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| a chanter who calls people to prayer |
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"struggle"
the ideals both of spreading islamice belief and of heroic self-sacrifice |
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| a devotional remembrance of allah through the recitation of his 99 names and other devotional practices |
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"successor"
a religious and political leader |
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"search"
rabbinical commentary on the scriptures and oral law |
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| a joyous festival in early spring that recalls the Jews being saved from destruction, as told in teh bood of Esther |
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"beginning of the year"
celebration of the Jewish New Year, occuring the seventh lunar month |
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"booths"
a festival in the late autumn that recalls the jews period of wandering in the desert after their exodus from egypt |
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| an encyclopedic commentary on the Hebrew scriptures |
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