Holy of Holies, the Glossary

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1. 145 relations: Aaron's rod, Alexander the Great, Altar (Bible), Angel, Apocrypha, Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Ark of the Covenant, Ascension of Jesus, Axis mundi, Babylonian captivity, Berakhot (tractate), Bernard Avishai, Biblical Archaeology Society, Book of Exodus, Brocade, Bronze, Catholic Church, Cherub, Christian denomination, Christianity, Church tabernacle, Ciborium (architecture), Cognate, Column, Comparison (grammar), Crusades, Cubit, Curtain, Debir, Divination, Dome of the Rock, Eastern Orthodox Church, Ecclesiastes, Ephod, Epistle to the Hebrews, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eucharist, First Jewish–Roman War, Foundation Stone, Geʽez, God, God in Judaism, Gold, Golden Gate (Jerusalem), Grammatical gender, Grammatical number, Great Disappointment, Greek language, Haaretz, Heaven, ... Expand index (95 more) »

2. Ark of the Covenant
3. Eastern Christian liturgy
4. Jewish sacrificial law
5. Superlatives in religion
6. Yom Kippur

Aaron's rod

Aaron's rod refers to any of the walking sticks carried by Moses' brother, Aaron, in the Torah. Holy of Holies and Aaron's rod are ark of the Covenant.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Altar (Bible)

Altars (מִזְבֵּחַ, mīzbēaḥ, "a place of slaughter or sacrifice") in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth or unwrought stone. Holy of Holies and Altar (Bible) are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Angel

In Abrahamic religious traditions (such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) and some sects of other belief-systems like Hinduism and Buddhism, an angel is a heavenly supernatural or spiritual being.

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Apocrypha

Apocrypha are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture.

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Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Officially named the "Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica, Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World", and commonly known as the Lateran Basilica or Saint John Lateran) is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, and serves as the seat of the bishop of Rome, the pope.

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Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites. Holy of Holies and Ark of the Covenant are Hebrew Bible words and phrases and tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Ascension of Jesus

The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate lit) is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection, where he was exalted as Lord and Christ, sitting at the right hand of God.

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Axis mundi

In astronomy, axis mundi is the Latin term for the axis of Earth between the celestial poles.

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Babylonian captivity

The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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Berakhot (tractate)

Berakhot (Brakhot, lit. "Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.

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Bernard Avishai

Bernard Avishai is an Adjunct Professor of Business at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Biblical Archaeology Society

The Biblical Archaeology Society was established in 1974 by American lawyer Hershel Shanks, as a non-sectarian organisation that supports and promotes biblical archaeology.

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Book of Exodus

The Book of Exodus (from translit; שְׁמוֹת Šəmōṯ, 'Names'; Liber Exodus) is the second book of the Bible.

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Brocade

Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cherub

A cherub (cherubim; כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים kərūḇīm, are one of the unearthly beings in Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. Holy of Holies and cherub are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Church tabernacle

A tabernacle or a sacrament house is a fixed, locked box in which the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) is stored as part of the "reserved sacrament" rite.

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Ciborium (architecture)

In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium (Greek: κιβώριον) is a canopy or covering supported by columns, freestanding in the sanctuary, that stands over and covers the altar in a church.

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Cognate

In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.

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Column

A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.

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Comparison (grammar)

Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Cubit

The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.

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Curtain

A curtain is a piece of cloth or other material intended to block or obscure light, air drafts, or (in the case of a shower curtain) water.

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Debir

A Biblical word, dvir may refer to.

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Divination

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or practice.

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Dome of the Rock

The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes (Qōheleṯ, Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament.

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Ephod

An ephod (ʾēp̲od̲; or) was a type of apron that, according to the Hebrew Bible, was worn by the High Priest of Israel, an artifact and an object to be revered in ancient Israelite culture, and was closely connected with oracular practices and priestly ritual. Holy of Holies and ephod are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Epistle to the Hebrews

The Epistle to the Hebrews (to the Hebrews) is one of the books of the New Testament.

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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others.

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First Jewish–Roman War

The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt (ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire fought in the province of Judaea, resulting in the destruction of Jewish towns, the displacement of its people and the appropriation of land for Roman military use, as well as the destruction of the Jewish Temple and polity.

