Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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During Ramadan, many Muslims wake up before sunrise to prepare for the fast by eating a meal before a prayer at dawn. Dawn is currently around 5:30 a.m. University Dining Services can provide students with prepared breakfasts for this repast, but many students say that this year they have been grabbing fly-by lunches or a nutri grain bar. After eating, individuals say the morning prayer. The next daily prayer is at sunset...
...many of the people who fast, the nighttime meals are a chance to eat more than they normally would, resulting in some heavy consequences...
Traditionally, Muslims do not break the daily fast alone. In Muslim countries during Ramadan, people from all walks of life gather in mosques and pray together. To recreate this atmosphere for the Harvard community, HIS sponsors a collective prayer every night at sunset in Boylston Halls Ticknor Lounge, where up to 40 undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and community members join for the prayer and dinner...
...lecture moves fast I don't follow anyparticular book; I rely on people being prepared,"Etingof adds...
Plus, "the number of freshmen and the constraints of moving them through the dining halls fast" prevented HUDS from giving first-years a long-beep sequence...