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The origins of discalceation lie in Exodus 3:5, [2] where God tells Moses: "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground". A separate custom in Biblical times of taking off only one shoe as part of a socially witnessed contract is referred to in Ruth 4:7 [ 3 ] and Deuteronomy 25:9: [ 4 ]
Maundy (from Old French mandé, from Latin mandatum meaning "command"), [1] or Washing of the Saints' Feet, Washing of the Feet, or Pedelavium or Pedilavium, [2] is a religious rite observed by various Christian denominations.
There seems to be a difference between "shoes" and "sandals", such as in the case of "plucking off the shoe", when a man refused his brother's wife. [5] Sandals were made of harder leather than shoes, [ 6 ] and sometimes of wood covered with leather, and stuck with nails, to make them more durable; [ 7 ] though sometimes made of bulrushes, and ...
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I have a confession: I love sandals. It doesn’t matter if they’re flat variations or slightly elevated numbers — I love a good pair of sandals. Now that we’re in spring, I get to live my ...
Biblical sandals (Hebrew: סנדלים תנ"כיים, sandalim tanakhim), also called Tanakhi sandals and Khugistic sandals (Hebrew: סנדלים חוגיסטיים, sandalim ḥugistim), [1] are sandals consisting of a sole with two leather straps that pass across the top of the foot, and one around the heel. [2]
The sandals are the remains of an ornate fabric shoe (slipper) allegedly given to the Abbey by Pepin the Short in the Carolingian period (7th to 9th centuries). [1]They are mentioned by Pepin in the deed of 762, and he is said to have received them from Rome as a gift of Pope Stephen II.
On Sunday, Jan. 5, the Rev. Paul Tellström announced his retirement from the pulpit at Altadena Community Church. The 69-year-old pastor is in the throes of Parkinson's disease. He is getting ...