. Family run Essex -based discount shop [1] Goodwins. c. 2010s. Yorkshire Trading Company. 4. North East and Yorkshire based multi price discount retailer that originally started life as a pound shop.

  8. Death anniversary - Wikipedia

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    Death anniversary. A jesasang (제사상), literally "death anniversary table" – a table used in Korean death anniversary ceremonies. A death anniversary (or deathday) is the anniversary of the death of a person. It is the opposite of birthday. It is a custom in several Asian cultures, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, China, Georgia ...

  9. Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized : HalLûaḥ HāʿIḇrî ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of ...