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Fasting

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Deliberate refusal of food or drink for a set time. Penitence, purification, and protest fasts should not be merged into one practice.

Islam

  • Fasting is used in Islam.

    The Qur’an establishes ṣawm (fasting) among the duties of the community, including Ramadan speech. Islamic fasting as practiced duty in that revelation, not a diet fad and not prayer as the timed rite alone.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

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  • Fasting is used in Purim.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the Fast of Esther is the preparatory fast-day to the festival of Purim — fasting is the named eve-discipline of that Purim feast.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Fasting is associated with Almsgiving.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, almsgiving, prayer, and fasting constituted the three cardinal disciplines the synagogue transmitted — fasting shares that discipline set with almsgiving.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Fasting is associated with Asceticism.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the truly pious should not undergo fasting or other forms of asceticism except such as the law has prescribed — fasting is named as one form of that restricted ascetic practice.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Fasting is used in Sage.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, three spoonfuls of the juice of sage taken fasting with a little honey stays bleeding — fasting seats that sage juice dose.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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  • Fasting is used in Honey.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, three spoonfuls of the juice of sage taken fasting with a little honey stays bleeding — fasting seats that honey-with-juice dose.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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  • Fasting is used in Onion.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, to eat onions fasting with bread and salt is named among the preservative uses — fasting seats that onion morning dose.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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  • Fasting is used in Vinegar.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, the root steeped in vinegar and a little of that vinegar taken sometimes fasting is good for a cold stomach — fasting marks that vinegar dose.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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  • Fasting is associated with Prayer.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, Anna continued night and day in the temple serving God with fasting and prayer — fasting walks with that prayer.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Angelica is used in Fasting.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, angelica stalks or roots candied and eaten fasting are named preservatives in time of infection — fasting is the stated time for taking the candied angelica.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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  • Ninth is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the Ninth of Ab was celebrated as a fast-day before the Second Temple’s destruction — the ninth is the named day of that national fast.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Thirteenth is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the thirteenth of Adar was made a day of fasting in memory of Esther’s fast, called the Fast of Esther — the thirteenth is that commemorative fast-day.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Forty Days is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, after fasting forty days and praying, the seeker hears a heavenly voice — forty days is the named duration of that preparatory fast.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Pentecost is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, Anan’s seventy-days’ fast includes Passover and Pentecost as times of fasting when neither food nor drink could be taken by day — Pentecost is kept as a daytime fast in that Karaite reckoning.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Passover is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, Anan’s seventy-days’ fast includes Passover and Pentecost as times of fasting when neither food nor drink could be taken by day — Passover is kept as a daytime fast in that Karaite reckoning.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Tenth is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the Karaites celebrate the Tenth of Ab as a fast-day — the tenth is the calendar seat of that Karaite Ab fast.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Confirmation is associated with Fasting.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, Coptic sacraments include confirmation with faith, fasting, and prayer among the seven — confirmation is kept in that same sacrament reckoning as fasting.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Eighth is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the last meal before fasting on the eighth day of Ab is restricted after noon — the eighth is the calendar seat of that Ab fast’s eve meal rule.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Fourscore is used in Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, Anna is a widow for fourscore and four years, spending night and day in the temple with prayers and fasting — fourscore marks the span of that temple fasting life.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Fourteenth is associated with Fasting.

    In the Jewish Encyclopedia, the Fast of Esther on the thirteenth is the preparatory day to Purim celebrated on the fourteenth — the fourteenth feast day hinges on that preceding fast.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

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  • Good Friday is used in Fasting.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, they keep four fasts in the year more solemn than the rest, of which Good Friday is the chief — Good Friday is the chief of those solemn fasts.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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