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the yearly cycles of Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- The Jewish year. Diversity of Judaism -- Hebrew pronunciation guide -- Important vocabulary -- Weekly worship -- Summary of the Jewish year -- Pesach festival -- Counting of the Omer -- Yom Ha-Shoah -- Yom Ha-Atzma'ut -- Lag B'Omer -- Sheloshet Yimei Hagbalah : 3 days of restriction -- Shavuot -- Fast days : 3 week mourning period -- Tisha B'Av -- Tu B'Av -- Preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur -- Days of awe. Rosh Hashanah -- 'Aseret Temei Teshuvah : 10 days of penitence -- Yom Kippur : Day of atonement -- Preparation for Sukkot -- Sukkot : Festival of booths -- Shemini Atzeret -- Simchat Torah -- Chanukah -- Asarah B'Tevet -- Tu B'Shevat : New Year for trees -- Fast of Esther -- Purim -- The Christian year. Diversity within Christianity -- Important vocabulary -- Weekly worship -- Summary of the Christian year -- Christmas cycle. Advent -- Christmas day -- Christmas season -- Day of Epiphany -- Ordinary time after Epiphany -- Easter cycle. Lent -- Holy week -- Easter eve/day -- Easter season : The great 50 days -- Day of Pentecost -- Ordinary time after Pentecost -- The Islamic year. Diversity within Islam -- Important vocabulary -- Weekly prayer -- Summary of the Islamic calendar -- Dawn of the Islamic new year -- Ashura -- Arba'een : 40th day -- Hijrah -- Milad-un Nabi : Birth of the prophet (PBUH) -- Isra' and Mi'raj -- Mid Shaban -- Ramadan -- Lailatul Qadr -- Eid-ul Fitr : Feast of breaking the fast -- Six days of fasting in Shawwal -- Hajj -- Eid-ul-Adha : Feast of sacrifice -- Ghadeer Khumm : Prophet's (PBUH) speech -- Comparisons and conclusions.
Kathy Black with Bishop Kyrillos, Jonathan L. Friedmann and Tamar Frankiel, Hamid Mavani and Jihad Turk.
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