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  2. Party favor - Wikipedia

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    Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests from the bride and groom during a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception. The tradition of distributing wedding favors is hundreds of years old. It is believed that the first wedding favor, common amongst European aristocrats, was known as a bonbonniere.

  3. Tefillin - Wikipedia

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    e. Tefillin ( Israeli Hebrew: תְּפִלִּין ‎ / תְּפִילִּין ‎; Ashkenazic pronunciation: [tfiˈlin]; Modern Hebrew pronunciation: [tefiˈlin] ), or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are worn by adult Jews ...

  4. Mezuzah - Wikipedia

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    A mezuzah ( Hebrew: מְזוּזָה "doorpost"; plural: מְזוּזוֹת ‎ mezuzot) is a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which Jews fix to the doorposts of their homes. [1] These verses are the Biblical passages in which the use of a mezuzah is commanded ( Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 ); they ...

  5. Packing problems - Wikipedia

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    An a × b rectangle can be packed with 1 × n strips if and only if n divides a or n divides b. de Bruijn's theorem: A box can be packed with a harmonic brick a × a b × a b c if the box has dimensions a p × a b q × a b c r for some natural numbers p, q, r (i.e., the box is a multiple of the brick.)

  6. Kazimir Malevich - Wikipedia

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    Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (23 February [O.S. 11 February] 1879 – 15 May 1935) was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing influenced the development of abstract art in the 20th century.

  7. Arts and Crafts movement - Wikipedia

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    The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles [1] and subsequently spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and America. [2] Initiated in reaction against the perceived impoverishment of the decorative arts and the conditions ...

  8. Rectangular cuboid - Wikipedia

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    A cube, a special case of the square rectangular box. A rectangular cuboid is a convex polyhedron with six rectangle faces. These are often called "cuboids", without qualifying them as being rectangular, but a cuboid can also refer to a more general class of polyhedra, with six quadrilateral faces. [1] The dihedral angles of a rectangular ...

  9. Veil - Wikipedia

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    The uncovering or unveiling that takes place in the wedding ceremony is a symbol of what will take place in the marriage bed. Just as the two become one through their words spoken in wedding vows, so these words are a sign of the physical oneness that they will consummate later on. The lifting of the veil is a symbol and anticipation of this.

  10. Handbag - Wikipedia

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    The term "purse" originally referred to a small bag for holding coins. In many English-speaking countries, it is still used to refer to a small money bag. A "handbag" is a larger accessory that holds objects beyond currency, such as personal items. American English typically uses the terms purse and handbag interchangeably.

  11. Norse settlements in Greenland - Wikipedia

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    Since church buildings in Iceland and Norway were usually made of wood, this could be an indication of regular contact between the colony and the British Isles. The church was the scene of the last recorded event in Greenland. A magnificent wedding took place there on September 14, 1408. The guests came from Iceland in 1408 and returned in 1410.