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  2. Widow - Wikipedia

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    The Bible has written several commandments about caring for the widow, the prohibition against harming her and the duty to make her happy during the holidays, for example: "Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your ...

  3. Yibbum - Wikipedia

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    The widow is or was physically capable of bearing children [11] The Widow (1882-83) by Anders Zorn. The widow has to remain unmarried until yibbum or halizah has been performed. Even if some of the brothers do not meet all the conditions to be eligible for yibbum, as long as there is one that does, yibbum applies to him.

  4. Levirate marriage - Wikipedia

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    Kalankatuatsi describes the form of levirate marriage practised by the Huns. As women had a high social status, the widow had a choice whether to remarry or not. Her new husband might be a brother or a son (by another woman) of her first husband, so she could end up marrying her brother-in-law or stepson; the difference in age did not matter. [10]

  5. Parable of the Unjust Judge - Wikipedia

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    Avenge me of mine adversary (anonymous), contracted by Pacific Press Publishing Company (1900) The parable of the unjust judge, by Jan Luyken, 1712. The Parable of the Unjust Judge (also known as the Parable of the Importunate Widow or the Parable of the Persistent Woman, is one of the parables of Jesus which appears in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 18:1–8). [1]

  6. Dorcas - Wikipedia

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    The Bible describes a variety of widows, both poor and rich, powerful and dependent. Under Roman law in this era, when a woman's father died, she would become legally independent and would conventionally inherit an equal share of his property along with her siblings. She controlled this property herself even if married.

  7. Amanda Kloots on why she hates the term 'widow': 'I am ... - AOL

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    After losing her husband Nick Cordero to coronavirus last year, Amanda Kloots has spoken out about why she hates the term widow.

  8. Women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Jesus held women personally responsible for their own behavior as seen in his dealings with the woman at the well (John 4:16–18), the woman taken in adultery (John 8:10–11), and the sinful woman who anointed his feet (Luke 7:44–50 and the other three gospels). Jesus dealt with each as having the personal freedom and enough self ...

  9. Amanda Kloots denounces the term widow after losing ... - AOL

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    After losing her husband Nick Cordero to coronavirus last year, Amanda Kloots has spoken out about why she hates the term widow.