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Phraseologism: Holy of Holies.

Meaning: 1. The most precious, intimate, 2. the most intimate, holy place in the central places of worship of various religions, access to which is usually strictly taboo and with which the physical presence of divine forces is traditionally associated.

Origin: The most intimate place of the Tabernacle of the Assembly, and then the Jerusalem Temple, where the Tablets of the Covenant were kept. This name denoted the inner part of the Tabernacle of the Assembly, separated from the outer premises by a veil (parochet), in which the Ark of the Covenant was located. The sanctity of the place was also determined by the fact that it was there, above the ark, that the Lord appeared to the high priest to proclaim his will and testaments to the Jewish people. In the Jerusalem Temple, the Holy of Holies was also called the dvir and it contained the Foundation Stone (or Cornerstone) of the Temple Mount, over which now stands the Muslim Dome of the Rock. According to the Talmud, the Lord began the Creation of the world with him. The holy of holies in Judaism was characterized as a place where the presence of God is physically felt.

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Cinderella.

Meaning:

A household name for a hardworking girl who finds happiness.

Origin:

Cinderella, Sandrillon - the heroine of a fairy tale known among different European peoples - Cinderella (English), Aschenputtel or Aschenbrodel (German "stained with ashes"), Cendrillon (French, from cendre - "ash" or "ash"). This hard-working, kind girl who does all the dirty work around the house is constantly offended by her evil stepmother and her evil, lazy daughters. But in the end, goodness triumphs: the stepmother and sisters are punished, and Cinderella, with whom the prince falls in love, becomes a princess. At the end of the XVII century. the French writer Charles Perrault (1628-1703) made a literary adaptation of this tale, called it "Cinderella, or Shoes trimmed with fur" and included it in his collection "Tales of my mother the Goose, or Stories and tales of bygone times with morals" (1697) . In the original, we are talking about just such shoes trimmed with fur, one of which Cinderella loses, hurrying to leave the ball in the palace as soon as possible. In the Russian translation, we are talking about a glass slipper, and the reason for this is a translation error, since in French "glass" (crystal) sounds and is written almost the same as the old French, from the time of Perrault, the word "fur".

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