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  2. Jubilee (biblical) - Wikipedia

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    Israeli stamp commemorating the Jewish National Fund and quoting Leviticus 25:23: "The land must not be sold permanently…". The Jubilee (Hebrew: יובל yōḇel; Yiddish: yoyvl) is the year that follows the passage of seven "weeks of years" (seven cycles of sabbatical years, or 49 total years).

  3. Book of Jubilees - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Jubilees presents a "history of the division of the days of the law and of the testimony, of the events of the years, of their (year) weeks, of their jubilees throughout all the years of the world, as the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai when he went up to receive the tables of the law and of the commandment" [2] as revealed to ...

  4. Traditional Jewish chronology - Wikipedia

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    Year marks the 18th-year of Josiah's reign, mentioned in Seder Olam as a year of Jubilee. [186] During this same year, a Torah scroll was found in the Temple and brought to the king. [186] 458 BCE: Jubilee: 457 BCE: 1st-year of seven-year cycle 456 BCE: 2nd-year of seven-year cycle 455 BCE: 3rd-year of seven-year cycle 454 BCE: 4th-year of ...

  5. Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Jewish year 5785 divided by 19 results in a remainder of 9, indicating that it is year 9 of the Metonic cycle. The Jewish year used is the anno mundi year, in which the year of creation according to the Rabbinical Chronology (3761 BCE) is taken as year 1. Years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 of the Metonic cycle are leap years.

  6. Jubilee in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In Jewish tradition, the jubilee year was a time of joy, the year of remission or universal pardon. Leviticus 25:10 reads "Thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee." [1] The same concept forms the fundamental idea of the Christian jubilee.

  7. Jubilee - Wikipedia

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    A Jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning a recurring religious observance involving a set number of years, that notably involved freeing of debt slaves.

  8. List of mammals of Israel - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Israel. There are ninety-seven mammal species in Israel, of which one is critically endangered, four are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. [1]

  9. Seder Olam Rabbah - Wikipedia

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    Year marks the 18th-year of Josiah's reign, mentioned in Seder Olam as a year of Jubilee. [73] During this same year, a Torah scroll was found in the Temple and brought to the king. [73] 458 BCE: Jubilee: 457 BCE: 1st-year of seven-year cycle 456 BCE: 2nd-year of seven-year cycle 455 BCE: 3rd-year of seven-year cycle 454 BCE: 4th-year of seven ...