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  2. Tumah and taharah - Wikipedia

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    Mei hatat - water into which ashes of the red heifer were mixed; People who were involved in the red heifer procedure and in certain procedures of the Yom Kippur sacrifices; Niddah - a menstruant woman; a man who has had sex with such a woman; the woman's blood, spit, and urine; objects which she has sat, reclined, or rode upon

  3. Water of lustration - Wikipedia

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    An unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin, and running water shall be put on them in a vessel. A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a ...

  4. Ritual purification - Wikipedia

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    Taking the bride to the bath house, Shalom Koboshvili, 1939. Male Wudu Facility at University of Toronto's Multifaith Centre.. Ritual purification is a ritual prescribed by a religion through which a person is considered to be freed of uncleanliness, especially prior to the worship of a deity, and ritual purity is a state of ritual cleanliness.

  5. 'Night-Grazing' Is the Persian Tradition That Keeps Food ...

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    Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...

  6. Jewish leaders in Israel needed a red heifer for a temple ...

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    They’ll mix the ashes of the heifer with water from Israel’s Gihon Spring and other ingredients, and sprinkle that water on members of the priesthood and the workers and tools for the temple.

  7. Kermes (dye) - Wikipedia

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    Kermes is a red dye derived from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect in the genus Kermes, primarily Kermes vermilio. The Kermes insects are native in the Mediterranean region and are parasites living on the sap of the host plant, the Kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera ) and the Palestine oak ( Quercus calliprinos ).

  8. Mikveh - Wikipedia

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    the Kohen who performed the Red Heifer ritual; [43] one who has contacted a corpse or grave, [44] in addition to having the ashes of the Red Heifer ritual sprinkled upon them; one who has eaten meat from an animal that died naturally. [45]

  9. Explainer-Who are the immigrants who could be targeted in ...

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    President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and with temporary protections once he takes office on Jan ...