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12 hours ago · Jewish Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between the unchanging, eternal God —the mysterious Ein Sof ( אֵין סוֹף, 'The Infinite') [4] [5] —and the mortal, finite universe (God's creation ). [2] [4] It forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within Judaism.
12 hours ago · Mary The Madonna del Rosario (c. 6th century or earlier), perhaps the oldest icon of Mary, in Rome Born c. 18 BC [a] Herodian Judea Died After c. 33 AD Jerusalem, Province of Judaea, Roman Empire or Ephesus, Province of Asia, Roman Empire Spouse Joseph Children Jesus Parent(s) Joachim and Anne (according to some apocryphal writings) Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under ...
12 hours ago · Thomas the Apostle ( Greek: Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs; Aramaic ܬܐܘܡܐ, romanized: Tʾōmā, meaning "the twin"), [a] also known as Didymus (Greek: Δίδυμος, romanized: Dídymos, meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "Doubting Thomas" because he ...
12 hours ago · Zoroastrianism ( Persian: دین زرتشتی, romanized : Din-ē Zartoshti ), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. One of the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of the Iranian prophet Zarathustra—commonly known by his Greek name Zoroaster —as set forth in the Avesta. Zoroastrians exalt an ...
12 hours ago · Meditation has been of interest to a wide variety of modern Jews. In modern Jewish practice, one of the best known meditative practices is called "hitbodedut" (התבודדות, alternatively transliterated as "hisbodedus"), and is explained in Kabbalistic, Hasidic, and Mussar writings, especially the Hasidic method of Rabbi Nachman of Breslav.
12 hours ago · t. e. Stephanie Holomek, a Roma victim of the Holocaust. The Romani Holocaust or the Romani genocide [6] was the planned effort by Nazi Germany and its World War II allies and collaborators to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against European Roma and Sinti peoples during the Holocaust era. [7]
12 hours ago · Muhammad [a] ( / moʊˈhɑːməd /; Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized : Muḥammad [mʊˈħæm.mæd]; c. 570 – 8 June 632 CE) [b] was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. [c] According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam ...
