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Fast Day was a
holiday observed in some
parts of the
United States between 1670 and 1991. "A
day of
public fasting and prayer," it was
traditionally observed...
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intermittent fasting include alternate-
day fasting,
periodic fasting, such as the 5:2 diet, and
daily time-restricted eating.
Intermittent fasting has been...
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Fasting is the
abstention from
eating and
sometimes drinking. From a
purely physiological context, "
fasting" may
refer to the
metabolic status of a person...
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fast "during the six days of
fasting each
month and the
three months of
fasting each year".
Members of the Baháʼí
Faith observe a
Nineteen Day Fast from...
- sunset.
Fasting is
obligatory for men and
women once they
attain the age of 15. If one eats
unconsciously during fasting, this is not
breaking the
fast as...
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observed fasts to
appease their gods.
Former nations such as ****yrians and
Babylonians observed fasting as a form of penance. Jews
observe fasting as a form...
- key. Nevertheless,
fasting is
conducive to atonement, for it
tends to
precipitate contrition. Therefore, the
Bible requires fasting on Yom Kippur. Because...
- Ramadan,
Muslims are
obligated to
fast (Arabic: صوم, sawm; Persian: روزہ, rozeh),
every day from dawn to sunset.
Fasting requires the
abstinence from ****...
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Georgia all
observed official days of
fasting and
prayer during 1774–1775. The
observance of a
day of
fasting and
prayer was
brought to all of the colonists...
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Numerous cases of
fasting girls were
reported in the late 19th century.
Believers regarded such
cases as miraculous. In some cases, the
fasting girls also exhibited...