|
|
Judaism Jewish Judaic Talmud
Background Beliefs Overview Traditions
The Jewish Holiday of Passover (Pesach) commemorates a time when Jews worldwide conduct a Passover Seder with family members. The Passover Seder with its festive meal, is performed in accordance with the Mitzvot commandments of Pesach and includes: telling the Exodus story; eating extra matzah called afikoman and bitter herbs; reciting Hallel, songs of praise; drinking four cups of wine; and demonstrating acts of freedom. The Pesach Passover commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. No leavened food is eaten during Passover week.
The Jewish Holiday of Purim (Festival of Lots) commemorates a time of remembrance by the Jewish people of events written about in the "Book of Esther" about how the Jews where saved from extinction in Persia by Esther. The survival of the Jewish people is celebrated with reading or acting out the story of Esther, carnivals, costumes, noisemakers, giving Mishloah Manot gifts of food baskets to the needy and poor, and a festive meal.
The Jewish Holiday of Rosh HaShana (The Jewish New Year) commemorates a time for solemn introspection for remembering that G-d is both King and Judge; for repentance and for resolving to do better; for asking for and for giving forgiveness, and for praying for a healthy and happy new year. It is also a time of confident happiness, remembering that G-d is both good and merciful.
Observed as a two day holiday, the two days together form a singe long day (a
yoma arichta). Rosh Hashanah is set aside by the Mishna. The holiday is
celebrated by blowing the shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn, and by
Tashlikh, the practice of throwing bread crumbs or pebbles into waters to
symbolize the casting away of sins.
Rosh Hashanah Shofar
The Jewish Holiday of Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks, Pentecost) commemorates a festival of thanksgiving in the Bible called Yom HaBikurim, Feast of the First Fruits, or Hag HaKatsir, Feast of the Harvest, Pentecost (Greek), or Hag HaShavuot, Festival of the Weeks. Shavuot takes place seven weeks after the Passover.
It commemorates the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai when they became truely free when they became servants of G-d by receiving the Ten Commandments. On Shavuot in accordance with Rabbinical tradition, the portion of the Torah with Ten Commandments is read in the synagogue along with the biblical Book of Ruth. Dairy meals are traditionally eaten during Shavuot.
The Jewish Holiday of Shemini Atzeret is the eighth day of assembly following Sukkoth, and in Israel it is also the holiday of rejoicing in the Torah, Simchat Torah. One of the central prayers is the tefilat geshem, the prayer for rain, since it it the beginning of the rainy season after the Israel harvest. Outside of Israel in the Diaspora, Sukkot is nine days long with the eighth day being observed as Shemini Atzeret and the ninth day being observed as Simchat Torah.
The Jewish Holiday of Simchat Torah is a time of celebration of the Torah, the Five Books of Moses, and, completion of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings. It is celebrated by joyous services, singing, dancing, carrying the Torah scrolls in processions around the synagogue, and reading the last portion of the Torah immediately followed by the first chapter of Genesis, in remembrance of the Torah as a circle that never ends.
The Jewish Holiday of Sukkoth (Sukkot, Succoth, Festival of Booths) is the
Feast of Tabernacles, which commemorates the forty years of wandering in the
desert when the Jewish people lived in temporary shelters. This eight day
festival was celebrated by mass pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem until 70
CE. It is now celebrated as a festival of ingathering by giving thanks for
a bountiful harvest and by remembering the Exodus from Egypt...
Continue on Go back
Read Judaism Talmud Articles
Glossary Terminology,
Haggadah Shabbat and Seder,
Halacha and the Ten Commandments,
Jewish Holidays Begin at Sundown,
Judaic Lifecycle Events,
Judaism Spiritual Beliefs,
Menorahs Tallits and Yarmulkes,
Prayers and Jewish Principles of Faith,
Symbology of the Jewish Star of David,
Tefillin Mezuzah Hebrew Bible Verses,
Torah Talmud Tenakh Mishna Gemara
Visit other Beliefs Faiths Religions Traditions
Aboriginal Dreamtime,
Alchemy Alchemist,
Cosmos Astronomy,
Buddhism Buddhist,
Christianity Biblical,
Daoist Confucian,
Druidry Treelore,
Heathenry Ásatrú,
Hinduism Vedas,
Islam Sunnah,
Judaism Talmud,
Native American,
Paganism Wiccan,
Shamanism Shaman,
Shintoism Kami
Judaism
Jewish Judaic Talmud Copyright © 2002-2008 Maureen Grace Burns, Blessings Cornucopia. All Rights Reserved.
|
|
