The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1520 page)

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Mazhab
(Pañj
b
, ‘religious’). Sikh of sweeper
caste
. Members of the
Harijan
Hindu Chuh
caste who became Sikh were frequently termed Mazhab
.
Mazzah
.
Unleavened bread eaten by Jews during the
Passover
Festival. When the Israelites left Egypt, they took mazzah with them because they could not wait for the dough to rise (Exodus 12. 39). Mazzah is described in the Passover
seder
as ‘the bread of affliction’, based on Deuteronomy 16. 3. See also
AFIKOMEN
;
PASSOVER
;
SEDER
.
MBTI
(Myers Briggs Type Indicator):

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