The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (906 page)

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Sikh free kitchen, refectory. In every
gurdw
r
vegetarian food is cooked and served free to people of any
caste
, race, and creed with no order of precedence, although men and women usually sit separately. In major gurdw
r
s thousands are fed daily.
Gurumantra
.
The
mantra
passed on to a pupil by a
guru
, during initiation, which the pupil makes his own (by constant repetition), but also keeps secret.
Guruparampara
(lineage of spiritual teachers)
:
Gush Emunim
.
Organization of the faithful, a Jewish religious and nationalist group of the 20th cent. It was led by Tzevi Yehudah Kook (1891–1982), the only son of Abraham Isaac
Kook
. Gush Emunim took the initiative in establishing Jewish settlements in the Administered Areas of Palestine/Israel after the Six Day War in 1967.
Gute kvitl
(Yiddish greeting)
:

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