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  2. Shalom Aleichem (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    Shalom Aleichem (Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, 'Peace be upon you') is a traditional song sung by many Jews every Friday night upon returning home from synagogue prayer. It signals the arrival of the Shabbat , welcoming the angels who accompany a person home on the eve of the Shabbat.

  3. The School of Night - Wikipedia

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    Raleigh was first named as the centre of the "School of Atheism" by the Jesuit priest Robert Persons in 1592. [2] "School of Night", however, is a modern appellation: the theory that this purported school was a clandestine intellectual coterie was launched by Arthur Acheson on textual grounds, in his Shakespeare and the Rival Poet (1903).

  4. Thaxted (tune) - Wikipedia

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    The Manse in Thaxted, where Gustav Holst lived from 1917 to 1925 "Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life.

  5. Nunc dimittis - Wikipedia

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    Simeon's Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, c. 1700–1710. The Nunc dimittis [1] (English: / n ʊ ŋ k d ɪ ˈ m ɪ t ɪ s /), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32.

  6. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Full Poem and History - AOL

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    'Twas the Night Before Christmas History The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas , was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in a Troy, New York newspaper called ...

  7. Lord's Day - Wikipedia

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    To keep holy means that no unnecessary work or travel be done on this day. It is a day of rest and worship, a day of Bible reading and prayer. We must not buy, sell, or bargain on Sunday, which is the Lord's day. [63] The Book of Discipline of the Evangelical Methodist Church Conference reflects this, teaching: [64] 40.

  8. List of English-language hymnals by denomination - Wikipedia

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    Church School Hymnal for Children, Grades 3 to 6 (1964) [290] Young Children Sing, Church School Hymnal for Ages 3–7 (1967) [291] Lutheran Book of Worship, Augsburg Publishing House (1978) [292] Lutheran Church of Australia. All Together series of spiritual song books; Lutheran Hymnal with Supplement (1987) Together in Song: Australian Hymn ...

  9. Christian liturgy - Wikipedia

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    The holding of church services pertains to the observance of the Lord's Day in Christianity. [2] The Bible has a precedent for a pattern of morning and evening worship that has given rise to Sunday morning and Sunday evening services of worship held in the churches of many Christian denominations today, a "structure to help families sanctify the Lord's Day."