...Worship Observation Paper Assignment Sheet THRS 2105 Spring During the semester, you must attend/observe one service of Jewish worship and present your observations in a five page paper. (If you regularly attend a Jewish worship service, you should visit a different denomination.) A list of synagogues of various denominations will be posted on line. You are welcome to visit a synagogue outside the list as long as you check in with me first. There are three components to the assignment. 1) Preparation Once you have decided what synagogue you will visit, you are expected to do a minimal amount of basic research on the historical background of the denomination, the worship style, its institutional organization and its place in the American religious scene. You may also want to do some research into the specific synagogue’s community you plan to visit, especially if it is of historic interest. Many religious denominations (and many individual synagogues) have web pages with helpful information. This preparation is important as it will help make your visit more comfortable and will enable you to get more out of the experience. Your finished paper should include a brief (one and a half to two pages) introduction to the tradition. Keep in mind that you must cite in a footnote or endnote all sources which you quote or paraphrase, as well as works to which you refer or from which you have culled information. Take notes carefully so that you don't have to go back to relocate...
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...Israel’s Freedom Exodus begins where Genesis leaves off as God deals with His chosen people, the Jews. It traces the events from the time Israel entered Egypt as guests of Joseph, who was powerful in Egypt, until they were eventually delivered from the cruel bondage of slavery. Chapters 1-14 describe the conditions of oppression of the Jews under Pharaoh, the rise of Moses as their deliverer, the plagues God brought upon Egypt for the refusal of their leader to submit to Him, and the departure from Egypt. God’s sovereign and powerful hand is seen in the miracles of the plagues—ending with the plague of death of the firstborn and the institution of the first Passover—the deliverance of the Israelites, the parting of the Red Sea, and the destruction of the Egyptian army. The suffering of the enslaved Jewish People increased. When Moses was 80 years old and his brother Aaron was 83 years old, they entered the palace of King Pharaoh to deliver a message: "The God of Israel said, 'Let My people go, that they may serve me." Pharaoh did not believe in the God of the Israelites, and he refused to let the Jewish slaves go free. When Pharaoh continued to refuse to liberate the children of Israel, Moses and Aaron warned him that God would punish both him and his people with plagues. According to the book of Exodus, when Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt, God brought a series of devastating “plagues” upon the people of the Nile. The plagues were...
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...MY PROJECT ON JUDAISM FESTIVAL NAME: SANATEA BRYCE AND KHIMARELY WHITE SCHOOL: CAMPERDOWN HIGH SCHOOL TITLE:JUDAISM FESTIVALS SUBJECT: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEACHER’S NAME: MRS TREASURE- SMITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all I would like to thank god my creator who has given me the knowledge to understand this project that My religious education teacher Mrs Treasure smith has given to me, I also thank Aunty Donna for putting a little effort in helping me With this project. Once again a big thank you all……………………………………………………!! INTRODUCTION This project is base on Judaism festivals or festivals in Judaism. it plays a very important role in our life because it helps you to know more about religious education. Many children nowadays take religious education for granted the important of other religions and our religion which is Christianity. Without thinking about how important it would be to know about other religions and ower own religion. Understanding how ower religion and other religions operate, the good ideas that lies behind reading and knowing more about what happening in different part of the world and what type of rules do some Caribbean places followed by like for example India which is where you can go and find Hinduism let their young ones married at an early age but like we Jamaica ower children start that at the latest 18 years of age. This is what religious education set for us to learn. TABLE OF CONTENT ROSH HASHANAH……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5 ...
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...Hanukkah/Passover Hanukkah, the festival of lights. An eight day holiday that begins at the end of the lunar month of Kislev. Around the months of November or December. Hanukkah is often called a minor festival because does not require abstaining from work. Hanukkah celebrates a victorious Jewish military victory against the tyrannical Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV and a miraculous supply of oil for the Temple. The most important observance of Hanukkah is the lighting of the candles on the traditional eight branched candelabra, which reassures the Jewish people of God’s support against all odds. The eight branched candelabra also known as the menorah, symbolizes religious liberty, national, and cultural freedom won by the Maccabees for their people. During Hanukkah the menorah is lit one candle each night representing the miracle of that day, by the end of the eighth day there will be eight candles lit. Differences in observance is mainly of giving gifts, which is a rather new tradition. Pesach or Passover is a celebration of freedom. This festival begins on the 15th of the Jewish month of Nissan. Although this Holy day commemorates the redemption of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, it also represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel. Passover is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish year. Passover is celebrated for seven days in Israel and for eight days in the Diaspora; meaning outside of Israel. The reason for this difference has to...
