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  2. Handfasting - Wikipedia

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    Handfasting is a traditional practice that, depending on the term's usage, may define an unofficiated wedding (in which a couple marries without an officiant, usually with the intent of later undergoing a second wedding with an officiant), a betrothal (an engagement in which a couple has formally promised to wed, and which can be broken only ...

  3. Sheva Brachot - Wikipedia

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    The old Yemenite Jewish custom regarding the Sheva Brachot is recorded in Rabbi Yihya Saleh's (Maharitz) Responsa. [11] The custom that was prevalent in Sana'a before the Exile of Mawza was to say the Sheva Brachot for the bridegroom and bride on a Friday morning, following the couple's wedding the day before, even though she had not slept in the house of her newly wedded husband.

  4. File:Upton Sinclair - The Fasting Cure.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Original file (714 × 1,072 pixels, file size: 5.04 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 170 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  5. Religious fasting - Wikipedia

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    If followed strictly, the person fasting does not partake any food or water from the previous day's sunset until 48 minutes after the following day's sunrise. Fasting can also mean limiting oneself to one meal during the day, abstaining from eating certain food types or eating only certain food types.

  6. Fasting and abstinence in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ...

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    A vegan Ethiopian Yetsom beyaynetu, compatible with fasting rules.. Fasting and abstinence (Ge'ez: ጾም ṣōm; Amharic and Tigrinya: tsom) have historically constituted a major element of the practice of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, following the counsel of Saint Paul (Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ; k’idus p’awilos) to "chastise the body and bring it under subjection" per 1 ...

  7. List of Jewish prayers and blessings - Wikipedia

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    In the Palestinian tradition, this blessing was merged with the previous one to maintain 18 blessings. Shome'a tefilla שומע תפילה ‎ Asking God to answer our prayers. Any additional requests can be added in this blessing. On fast days Aneinu is added here in the silent prayer.

  8. Islamic marital practices - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally lasting for seven days, Bedouin marriage preparations and celebration starts with the marriage proposal known as the Al Khoutha, a meeting of the groom's father and bride's father; the purpose of the groom's father is to ask the hand of the bride from the bride's father for marriage; and involves the customary drinking of minty ...

  9. Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    Devotee can chose the fasting approach that aligns with his/her health, lifestyle, and spiritual goals. [7] Nirjala: Devotees observe complete fasting without even water on Ekadashi day. Jalahar: In this type of Ekadashi fasting, devotees consume only water. Ksheerbhoji: In this type of Ekadashi fasting, devotees consume milk and milk products.