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May 1st, 2008 at 3: 49 pm leyn they did mistake to put next to famous biriyani cart
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Conservative women can leyn on average just as well as Conservative men.
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My problem with the “large tent” theory is that women who wish to wear tefillin and leyn and lead services, etc., are not always allowed in the tent.
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I leyn Torah at my shul, but I always like Haftarah trope way better both standard Western systems; I imagine tropes are different in Israel?
and I thought uploading all that Fugazi was a bad idea… - Danya Ruttenberg 2005
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Aftre that men taken the ademand, that is the schipmannes ston, that drawethe the nedle to him, and men leyn the dyamand upon the ademand, and leyn the nedle before the ademand; and zif the dyamand be gode and vertuous, the ademande drawethe not the nedle to him, while the dyamand is there present.
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And zif the husbonde fynde his wif mayden, that other next nyghte, aftre that she scholde have ben leyn by of the man, that is assigned therefore, perauntes for dronkenesse or for some other cause, the husbonde schalle pleyne upon him, that he hathe not don his deveer, in suche cruelle wise, as thoughe he wolde have him slayn therfore.
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But after the firste nyght, that they ben leyn by, thei kepen hem so streytely, that thei ben not so hardy to speke with no man.
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But after the firste nyght, that they ben leyn by, thei kepen hem so streytely, that thei ben not so hardy to speke with no man.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Aftre that men taken the ademand, that is the schipmannes ston, that drawethe the nedle to him, and men leyn the dyamand upon the ademand, and leyn the nedle before the ademand; and zif the dyamand be gode and vertuous, the ademande drawethe not the nedle to him, while the dyamand is there present.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And zif the husbonde fynde his wif mayden, that other next nyghte, aftre that she scholde have ben leyn by of the man, that is assigned therefore, perauntes for dronkenesse or for some other cause, the husbonde schalle pleyne upon him, that he hathe not don his deveer, in suche cruelle wise, as thoughe he wolde have him slayn therfore.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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