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...The Jewish Holy Days Passover-PESAH The purpose of this paper is to enlighten you on facts relevant to the Passover- PESAH a Jewish Holy Days. Topics of discussion will be the year of the holy days, the historic origin of the holy days, religious practices pertaining to it. It will briefly identify theological or cultural differences that may lead to differences in the observance of the holy day by way of Judaism. Many theologians and researches have viewed the Passover as the being a feast or festival that lasted for a period of eight days. During the festival the Jews were ordered to seek Pilgrimage in Temple in Jerusalem (Ex. 23:14). It was marked by the last known plague to hit the Egyptians which was the death of their first-born sons. The Passover would take place during these periods: The Passover Starts at Sundown Pesach - Hebrew Calendar Date Sun, Apr. 17, 2011 Mon, 14 Nisan 5771 Thu, Apr. 5, 2012 Fri, 14 Nisan 5772 Sun, Mar. 24, 2013 Mon, 14 Nisan 5773 Sun, Apr. 13, 2014 Mon, 14 Nisan 5774 Thu, Apr. 2, 2015 Fri, 14 Nisan 5775 Thu, Apr. 21, 2016 Fri, 14 Nisan 5776 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. For seven days present an offering made to the Lord by fire. And on the seventh...
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...Pesach, more commonly referred to as Passover, is the most commonly observed Jewish holy day. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, eighty percent of Jews have attended a Pesach Seder, a traditional meal eaten to celebrate the holy day. Passover, also referred to as “the Spring Festival,” “the Festival of Matzah” or “the Time of Our Freedom,” is a celebration held to commemorate the Israelites deliverance out of slavery in Egypt (Rich, T.). It is a time for all Jewish people to remember their ancestors and the trust and faith they had in God that led them to freedom. The celebration of Passover dates back thousands of years, is still observed today, and has significant parallels to an important Christian feast day, Easter. Passover can trace its origins to three specific books in the Bible: Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. In Exodus 12, the first mention of the Passover is made. This chapter tells the story of the tenth plague, the last of the Ten Plagues. These catastrophic events were carried out by God through Moses, to force the Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery. The tenth plague is referred to as the “Death of the Firstborn.” Exodus 12 explains how God told Moses to mark the two doorposts and lintel of each Israelites’ house with the blood of a slaughtered lamb. When the Angel of Death passed through Egypt, it would “pass over” the houses marked with lamb’s blood and strike down the firstborn male, human or animal, of every unmarked house...
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...11/6/12 Paschal Mystery and the Passover The Paschal Mystery is one of the central concepts of the Christian faith relating to the history of salvation. The work God the Father sent his Son to accomplish on earth, it says in 1 Corinthians 5: 7, “get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. The Passover is a Jewish festival which was prepared in John 19: 14, Jesus’ disciples were instructed to go to the city where a man will meet them caring a jar of water and he will lead them to wherever he enters and they must go to the master of the house and ask where they may eat the Passover with their disciples, he will show them a large upper room and they will prepare there (Mark 14: 12-16). In the Passover, all food is available thru Jesus’ Eucharistic undertones (John 6: 51-55). The Passover commemorates the story of Exodus, which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. The Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery in Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves, the tenth plague was the worst, it involved having the death of the Egyptian first born. “Each family must raise a lamb that is a year old. Slaughter it on the 18th day the blood is taken and spread on the doorpost allowing the pharaoh’s army to Passover the house hold” (Exodus 12: 1-6). The Passover is also known as the feast of unleavened...
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...Liberty University I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE JOHN, BIBL323 PROFESSOR: DR. DAVID WALLACE BY: LEAH MILLER AUGUST, 2012 I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE The most popular period in the ministry of Christ begins in John chapter 6, (Towns, pointecast) and John begins this chapter with the events of the most popular of the sign miracles: the feeding of 5,000. It was the time of the Feast of Passover, and multitudes had traveled to Jerusalem for the purpose of attending this mandatory event. Jesus would use the miracle of feeding the 5,000 to satisfy their physical hunger, but also to illustrate their need for spiritual nourishment. [1] Jesus went to the mountain to sit with His disciples, and a large multitude of people had followed Him due to the many miracles he had performed. The people did not follow Him because they believed that He was the Son of God, but because they believed that He could feed them food to satisfy their physical hunger.[2] They were physically hungry, and Jesus used the boy’s lunch of five loaves and two fishes to feed the multitude. The Passover combined with the sign miracle of feeding the five thousand were the perfect backdrop for the Bread of Life discourse. Later that evening the disciples went out on the lake in a boat to head for Capernaum, and a storm came up. Jesus walked on the water to join them, and their boat miraculously ended up at the shore where they were headed. The multitude from the day before waited for Jesus on the other side...
