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      <title>How To Celebrate Diwali</title>
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      <created-at>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:32:48 -0700</created-at>
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      <username>sarit</username>
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        <![CDATA[Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is Hinduism’s most important holiday. It celebrates the victory of goodness over evil and light over darkness, and, for many, ushers in the new year.]]>
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      <title>How To Prepare a Passover Seder</title>
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      <views>1773</views>
      <created-at>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:05:45 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>4</rating>
      <username>Dynamic</username>
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        <![CDATA[The Jewish holiday Passover, or Pesach, commemorates the Hebrews' exodus from Egypt. It begins with a traditional dinner called a seder on the first night, when the Exodus tale is retold.]]>
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      <category-id>1223</category-id>
      <id>117058</id>
      <title>How To Have a Puja At Home</title>
      <type>AssignmentGuide</type>
      <views>3925</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:32:10 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>6</rating>
      <username>saugat</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Hindus offer a puja, or worship, ceremony every day in the home, typically early in the morning. There’s no set program to follow, and rites can be as simple or elaborate as you’d like.]]>
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      <id>109040</id>
      <title>How To Attain Liberation in Hinduism</title>
      <type>AssignmentGuide</type>
      <views>1282</views>
      <created-at>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:45:42 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>9</rating>
      <username>Equilibrio</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Ever think being reincarnated as an ant could be a step toward liberation? For most Hindus the highest goal is moksha, when you are released from the cycles of rebirth and achieve unity with God.]]>
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      <title>How To Recite the Hindu Om Mantra</title>
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      <views>556</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:46:08 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>2</rating>
      <username>ManateeVideo</username>
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        <![CDATA[Chances are you’ve heard the “Om” mantra in a movie or during a yoga class. Also called the pranava mantra, meaning source of all mantras, it is said both on its own and with other Hindu mantras to facilitate meditation.]]>
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      <category-id>1259</category-id>
      <id>217278</id>
      <title>How To Sit Shiva</title>
      <type>AssignmentGuide</type>
      <views>860</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:06:37 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>sarashereen</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[In Hebrew, shiva means the number seven. It also denotes the seven-day mourning period after the burial of a close relative: spouse, parent, child, or sibling.]]>
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      <tags>death, Grief, funeral, jew, judaism, religion, Belief, dead, Rite, ceremony</tags>
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      <category-id>1223</category-id>
      <id>217151</id>
      <title>How To Make a Hindu Shrine At Home</title>
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      <views>3162</views>
      <created-at>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:05:31 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>shirovi</username>
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        <![CDATA[For Hindus, the spiritual center of the home is the shrine, where family members meditate and take part in puja, a daily worship ceremony.]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, religion, spirituality, religious, spiritual, hinduism, hindu, shrine, make, making, construct, constructing, build, building, home, house, apartment, pray, prayer, praying</tags>
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      <title>How To Atone For Yom Kippur</title>
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      <views>150</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:31:19 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>sarashereen</username>
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        <![CDATA[As Jews begin a new year, they set aside a day to repent for the previous year's sins by fasting and asking God for forgiveness. Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the most important day on the Jewish liturgical calendar.]]>
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