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Kibbutz. Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk. A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קִבּוּץ / קיבוץ, lit. 'gathering, clustering'; pl.: kibbutzim קִבּוּצִים / קיבוצים) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by ...
Voice of God. Ezekiel hears the voice, represented by the Hand of God, Dura-Europos synagogue, 3rd century CE. In the Abrahamic religions, the voice of God is a communication from God to human beings through sound with no known physical source. In rabbinic Judaism, such a voice was known as a bat kol ( Hebrew: בַּת קוֹל baṯ qōl ...
Kol Nidre / ˈkɔːl nɪˈdreɪ / (also known as Kol Nidrey or Kol Nidrei; [1] Aramaic: כָּל נִדְרֵי kāl niḏrē) is a Hebrew and Aramaic declaration which is recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on the eve of Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"). Strictly speaking, it is not a prayer, even though it is ...
Collect. The collect ( / ˈkɒlɛkt / KOL-ekt) is a short general prayer of a particular structure used in Christian liturgy . Collects appear in the liturgies of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, [citation needed] Anglican, and Lutheran churches, among others.
Yom Kippur falls each year on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrei, which is nine days after the first day of Rosh Hashanah. In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Yom Kippur can fall is September 14, as happened most recently in 1899 and 2013. The latest Yom Kippur can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is on ...
The Knights of Labor ( K of L ), officially the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was an American labor federation that was active in the late 19th century, especially the 1880s. It operated in the United States as well in Canada, [1] and had chapters also in Great Britain and Australia. [2] Its most important leader was Terence V ...
The Kol people referred to a group of tribal communities of Chotanagpur in eastern parts of India. Historically, the Mundas, Oraons, Ho and Bhumijs were called Kols by the British. [1] It also refers to some tribes and castes of south-east Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. [2] [3] They are mostly Indigenous people and dependent on ...
Kumzits (קומזיץ) is used to describe a musical gathering that Jews partake in. Everyone sits together, be it on the floor or on chairs, and sings spiritually moving songs. To establish a certain ambiance the lighting is often low and candles are primarily used, or if taking place outdoors it is usually around a campfire.