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...Origin - Meaning - History - The Four Cups of Wine for Passover / Pesach The Four Cups of wine used in the Pesach / Passover Seder primarily symbolize the four distinct redemptions promised by G-d to the Hebrews as told in Shemot or Exodus 6:6-7. (1) "I will take you out of Egypt", (2) "I will deliver you from Egyptian slavery", (3) "I will redeem you with a demonstration of my power", and (4) "I will acquire you as a nation". Since each of these cups of wine symbolize an action that was performed by G-d, Jewish people fill a small cup or small wine glass with wine at four different points in the Passover Seder and drink each cup of wine. Drinking from The Four Cups also tells us that we can actively pursue these goals ourselves, meaning that we can actively free ourselves from whatever enslaves us. These are positive goals to salute by having a drink! There is a fifth cup of wine called "The Cup of Elijah" and it is reserved for Elijah the Prophet, who is believed to visit each Passover Seder that takes place around the world. In Shemot or Exodus 6:6-8, following the aforementioned Four Expressions of Redemption, there is a Fifth Expression of Redemption. A Fifth Cup of Wine symbolizes this expression of redemption for all humanity upon the arrival of Messianic Times and because this has not occurred yet, the Fifth Cup of Wine is not drunk. The origin of The Four Cups of Wine dates from rabbinical opinions contained in the Jerusalem Talmud (Pesachim 10:1). The Pesachim tractate...
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...Jewish Holidays Passover: 15th of Nisan (spring, March-April) The Passover in Hebrew is known as Pesach. It begins in the Sunset of Monday, April 10, 2017, and ends at the nightfall of Tuesday, April 18, 2017. The Pesach is depicted in the book of Exodus 12:23. It describes the day when God passed over Israelites. During the Passover, the Israelites usually celebrate their Liberation from the Egyptian bondage. This is when God delivered them from slavery in Egypt. The Passover is also considered to be one of the most theologically important holidays in the Jewish calendar. It normally goes for eight days but in other communities, it lasts for only one week. The Jews are prohibited to eat any bread or leavened food. They are only allowed to eat unleavened bread and traditional foods made of ground matzah referred to as matzah meal. Such foods may include gefilite fish, ponge cake cakes and cookies made from Nuts and macaroons (Hexham, 89). Other activities comprise of the Jewish reading the Haggadah to retell the story of the Exodus and their migration from Egypt. During the Passover, the firstborns of Israel must fast to thank God for being merciful and sparing them. The seventh day usually marks the day they crossed the Red Sea. On the last day, the Yizkor memorial prayer is recited for dead. Feast of Weeks: Shavuot Shavuot begins in the sunset of Saturday, June 11, 2016, and ends at the nightfall of Monday, June 13, 2016. The name Shavuot is a Hebrew name that means Weeks...
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...use in Jewish Law is contradicting. There are several examples in the Torah and other Jewish sources, where alcohol, which is most of the time wine, is permitted and sometimes even suggest but on the other hand, sometime alcohol is condemned. I will discuss the different sides and state what the Jewish Law is trying to allow or condemn alcohol use and abuse. In places in the Torah wine seems to be a very important attribute to several different occasions in Judaism. Wine is used for Havdallah and Kiddush on every Sabbath and many other Jewish holidays. Mitzvot and blessings are recited on a cup of win. Under the Chupah we bless the couple over a cup of wine, a circumcision we do the same and we also have four cups of wine at the Passover Seder. Even in text, wine is described as “bringing joy to God and man”(Judges 9:13). Even during the Holy Temple days, wine was used for sacrifice and even has it even has its own blessing (Hagafen). Even with all of these uses of wine for Jewish circumstances, the Torah clearly states “Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations…”(Leviticus 10:9) The Torah is very clear in that drinking wine is not permitted. Noah, whose righteousness help God spare the world, was condemned for his excessive wine consumption. Other texts also condemn wine and its consumption “Wine is a mocker, strong...