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Foundation Stone

The Foundation Stone (lit), or the Noble Rock (lit) is the rock at the center of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

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Geʽez

Geez (or; ግዕዝ, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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God in Judaism

In Judaism, God has been conceived in a variety of ways.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Golden Gate (Jerusalem)

The Golden Gate or Gate of Mercy (lit; url-status|lit.

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Grammatical gender

In linguistics, a grammatical gender system is a specific form of a noun class system, where nouns are assigned to gender categories that are often not related to the real-world qualities of the entities denoted by those nouns.

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Grammatical number

In linguistics, grammatical number is a feature of nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions (such as "one", "two" or "three or more").

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Great Disappointment

The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Haaretz

Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.

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Heaven

Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside.

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Heavenly sanctuary

In Seventh-day Adventist theology, the heavenly sanctuary teaching asserts that many aspects of the Hebrew tabernacle or sanctuary are representative of heavenly realities.

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Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Hebrew), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (Hebrew), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel.

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High Priest of Israel

In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel (lit) was the head of the Israelite priesthood. Holy of Holies and High Priest of Israel are Hebrew Bible words and phrases and Jewish sacrificial law.

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Hiram Edson

Hiram Edson (1806–1882) was a pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, known for introducing the sanctuary doctrine (investigative judgment) to the church.

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Holy anointing oil

The holy anointing oil (oil of anointing) formed an integral part of the ordination of the priesthood and the High Priest as well as in the consecration of the articles of the Tabernacle (Exodus 30:26) and subsequent temples in Jerusalem. Holy of Holies and holy anointing oil are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Holy of Holies (LDS Church)

The Holy of Holies or Holiest of Holies is a room in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), wherein the church's president — acting as the Presiding High Priest of the church — enters to act as High Priest of Israel in direct relationship with God, in accordance with the LDS interpretation of the Book of Exodus.

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Holy Qurbana

The Holy Qurbana (ܩܘܼܪܒܵܢܵܐ ܩܲܕܝܼܫܵܐ, Qurbānā Qaddišā in Eastern Syriac or Qurbānā Qandišā in the Indian variant of Eastern Syriac, the "Holy Offering" or "Holy Sacrifice" in English), refers to the Eucharistic liturgy as celebrated in Syriac Christianity and the liturgical books containing the rubrics for its celebration.

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Honden

In Shinto shrine architecture, the, also called, or sometimes as in Ise Shrine's case, is the most sacred building at a Shinto shrine, intended purely for the use of the enshrined kami, usually symbolized by a mirror or sometimes by a statue.

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Incense offering in rabbinic literature

The incense offering (qəṭorā), a blend of aromatic substances that exhale perfume during combustion, usually consisting of spices and gums burnt as an act of worship, occupied a prominent position in the sacrificial legislation of the ancient Hebrews. Holy of Holies and incense offering in rabbinic literature are Jewish sacrificial law and tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Jerome

Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Jewish Christianity

Jewish Christians were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD).

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Josephus

Flavius Josephus (Ἰώσηπος,; AD 37 – 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader.

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Journal of Biblical Literature

The Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL) is one of three academic journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).

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Journal of Near Eastern Studies

The Journal of Near Eastern Studies is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilizations of the Near East, including their archaeology, art, history, literature, linguistics, religion, law, and science.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Korban

In Judaism, the (קָרְבָּן|qorbān|label. Holy of Holies and Korban are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Light

Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.

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List of religious sites

This article provides an incomplete list and broad overview of significant religious sites and places of spiritual importance throughout the world.

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Liturgy

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group.

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Lives of the Prophets

The Lives of the Prophets is an ancient apocryphal account of the lives of the prophets of the Old Testament.

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Lustral basin

The lustral basin is an architectural form used in Minoan architecture.

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Magdala stone

The Magdala stone is a carved stone block unearthed by archaeologists in the Migdal Synagogue in Israel, dating to before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70.

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Maimonides

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.

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Manna

Manna (mān,; اَلْمَنُّ; sometimes or archaically spelled mana), according to the Bible and the Quran, is an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan.

