Sunday, March 10, 2013

Judaism



1. The three functions of the synagogue are to sever as a house of assembly, study and prayer.
2. The synagogue is a worship place for Jews. In a synagogue, there are three things. The ark, Ten Commandments, and torah scrolls. The ark is in the front of the room, the scrolls are in the ark, and the Ten Commandments are on the wall.
3. A rabbi preaches and teaches the whole Jewish community. To become a rabbi a person has to be Jewish, a scholar of Jewish law, fluent in Hebrew, and hired by other rabbi's to lead a congregation. A rabbi does not have the authority like a clergyman.
4. The day of rest
5. Torah is the five books of Moses. Talmud is the explanation of what the Torah means
6. Orthodox: Follow exactly what the Torah says. Reformist: Concentrates on moral law. Zionist: There should be a Jewish state in Palestine.
7.  The language by the early Jews.
8. The modern language of Jews
9. Mazal Tov: Congratulations Shalom: Hello, Peace, Goodbye Mitzvah: A commandment.
10. Brit Milah is a circumcision ceremony. Bar Mitzvah is a ceremony for a boy when he reaches 13 and he takes responsibility of commandments. Jewish marriage says a husband and wife a sanctified to one another.
11. Rosh Hashanah is the new year. Yom Kippur, the most important as they reflect on sins committed during the year. Hanukkah is like Christmas but they light candles signifying a Jewish story, Passover is a response to the exodus.
12. I knew about boys having a Bar Mitzvah.
13. I though Zionism had more to it than just getting a homeland.
14. They also have a new year.
15. The language

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