Item Detail
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Welch, John W; Smith, Robert F; Thomasson, Gordon C.
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Book, Section
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139
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139-41
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Jewish festivals
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In ancient Israel maidens would gather to dance on the 15th day of the month of Av. Lehi and his people would have known of this tradition and perhaps the Lamanite daughters had gathered in celebration of a vestige of this event.