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Kosher foods are foods that conform to the Jewish dietary regulations of kashrut (dietary law).The laws of kashrut apply to food derived from living creatures and kosher foods are restricted to certain types of mammals, birds and fish meeting specific criteria; the flesh of any animals that do not meet these criteria is forbidden by the dietary laws.
The Apostolic Constitutions, whose texts date to c. 400 AD, attribute the precept of using holy water to the Apostle Matthew.It is plausible that the earliest Christians may have used water for expiatory and purificatory purposes in a way analogous to its employment in Jewish Law ("And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the ...
On its maiden voyage, KRI Bima Suci also carried out the 2017 Kartika Jala Krida (KJK) voyage, together with 119 cadets. KJK is a goodwill voyage abroad as well as training and practice (Latek) for AAL Cadets with using the training ship, and it is hoped that KRI Bima Suci will arrive in Surabaya on November 24, 2017.
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary is sometimes reputed to have ordered the first modern perfume in Europe, called 'Hungary water'.. Hungary water (sometimes called "the Queen of Hungary's Water", [1] Eau de la Reine de Hongary, [2] or "spirits of rosemary" [2]) was one of the first alcohol-based perfumes in Europe, primarily made with rosemary. [2]
Tulì is a Filipino rite of male circumcision.It has a long historical tradition and is considered an obligatory rite of passage for males; [1] those who have not undergone the ritual are ridiculed and labeled supót by their peers.
1824 illustration from Lipník nad Bečvou. The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה , Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית , Yiddish:) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed. [1]
The santri of PPTQM Pakan Sinayan in Agam Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia doing the Tapak Suci exercise. Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah (lit. ' Sacred Palm, Sons of Muhammadiyah '), shortened as Tapak Suci, is an autonomous pencak silat martial arts organization of Muhammadiyah, the modernist, second largest Muslim organization in Indonesia.
Circumcision being performed in Central Asia, c. 1865–1872. Restored albumen print.. The Quran itself does not mention circumcision explicitly in any verse. [1] [4] [2] [7] In the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, both male and female circumcision were carried out by Pagan Arabian tribes, [1] [2] [7] and male circumcision was performed by the Jewish tribes of Arabia for religious reasons.