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...A Patchwork of Time Michael Lev Introduction Contained within the Torah is a unique understanding of two fundamental concepts, that we tend to define quantitatively, and with little relation between them: that is, the concept of “wholeness” and that of “time.” We usually understand the word “wholeness” (tamim), as implying a state of perfection. However, is this a mathematical perfection, or a qualitative one? Likewise, when we speak of units of time, is it a specific duration of time that we have in mind, or rather, a quality of time that defines its worth? Furthermore, can we find a connection between these two concepts? My hope in the following essay, dear reader, is to arouse your intellectual curiosity, as we seek to answer this question. As I was contemplating the mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer in an attempt to find fresh insights, my attention was drawn to the phrase, “seven whole weeks.” I considered these words over and over, not knowing exactly where my thoughts would lead me, and found myself making associative connections between the various examples of “wholeness,” found in the Torah. The natural inclination to discover a unifying principle within all these examples raised a question in my mind as to the meaning of “seven whole weeks.” In attempting to answer this question, I concluded that the Torah appoints a value to time beyond its mere length, but also, to the synthesis of comparable moments that form a period of time that is more beneficial, and therefore “higher...
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...Sermon: The Great Passover Today as we read chapter 12 from the book of Exodus, we will truly find the significance of the meaning of passover. The book of Exodus tells us how Moses was sent to Pharoah to be a deliverer of Israel to set the people of Israel free from persecution and slavery. The Pharoah appealed Moses’ request, thus as a result, setting the stage for a showdown for the God of Israel and the god of Egypt. Ten plagues upon the people of Egypt.The final plague was the death of the first born sons in all of the land of Egypt. God’s instruction were specific. God tells Moses’ on the 14th day of the month, to make sure all the families of Israel sacrifrice an umblemish lamb and smear its blood upon the door post of the house so God would “passed over” the Israelites and so they wouldn’t receive the impending wrath from heaven. (New International Version, Exodus 12: 6-7, 13). We see in here that the Israelites are the exception. They believed in God’s promise of deliverance and who by faith did certain things. It was an act of faith that said "we believe that what God says is true and that God will spare those who trust Him." As part of the passover the Israelites were to eat the meat of the lamb with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (Exodus 12: 8). Now we ask, what is the soul purpose of doing this? The act of doing this was to display the bitterness of their bondage and slavery and unleavened bread representing the Israelites leaving the old leaven or life of Egypt...
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...“Passover” Around the time of 1250 B.C.E Moses had a mission to approach the Pharaoh of Egypt to let the Israelites free from Slavery. The Pharaoh of Egypt who refused to abide by this request was plagued by ten supernatural disasters of which one of them took the life of the Pharaohs first born son. During these tragedies the Pharaoh obligated by the suffering of his Egyptian people and the loss of his offspring subdued to Moses request freed the Israelites from Slavery. From this started a Journey lead by Moses for the Israelites to the place Called “The Promised Land’. All of the is now Celebrated till this day by Jewish followers and believers; an event known as “Passed Over” in which now is modern Easter. Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, at this point they had a hard time thinking how where they going to be able to make it across the Red Sea with no type of tools. They couldn’t go around it because it was time consuming; they couldn’t go over it either. God had spoken to Moses and told him let his stick down and the water shall divide with enough room for the Israelites to pass through across to the other side away from the chase of the Pharaoh. After the Passover threw the Red Sea they made themselves stable at Mount Sinai. This is where Moses walked to the top of the Mountain and received the 10 main rules known as the Ten Commandments. It is a set of religious and moral requirements that were given by God to the people of Israel to live...
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...about in this paper is Passover. The Hebrew word for Passover is Pesach which means to jump or to pass over. Historical origin of the holy day would be included in this paper. As well the time of year of the holy day with religious practice associate with this day. And, the cultural differences that might lead to different observance of this holy day. The origin of this day began around 3000 years ago. This would have been the time of Moses and freeing his people. As the story goes, Moses was tending sheep when God had appeared to him as a burning bush. God had told him to go to the Pharaoh and tell him to release his people or God will release 10 plagues against him. But the last plague will turn out to be the worst plague. This is where God intended to take the firstborn from error every household that did not have the blood of a sacrificial lamb around the door. With the blood around the door God would skip that household and not taking the firstborn this would be known as Passover. God did tell Moses he would do this on the 14th day of the first month of the lunar year. God did instruct Moses what to do with the sacrificial lamb so it does not go to waste. And to this day the Jewish faith still carries the tradition of this day. Even Jesus had practice this tradition. Jesus was crucified on this day as well, in the Catholic faith this is called Palm Sunday. Below you would see a chart that would tell what day this would fall on. The Passover Starts At Sundown | Pesach...
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