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Mercy seat

According to the Hebrew Bible, the kaporet (kapōreṯ) or mercy seat was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant, with two cherubim at the ends to cover and create the space in which Yahweh appeared and dwelled. Holy of Holies and mercy seat are ark of the Covenant and tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Midrash HaGadol

Midrash HaGadol or The Great Midrash (מדרש הגדול) is a work of aggaddic midrash, expanding on the narratives of the Torah, which was written by David ben Amram Adani of Yemen (14th century).

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Midrash Rabba

Midrash Rabba or Midrash Rabbah can refer to part of or the collective whole of specific aggadic midrashim on the books of the Torah and the Five Megillot, generally having the term "Rabbah", meaning "great," as part of their name.

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Mikveh

A mikveh or mikvah (miqva'ot, mikvoth, mikvot, or (Yiddish) mikves, lit., "a collection") is a bath used for ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.

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Moriah

Moriah (Hebrew:, Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Holy of Holies and Moriah are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Moses

Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.

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Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (הַר סִינָֽי Har Sīnay; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ Ṭūrāʾ dəSīnăy; Coptic: Ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), also known as Jabal Musa (جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mountain of Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.

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Mount Sinai (Bible)

Mount Sinai (Har Sīnay) is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God, according to the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible.

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Names of God in Judaism

Judaism considers some names of God so holy that, once written, they should not be erased: יהוה, rtl (Adonai), rtl (El), rtl, rtl (Shaddai), and rtl; some also include I Am that I Am. Holy of Holies and names of God in Judaism are Hebrew Bible words and phrases.

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New Testament

The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.

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Niddah

A niddah (or nidah; נִדָּה), in traditional Judaism, is a woman who has experienced a uterine discharge of blood (most commonly during menstruation), or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath).

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O. R. L. Crosier

Owen Russell Loomis Crozier (February 2, 1820 – September 15, 1912) was a Millerite preacher and editor from Canandaigua, New York.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Parochet

A parochet (translit; translit), meaning "curtain" or "screen",Sonne Isaiah (1962) 'Synagogue' in The Interpreter's dictionary of the Bible vol 4, New York: Abingdon Press pp 476-491 is the curtain that covers the Torah ark (Aron Kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.

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Pedestal

A pedestal or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars.

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Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.

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President of the Church (LDS Church)

The President of the Church is the highest office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Rashi

Shlomo Yitzchaki (רבי שלמה יצחקי; Salomon Isaacides; Salomon de Troyes; 13 July 1105), commonly known by the acronym Rashi, was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Sacramental bread

Sacramental bread, also called Communion bread, Communion wafer, Sacred host, Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (lit), is the bread used in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist.

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Saint Thomas Christians

The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the state of Kerala (Malabar region), who, for the most part, employ the Eastern and Western liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity.

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Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Sancta Sanctorum (Lateran, Rome)

The Sancta Sanctorum (Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum) is a Roman Catholic chapel entered via the Scala Sancta (Holy Staircase) of the Lateran Palace in Rome.

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Sanctuary

A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine.

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Sanctum sanctorum

The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum is a translation of the Hebrew term קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm), literally meaning Holy of Holies, which generally refers in Latin texts to the holiest place of the Ancient Israelites, inside the Tabernacle and later inside the Temple in Jerusalem, but the term also has some derivative use in application to imitations of the Tabernacle in church architecture. Holy of Holies and sanctum sanctorum are Superlatives in religion.

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Sanhedrin (tractate)

Sanhedrin is one of ten tractates of Seder Nezikin (a section of the Talmud that deals with damages, i.e. civil and criminal proceedings).

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Scapegoat

In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed. Holy of Holies and scapegoat are Hebrew Bible words and phrases and Yom Kippur.

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Screw

A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force (torque) to the head.

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Second Temple

The Second Temple was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem, in use between and its destruction in 70 CE. Holy of Holies and Second Temple are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Semen

Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa.

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Septuagint

The Septuagint, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy (Hē metáphrasis tôn Hebdomḗkonta), and often abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology.

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Shekhinah

Shekhinah is the English transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the presence of God in a place.

