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New Year : Judaic Terms
44 words, approx. 1 pages There are four different new years in the Jewish tradition:- Nisan I is the beginning of the religious *calendar; Elul I is the new year for tithes; Tishri I—see *ROSH HASHANAH; Shevat I is the new year for trees. (See *TU...
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New Year Festivals Summary
5,482 words, approx. 18 pages NEW YEAR FESTIVALS. The concept of year, which is found in all higher cultures (as solar year or lunar year or some combination of the two), is not known in all archaic cultures. Some cultures reckon only in periods of approximately six months; this is...
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New Year Information
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 The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year...




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A New Year
09/10/2004: 306 words, approx. 1 pages Forward 09-10-2004 It has become a custom of this newspaper each September to note the arrival of the Jewish New Year with a doleful comment on the state of the world this particular month and the hope that things will change in the...
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The New Year
01/01/2001: 513 words, approx. 2 pages AMARTIAN perspective on our New Year's observances: "Only seven rotations of the planet after their holiday devoted to peace, goodwill, family and fellowship, earthlings engage in nocturnal mass gatherings at which public inebriation is socially sanctioned, followed by dancing, lugubrious salutes to 'auld lang...
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New Year's Getaway
7/31/2007: 489 words, approx. 2 pages New Year’s Eve can be frustratingly anticlimactic. How many times have you found yourself stuck at a boring party or on a couch waiting for the ball to drop while you wonder what you’re missing? This year, beat the New Year’s pressure by avoiding it...
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Revelers worldwide celebrate a new year
12/31/2006: 460 words, approx. 2 pages Wind-swept revelers gathered around London's Big Ben to watch the fireworks, and thousands of Japanese climbed Mount Fuji and other peaks to watch the first sunrise of the New Year. But the Thai capital sent celebrants home after a series of evening bombs.Police estimated a...


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