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Page 219
... begins Friday evening some 20 minutes before sunset , with the kindling of the sabbath candles by the wife , or in her absence by the husband . In the synagogue , the sabbath is ushered in at sunset with the recital of selected psalms ...
... begins Friday evening some 20 minutes before sunset , with the kindling of the sabbath candles by the wife , or in her absence by the husband . In the synagogue , the sabbath is ushered in at sunset with the recital of selected psalms ...
Page 561
... begins in 794 , when the Emperor Kammu transferred the capital from Nara to Nagaoka ( south of Kyōto ) and then to ... begin- ning of the 9th century , its population may have num- bered 500,000 - which would have made the city larger ...
... begins in 794 , when the Emperor Kammu transferred the capital from Nara to Nagaoka ( south of Kyōto ) and then to ... begin- ning of the 9th century , its population may have num- bered 500,000 - which would have made the city larger ...
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... begins again . If the process is continued , however , a half - minute rest no longer suffices to restore the ... begin until just before the end of the 19th century . At that time a group of Russian physiologists became the first to ...
... begins again . If the process is continued , however , a half - minute rest no longer suffices to restore the ... begin until just before the end of the 19th century . At that time a group of Russian physiologists became the first to ...
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