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Showbread

Showbread (לחם הפנים Leḥem haPānīm, literally: "Bread of the Faces"), in the King James Version shewbread, in a biblical or Jewish context, refers to the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present, on a specially-dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. Holy of Holies and Showbread are Jewish sacrificial law and tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi

Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi (born October 31, 1942) is Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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Solomon

Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

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Solomon's Temple

Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE. Holy of Holies and Solomon's Temple are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Song of Songs

The Song of Songs (שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים|translit.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Synagogue

A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.

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Synecdoche

Synecdoche is a type of metonymy; it is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole (pars pro toto), or vice versa (totum pro parte).

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Tabernacle

According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (residence, dwelling place), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (ʔōhel mōʕēḏ, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan. Holy of Holies and tabernacle are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Tablets of Stone

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tablets of the Law (also Tablets of Stone, Stone Tablets, or Tablets of Testimony; Biblical Hebrew: לוּחֹת הַבְּרִית lūḥōt habbǝrīt "tablets of the covenant", לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶן luḥōt hāʾeḇen or לֻחֹת אֶבֶן luḥōt ʾeḇen or לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים luḥōt ʾăbānīm "stone tablets", and לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת luḥōt hāʿēdut "tablets of testimony"; Arabic: أَلْوَاحُ مُوسَى āl-wāḥ Mūsā "the tablets of Moses") were the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments when Moses ascended Mount Sinai as written in the Book of Exodus. Holy of Holies and tablets of Stone are ark of the Covenant.

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Tabot

Tabot (Ge'ez ታቦት tābōt, sometimes spelled tabout) is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, and represents the presence of God, in Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches.

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Talmud

The Talmud (תַּלְמוּד|Talmūḏ|teaching) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.

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Temple denial

Temple denial is the claim that the successive Temples in Jerusalem either did not exist or they did exist but were not constructed on the site of the Temple Mount, a claim which has been advanced by Islamic political leaders, religious figures, intellectuals, and authors. Holy of Holies and Temple denial are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Temple in Jerusalem

The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple, refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Holy of Holies and Temple in Jerusalem are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Temple Institute

The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash (מכון המקדש), is an organization in Israel focusing on establishing the Third Temple. Holy of Holies and Temple Institute are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Temple menorah

The menorah (מְנוֹרָה mənōrā) is a seven-branched candelabrum that is described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem.

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Temple Mount

The Temple Mount (lit), also known as Haram al-Sharif (Arabic: الحرمالشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa (المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, lit. 'The Furthest Mosque'),* Where Heaven and Earth Meet, p. 13: "Nowadays, while oral usage of the term Haram persists, Palestinians tend to use in formal texts the name Masjid al-Aqsa, habitually rendered into English as 'the Aqsa Mosque'.". Holy of Holies and Temple Mount are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים|ʿĂsereṯ haDəḇārīm|The Ten Words), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek label), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, are given by Yahweh to Moses.

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Tetragrammaton

The Tetragrammaton, or the Tetragram, is the four-letter Hebrew theonym (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Third Temple

The "Third Temple" (בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי) refers to a hypothetical rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem. Holy of Holies and Third Temple are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Titus

Titus Caesar Vespasianus (30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81.

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Torah ark

A Torah ark (also known as the hekhal, היכל, or aron qodesh, אֲרוֹן קׄדֶש) is an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls.

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A Torah scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה,, lit. "Book of Torah"; plural: סִפְרֵי תוֹרָה) is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning the five books of Moses (the first books of the Hebrew Bible). Holy of Holies and Torah scroll are Hebrew Bible words and phrases.

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Veil

A veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance.

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Vulgate

The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible.

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Warren's Gate

Warren's Gate (Sha'ar Varen) is an ancient entrance into the Temple platform in Jerusalem.

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Well of Souls

The Well of Souls (Biʾr al-Arwaḥ; sometimes translated Pit of Souls, Cave of Spirits, or Well of Spirits), is a partly natural, partly man-made cave located inside the Foundation Stone ("Noble Rock" in Islam) under the Dome of the Rock shrine on the Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif) in Jerusalem.

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Wood

Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר) is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Holy of Holies and Yom Kippur are tabernacle and Temples in Jerusalem.

