Kaber (other)
Kaber may refer to: * a variant spelling for caber People * Kaber (Jubilees), a person named in the Book of Jubilees Place * Kaber, Cumbria Kaber is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. Location and topography The village is located about to the south of Brough. Until the latest boundary changes Kaber was situated in the historic county of Westmor ...

Caber Toss
The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large tapered pole called a "caber" (/ˈkeɪbər/). It is normally practised at the Scottish Highland Games. In Scotland, the caber is usually made from a larch tree and it can be between tall and weighs . The term "caber" derives from the Gaelic word ''cabar'', which refers to a wooden beam. The person tossing the caber is called a "tosser" or a "thrower". It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms (in order to cross them), lumberjacks needing to transport logs by throwing them in streams, or by lumberjacks challenging each other to a small contest. Although the sport is primarily associated with Scotland, a similar exercise, "casting the bar", was popular in England in the 16th century. The record for most caber tosses in three minutes is currently held by the Canadian Danny Frame. He managed to perform 16 successful caber tosses on 20 July 2018 at the H ...
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Kaber (Jubilees)
Kaber may refer to: * a variant spelling for caber People * Kaber (Jubilees), a person named in the Book of Jubilees Place * Kaber, Cumbria Kaber is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. Location and topography The village is located about to the south of Brough. Until the latest boundary changes Kaber was situated in the historic county of Westmor ...

Book Of Jubilees
The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters (1,341 verses), considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), where it is known as the ''Book of Division'' (Ge'ez language, Ge'ez: መጽሐፈ ኩፋሌ ''Mets'hafe Kufale''). ''Jubilees'' is considered one of the pseudepigrapha by Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant Churches.Stephen L Harris, Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. It is also not considered canonical within Judaism outside of Beta Israel. It was well known to Early Christians, as evidenced by the writings of Epiphanius of Salamis, Epiphanius, Justin Martyr, Origen, Diodorus of Tarsus, Isidore of Alexandria, Isidore of Seville, Eutychius of Alexandria, John Malalas, George Syncellus, and George Kedrenos. The text was also utilized by the community that originally collected the Dead Sea Scrolls. No c ...
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