The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2745 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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Yom Kippur
(Jewish festival):

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Yom Kippur war
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So-called because on this day in 1973 (6 Oct.) Egypt and Syria attacked Israeli positions in the Sinai peninsula and on the Golan heights.

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Yom tov

(Heb., ‘a good day’). General term for a Jewish
festival
.

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Yom tov sheni galuyyot
(second days of festivals):

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Yoni

(Skt., ‘source’). In Hinduism, the female origin of all appearance. In particular, it is the female sexual organ, symbolized as a triangle. By

aktas
, it is venerated, either on its own, or in conjunction with the
li

ga
.

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Yon mchod
(patron and priest, pattern of relationship between China and Tibet):

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