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Mimi shehui
Min
(Heb., ‘heretic’). Hebrew term for heretic or sectarian. A min can be a Jewish heretic or a
gentile
. It was Samuel ha-Katan in the late 1st cent. CE who composed the ‘
benediction
’ (i.e. imprecation) against the minim found in the
‘Amidah
, and this seems originally to have been directed against the Judaeo-Christians: see
BIRKAT HA-MINIM
.
gentile
. It was Samuel ha-Katan in the late 1st cent. CE who composed the ‘
benediction
’ (i.e. imprecation) against the minim found in the
‘Amidah
, and this seems originally to have been directed against the Judaeo-Christians: see
BIRKAT HA-MINIM
.
M
(Pañj
b
, ‘a bull with horns inclined down along its face’, ‘deceitful’). Name given by
Bh
Gurd
s
to followers of
Prith
Chand
,
So
h
Miharb
n, and the latter's son, Harij
. The M
s, whose significance faded in the late 18th cent. CE, disputed the succession of Gur
Arjan Dev
.
b, ‘a bull with horns inclined down along its face’, ‘deceitful’). Name given byBh
Gurdsto followers of
Prith
Chand,
So
hMiharbn, and the latter's son, Harij. The Ms, whose significance faded in the late 18th cent. CE, disputed the succession of GurArjan Dev.
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