Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae A family of conifers (or, according to some authors, a
tribe of the family
Pinaceae). The leaves are spirally arranged (not in opposite pairs as in
Cupressaceae) and the leaves are evergreen, hard, and scale-, spine-, or awl-like in most genera, though in a few (e.g.
Metasequoia and
Taxodium) they are soft and deciduous. The cones are globular and hard, with the
bracts completely fused to the
ovule-bearing scales (as in Cupressaceae but unlike Pinaceae). The family consists of 10 genera and only 13 species. It includes many ancient
relict monotypic genera, like
Sequoiadendron,
Sequoia,
Metasequoia, and
Cryptomeria, all of which have an extremely limited distribution as natives today though formerly they were mostly very widespread (
epibiontics). They are widely cultivated in many temperate regions; for example,
Sequoiadendron giganteum (wellingtonia or big tree), once widespread in the world in
Pliocene times, is now confined as a native to the Sierra Nevada of California.
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'Keep saying Hallel on Independence Day.' Almost all rabbis at right-wing settlements tell followers to celebrate statehood in prayer
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 5/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...05-11-2005 Headline: 'Keep saying Hallel on Independence Day.' Almost all rabbis...their communities to continue to say the Hallel prayer, an expression of joy for the...students of the yeshiva not to say the Hallel prayer. Sources close to the yeshiva...
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Fighting world hunger is no child's play for sisters Aliza, 11, and Hallel, 9
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...s play for sisters Aliza, 11, and Hallel, 9 Byline: URIEL HEILMAN Edition; Daily...half-a-lifetime ago for Aliza and Hallel Abramowitz-Silverman, who today are...it will make the whole world better," Hallel chimes in. The girls' idea is simple...
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Gush Katif rabbi rules: Don't say Hallel prayer on Independence Day
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/7/2005; ; 427 words
; ...Headline: Gush Katif rabbi rules: Don't say Hallel prayer on Independence Day Byline: YAAKOV KATZ...students and followers to refrain from reciting Hallel on Independence Day. Hallel, the traditional prayer of thanksgiving, is recited...
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Mini Reviews Opening HALLEL ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/24/2004; 700+ words
; Mini Reviews HALLELUJAH, BABY! -- (At Arena Stage through Feb. 13) This play undoubtedly had a lot more to say to the world in 1967 than it does in 2004. The show boasts an impressive pedigree -- music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and book by Arthur Laurents -- and a
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Mount Calvary grads, honors
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 6/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...Burris, theater; Danielle Catalani, choir, Hallel, theater; Justin Clark, band, choir; David Crowell, band; Graham Fehr, band, choir, Hallel, theater; Jenna Griest, choir, Hallel; John Fox, choir, Hallel Anna Hetrick, theater...
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Expressions of happiness
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/29/2002; ; 681 words
; ...During Passover, the joyous prayer of Hallel is recited, as it is on all festivals...Book of Esther takes the place of saying Hallel. The prayer comes in two forms: a full...version and an abbreviated one called half-Hallel, even though about 80 percent of it is...
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How old is the Haggadah?
Magazine article from: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...During this time, the Levites sang Hallel (Psalms 113-118), repeating it several...The main event is the recitation of the Hallel. Note that this set of psalms is particularly...Mishnah devotes little attention to the Hallel, the Tosefta dwells on it. This difference...
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How many cups?
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/23/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...story. The fourth cup is recited over Hallel and is a special addition, unique to...was sacrificed in the Temple while the Hallel was being sung. It "filled the void...substituted for the Pessah lamb while Hallel was chanted. Thus we arrived - almost...
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Shabbat Chanukah: The Essence Of Mazal
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 12/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...history? Rambam chooses to appendage the laws of Hallel to Chanukah. Hallel is said on every one of our festivals, yet Rambam...of God's miraculous role in history. Regarding Hallel, Rav Yosi Haglili presents the guiding principle...
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Die Psalmen
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...103, 108-110), the Egyptian Hallel (113-118), the pilgrimage psalms...an important monograph), the great Hallel (135, 136), the fourth Davidic Psalter (138-145), and the small Hallel (146-150). The introduction also...
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Hallel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Hallel. Psalms 113–18. The full Hallel is chanted in synagogue on the first day of Passover , on Sukkot and on Ḥanukkah . It is also recited in two parts during the Passover seder .
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hallel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hallel [Heb.,=praise], in Judaism, Psalms 113 to 118, sung every morning of Hanukkah, at the Passover service, and at the morning service of most major Jewish holidays as an expression of joy and thanksgiving.
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Jewish liturgy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...blessings), the Sh'ma (Hear, O Israel), the Kaddish (doxology), Pesukei d'Zimra (psalms for the morning prayer), and Hallel (Psalms 113-118) on festivals. In addition, there is a reading of portions of the Pentateuch and of the Prophets on the...
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music
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...and cymbals of bronze, and bells. Some of these instruments are named also in the NT, and Jesus and the disciples sang the hallel (Pss. 114–18) after the Lord's Supper. Singing certainly formed part of early Christian worship (Eph. 5...
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Nicholson, George
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...1993).VOCAL: Colloque sentimental , sop., hp. (1976); Rondeau , sop. (1977); Settings , sop., pf. (1977); Hallel , sop., org. (1979); Alla Luna , sop., cl., pf. (1981); Aubade , sop., 5 players (1981); Vignette , sop...
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