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Effendi, head of the Baháʼí Faith in the first half of the 20th century: "Strictly speaking the 5-pointed star is the symbol of our Faith, as used by the Báb and explained by Him." The five-pointed star has been used as the outline of special letters or tablets by both the Báb
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by showing love, fellowship and unity. In many instances Baháʼís give and accept gifts to demonstrate these attributes, and because of this gift giving period, it is sometimes compared to
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Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States (June 28, 2006).
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of ʻAlá, the nineteenth and last month, and gave the intercalary days the name
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Festival of Ayyám-i-Há Baháʼís are encouraged to celebrate
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and commemorates the transcendence of God over his attributes since
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1012:. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. p. 178.
978:"'Days outside of time' festival reveres eternal essence of God"
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so that the next year always starts on the vernal equinox.
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the practice of intercalation had been condemned in the
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According to the definition of intercalary days in the
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915:"On Novelty in Ayyám-i-Há and the Badí Calendar"
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913:Taylor, John (September 1, 2000).
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701:marked an important break from
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1:
873:"To the Baháʼís of the World"
1133:"The Star Tablet of the Bab"
1120:Directives from the Guardian
855:Oxford Companion to the Year
857:four of the five days are "
826:Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era
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1078:. bahai.us. Archived from
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352:Some Answered Questions
665:Festival of Ayyám-i-Há
567:Progressive revelation
917:. bahai-library.org.
741:Ayyám-i-Há means the
685:, the founder of the
507:Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh
472:Letters of the Living
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1082:on February 23, 2007
984:on February 24, 2013
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396:Spiritual Assemblies
381:Administrative Order
775:God and his oneness
757:. Under the Arabic
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1109:. Lights of Irfan.
452:Hands of the Cause
312:Nineteen Day Feast
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429:Persecution
358:Other Texts
249:Baháʼu'lláh
1156:Categories
1062:Bayat 2001
1050:Momen 2019
785:References
687:Bábí Faith
649:Ayyám-i-Há
587:Statistics
582:Prophecies
534:Pilgrimage
524:Síyáh-Chál
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779:Christmas
572:Cosmology
277:Teachings
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877:Archived
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610:Category
457:Apostles
419:Timeline
307:Calendar
218:a series
216:Part of
753:in the
693:in the
683:The Báb
678:History
661:Baháʼís
659:, when
655:in the
577:Symbols
482:Táhirih
408:History
254:The Báb
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