In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
YAHRZEIT
Etymology
Noun
yahrzeit (plural yahrzeits)
(Judaism) The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals.
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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