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Yoma

Yoma (Aramaic: יומא, lit. "The Day") is the fifth tractate of Seder Moed ('Order of Festivals') of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. Holy of Holies and Yoma are Yom Kippur.

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Zechariah ben Jehoiada

Zechariah ben Jehoiada is a figure in the Hebrew Bible described as a priest who was stoned to death by Jehoash of Judah, and may possibly have been alluded to in the New Testament.

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See also

Ark of the Covenant

• 1 Samuel 4
• 1 Samuel 5
• 1 Samuel 6
• 1 Samuel 7
• 2 Samuel 6
• Aaron's rod
• Antiquities of the Jews
• Ark of the Covenant
• Battle of Jericho
• Bezalel
• Holy of Holies
• Kebra Nagast
• Mercy seat
• Oholiab
• Philistine captivity of the Ark
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Shittah tree
• Tablets of Stone
• The Sign and the Seal
• Uzzah

Eastern Christian liturgy

• Absolution of the dead
• Acolouthia
• Ambon (liturgy)
• Axion Estin
• Byzantine Rite
• Byzantine music
• Celidonius
• Chrismation
• Cincture of the Theotokos
• Consecration in Eastern Christianity
• Cornerstone
• Diaconicon
• Diataxis
• Eastern Catholic liturgy
• Ecclesiastical full moon
• Ecphonesis
• Encaenia
• Entrance (liturgical)
• Fasika
• Gavit
• Hallowing of Nestorius
• High place
• Holy of Holies
• Joy of All Who Sorrow
• Katavasia
• List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles
• Naheere
• Narthex
• Nativity Fast
• Noli me tangere
• Paraklesis
• Pastophorion
• Proper (liturgy)
• Prothesis (altar)
• Sacred mysteries
• Saturday
• Secret (liturgy)
• Synaxarium
• Synthronon
• Ton Despotin
• Trilingual heresy
• Vesting prayers
• Xerophagy
• Zapivka

Jewish sacrificial law

• Binding of Isaac
• Bronze laver
• Chadash
• Chelev
• Dough offering
• Drink offering
• First Fruits
• Gift offering
• Guilt offering
• High Priest of Israel
• Holy of Holies
• Incense offering
• Incense offering in rabbinic literature
• Kohen
• Laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism
• Maaleh Ashan
• Omer (unit)
• Omer offering
• Passover Seder
• Peace offering
• Pesachim
• Poor man's tithe
• Priestly divisions
• Prohibition against slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day
• Second tithe
• Semicha in sacrifices
• Showbread
• Sin offering
• Temurah (Talmud)
• Terumah (offering)
• Terumat hamaaser
• Thank offering
• Tithes in Judaism

Superlatives in religion

• Absolute (philosophy)
• Absolute infinite
• Alpha and Omega
• Chakravarti (Sanskrit term)
• Elyon
• Great Commandment
• Holy of Holies
• Ishvara
• King of Kings
• Kitáb-i-Aqdas
• Megachurch
• Most Faithful Majesty
• Omnibenevolence
• Omnipotence
• Omnipresence
• Omniscience
• Pontifex maximus
• Rex Catholicissimus
• Sanctum sanctorum
• Summum bonum
• Takbir
• Urreligion

Yom Kippur

• Acharei Mot
• Ani hu ha-sho'el
• Avgolemono
• Avodah (Yom Kippur)
• Azazel
• Book of Jonah
• Boulou
• Break fast
• Christian observance of Yom Kippur
• El Nora Alila
• Goldschmidt-Fraenkel Machzor
• HaAderet v'HaEmunah
• Halle synagogue shooting
• Harira
• Holy of Holies
• Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
• Kapparot
• Kittel
• Kol Nidre
• L'Shana Haba'ah
• Machzor
• Massena blood libel
• Ne'ila
• Observance of Yom Kippur by Jewish athletes
• Psalm 1
• Scapegoat
• Selichot
• Ten Martyrs
• Unetanneh Tokef
• Yizkor
• Yom Kippur
• Yom Kippur 1984
• Yom Kippur Katan
• Yom Kippur War
• Yom Kippur balls
• Yoma
• Zom (food)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_of_Holies

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