Ritual

Knowledge

Candlemas, a festival of lights

Light as a harbinger of good fortune

ST031-01 Benediction vin grand rabbin Eliezer Zev Israel 2016

Knowledge

Alcohol and religion

An offering to the gods, a promise of heaven, or communicating with ancestors: the many facets of alcoholic drinks

ST023-02 Cannibale Amazonie Theodore de Bry

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Anthropophagy

Consumption of human flesh: between fantasy and reality

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Challah knife

Knowledge

Kiddush cup

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Knowledge

Protestant paten or chalice

Object

Plate for Pūjā rituals

Pūjā (from the Sanskrit ‘puj’, to honour) is a celebration of divine worship at the core of Hinduism.

Object

Challah bread

In the Jewish tradition, the challah is a type of braided bread served every Friday evening to celebrate the start of the Sabbath, or day of rest.

Object

Knife

Unlike the Jewish shechita, Muslim slaughtering rituals place greater focus on the action than the type of knife used.

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Plate for the Seder feast

The commemorative Seder meal takes place during Passover.