In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HASSIDIM
Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim
(noun) a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
HASSID
Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid
(noun) a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
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CONSECRATION
(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”
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