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Prepare for Ramadan
Prepare for Ramadan

Prepare for Ramadan

Date5/8/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prepare for Ramadan: The Rakie family gathers to get ready for the holiest month of the Moslem year. From left are Ayisha; 16 months; Ali; 35; Nabeeleh; 7; Naimeh; 31; Fatimah; 3; Zubaideh; 8 and Ahmad; 5. Ali Rakie; who will fast from dawn until dusk each day; says that by not eating he is reminded of the sufferings of the poor.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013334F
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
5/28/1987
A man in traditional Muslim attire is flanked by his two children, also in traditional attire.
Muslim celebration. Haider Khan with his daughters Seema, 4, and Huma, 7, celebrate the end of Ramadan in Earl Bales Park, North York
8/1/1981
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10/8/1970
Tracy Wise, 8, helps mother Lynda prepare special chocolate roll for Passover dessert
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3/22/1985
Sholom and Rifka Eisenstat prepare to celebrate the Sabbath with their children Yedida, 5 1/2, and Ayala, 2
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8/17/1992
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Overhead view of large number of people bent over praying with a young girl standing and a path ...
Muslims kneeling to pray during a festival at the Canadian National Exhibition
7/13/1989
Eve of Jewish New Year, Synagogues will be filled tonight, eve of Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah
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9/12/1977
Jewish New Year begins, The sound of the shofar or ram's horn heralds Roth Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which began at sundown yesterday. The 10 days(...)
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9/7/1972
90,000 Metro jews celebrate a new year, Standing in front of Holy Ark curtain, Rabbi Jacob Mendel Kirshenblatt, cantor of Beth Sholom Synagogue, sound(...)
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Synagogue welcomes a new Torah, A new Torah scroll (the five books of Moses), inside a velvet cover ornamented with silver plate and crown, is carried(...)
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6/13/1971