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A call for one of these events ends a 2011 book that discusses the effect of a “Law” named for them in Nehemiah. These events, whose name may come from a word for a trumpet, name an apocryphal text sometimes called the “Lesser Genesis” that is considered (10[1])canonical by the Ethiopian (10[1])Orthodox Church. (10[1])These events name a text whose (-5[1])narrative (10[2])of early Jewish (10[1])history is told by the Angel of the Presence to Moses. On Christmas (10[1])Eve 2024, Pope Francis ceremonially (10[1])opened the holy doors of Saint Peter’s (10[1])Basilica (10[1])for one of these events, the last of which was an “Extraordinary” one (10[1])in 2016. (10[2])Leviticus states that fields should be unplowed during these events, (10[1])which should occur (-5[1])after roughly 50 years. (10[1])For 10 points, what term (10[1])denotes (10[1])years of debt forgiveness in the Bible, (10[1])as well as anniversaries like a monarch’s accession? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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