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For more information on the topic of Jewish names, see What’s in a Name?, or to learn about a specific name, see Jewish boys' names and Jewish girls' names.
With the growth of the suburbs in the 1950s, city routes were motorized for the first time, with Jeeps, sit-stand trucks and small vehicles known as “mailsters” among the earliest delivery ...
15 mar 2010 · A system had been developed in the colonies, in which merchants, slaves and Native Americans would pass letters and parcels from person to person until they reached their destinations. That soon ...
25 cze 2020 · An ancient Persian institution served as the model and inspiration for the United States Postal Service and other such delivery services.
In medieval times, Jews took great care when choosing a name, because they feared that a soul with the same name could transmigrate into the infant’s body. They were also aware that the name chosen could determine the child’s character.
18 gru 2019 · The earliest definitive evidence for Jews adopting a formal timekeeping system appears in the apocryphal Astronomical Book, a version of which appears in 1 Enoch 72–82.
2 dni temu · By the end of the century, Britain, many continental European countries, the United States, and India had built up a complex network of such services, allowing the delivery of letters the day after mailing at distances three or four times as great as had been possible with the stagecoach, exceeding 400 miles in some cases.
