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  2. First Fruits - Wikipedia

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    First Fruits is a religious offering of the first agricultural produce of the harvest. In classical Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions, the first fruits were given to priests as an offering to deity. Beginning in 1966 a unique "First Fruits" celebration brought the Ancient African harvest festivals that became the African American holiday, Kwanzaa.

  3. Bikkurim (first-fruits) - Wikipedia

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    Bikkurim (Hebrew: בכורים, / b ɪ ˌ k uː ˈ r iː m, b ɪ ˈ k ʊər ɪ m /), [1] or first-fruits, are a type of sacrificial offering which was offered by ancient Israelites. In each agricultural season, the first-grown fruits were brought to the Temple and laid by the altar, and a special declaration recited.

  4. Bikkurim (tractate) - Wikipedia

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    Bikkurim (Hebrew: ביכורים, lit."First-fruits") is the eleventh tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.All versions of the Mishnah contain the first three chapters, and some versions contain a fourth.

  5. Shavuot - Wikipedia

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    Shavuot corresponds to the commandment "Bring the first fruits of your land to the house of God your Lord; do not cook a kid in its mother's milk" (Exodus 34:26). Since the first day to bring Bikkurim (the first fruits) is Shavuot, the second half of the verse refers to the custom to eat two separate meals – one milk, one meat – on Shavuot.

  6. Annates - Wikipedia

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    Originally, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, annatæ or annalia, signified only the first-fruits of those lesser benefices of which the pope had reserved the patronage to himself, and granted outside of the consistory. It was from these claims that the papal annates, in the strict sense, in course of time developed.

  7. Court of First Fruits and Tenths - Wikipedia

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    The Court of First Fruits and Tenths was subsequently subsumed into the Exchequer Office of First Fruits and Tenths in 1554. Beginning in 1703, Queen Anne's Bounty was the name applied to a perpetual fund of first-fruits and tenths granted by a charter of Queen Anne and confirmed by the Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1703 ( 2 & 3 Ann. c. 20), for the ...

  8. These 89 Appetizers Might Just Be The Best Part Of ... - AOL

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    Try a bird of a different feather this year, and serve this festive and impressive fruit and cheese display as the centerpiece of your holiday app table. Get the Turkuterie recipe . PHOTO: RYAN ...

  9. Umkhosi Wokweshwama - Wikipedia

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    The dashing of a calabash by the Zulu King signifies that the people may now enjoy the fruits of the harvest. Umkhosi Wokweshwama [um̩kʰoːsi woɠʷeʃʷaːma] (" first fruits festival"), recently also known as Umkhosi Woselwa [um̩kʰoːsi woseːlʷa] (" calabash festival"), is the annual harvest festival of the Zulu people , observed around ...