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  2. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In dry weight, the omer weighed between 1.560 kg to 1.770 kg, being the quantity of flour required to separate therefrom the dough offering. [32] In the Torah, it is the Priestly Code which refers to the omer , rather than to the se'ah or kab ; [ 1 ] textual scholars view the Priestly Code as one of the later sources of the Torah, dating from a ...

  3. Electricity on Shabbat - Wikipedia

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    Of the 39 categories of creative activities prohibited on Shabbat, rabbinic authorities have associated at least three with incandescent lights. The overwhelming majority of Orthodox halakhic authorities maintain that turning on an incandescent light on Shabbat violates a Biblical prohibition on "igniting" a fire (Hebrew: הבערה, hav'arah), because the filament becomes glowing hot like a ...

  4. Solomon's shamir - Wikipedia

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    According to the Asmodeus legend from the Talmud (Tractate Gittin 68a-b), the location of the Shamir was told to King Solomon by Asmodeus, whom Solomon captured. Asmodeus was captured by Benaiah ben Jehoiada, [4] who captured the demon king by pouring wine into Asmodeus' well, making him drunk, and wrapping him in chains that were engraved with a sacred name of God.

  5. 20 Bible Verses About Stress to Help Calm and Relax ... - AOL

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    Read these Bible verses about stress to help you deal with and manage any anxiety you may have. Leave your troubles with the Lord with the aid of God's word. ... With his great power, you can do ...

  6. Mina (unit) - Wikipedia

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    From earliest Sumerian times, a mina was a unit of weight. At first, talents and shekels had not yet been introduced. By the time of Ur-Nammu (shortly before 2000 BCE), the mina had a value of 1 ⁄ 60 talent as well as 60 shekels. The weight of this mina is calculated at 1.25 pounds (0.57 kg), or 570 grams of silver (18 troy ounces). [1] [2]

  7. Christianity and science - Wikipedia

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    Even more numerous are Catholic laity involved in science: Henri Becquerel who discovered radioactivity; Galvani, Volta, Ampere, Marconi, pioneers in electricity and telecommunications; Lavoisier, "father of modern chemistry"; Vesalius, founder of modern human anatomy; and Cauchy, one of the mathematicians who laid the rigorous foundations of ...

  8. You have minutes to flee your house. What do you take?

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    How much time you have, the nature of the disaster, your state of mind, the time of day, whether you have electricity, and whether you're home at the time. Even the best-laid preparations might ...

  9. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...