...Judaism festival of Passover Abstract In this paper we will be discussing the Jewish festival of Passover, what makes this day(s) considered a “Holy Day”. We will determine the types of religious practices do the differing sects of Judaism part take in during this festival. We will cover the origins of this festival citing the Hebrew Bible in reference to the origins of Passover and the Exodus of Egypt. Determining the time in which this celebration will also be discussed in this paper. This paper is meant to cover the Jewish celebration of Passover and what this festival symbolizes. Keywords: Passover, Judaism, Pesach, Karaite, Samaritans, Nisan, Passover seder. In every society there are times of great tradition and celebration. Religion is made up of several different societies or beliefs however they have deep rooted traditions and celebrations that may be considered holy days. The Jewish faith celebrates several holy days such as Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, and many other holy days. In this paper we will be looking deeper in the holy day of Passover. Passover or Pesach as it is called by the Jewish people is a celebration in honor of the Jewish people being granted their freedom from slavery and the Egyptian people. There are a few problems with actually determining when this festival or celebration actually takes place. It is said that Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan which would typically fall in the month of March or April according...
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...PASSOVER (PESACH) JEWISH HOLY DAY Passover (Pesach) Jewish Holy Day Tamara REL/134 November 5, 2013 William Sunday Abstract This research paper summarizes the three main branches of Judaism; Orthodox, Conservative, and Reconstructionist (Liberal) Judaism, and how the Jewish Holy Day Passover (Pesach) is observed. The paper displays the time of the year of the holy day, its origin, and the religious practices that were associated. The study also describes the aftermath of the Reform movement, including the derivatives of the traditional beliefs that were reproduced. This study also confirmed the separation of men and women in the three different traditions and beliefs of Judaism leading to differences with the Orthodox towards the Liberals and Conservatives. The Passover (Pesach) Passover is the Jewish holiday commonly known to Jews as Pesach. This holiday is an eight-day celebration to commemorate the deliverance of the Israelites from the rule of Pharaoh in ancient Egypt. The first two days and last two days of Pesach are recognized as being major holy days for Jewish believers. The first day represents the first day that the Jews left Egypt. The seventh and eighth days represent the miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea. Pesach occurs in the early spring during the months of March and April from the 15th through the 22nd and is also referred to as the Hebrew month Nissan 15. As believers followed the customs of the Passover or Pesach they also gain the experience...
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...Jewish Holy Day Douglas A. McDaniel REL/134 June 17, 2013 Marilyn Flege Jewish Holy Day That Jewish holy day that this student will be writing 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...
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...Jewish Holy Days Paper REL 134 June 5, 2012 Mark Tate Jewish Holy Day Judaism goes back about two thousand years or longer, depending on one’s point of view. Knowing the history and holy days in Judaism will help understand the religion and the culture. There are several different holy days in the Jewish community such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover and Shavuot. The selected holy day for this paper is Shavuot. This paper will cover time of the year of Shavuot, historical origins. Also the religious practices associated with Shavuot and the theological or cultural differences that might lead to differences in the observance of Shavuot but the various branches of Judaism will be covered in the paper. Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance. The other two major festivals are Passover and Sukkot. Shavuot does not have a particular calendar date but to a counting from the Passover. The length of the months used to be a variable and is determined by observation and there are two new moons between Passover and Shavuot. This year in 2012, Shavuot started at sunset on May 26, 2012 through nightfall on May 28, 2012. For the following year, Shavuot will begin sunset on May 14, 2013 through May 16, 2012. During Shavuot, work is not permitted at all. The customary is stay up the entire first night of Shavuot and study Torah and then pray as early as possible in the...
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...Jewish Holy Days Paper REL/134 June 12, 2013 Hanukkah Hanukkah is an eight day and night celebration. That begins in the Jewish month called Kislev, occurring in November or December of a secular calendar. The word Hanukkah means dedication. The holiday is rededication of the holy temple in Jerusalem (165 B.C). The event was established when Jewish victory over the Syrian Greeks. Hanukkah is a holiday that has significance like Christmas. The celebration has a meaningful history, traditions practices, and cultural differences in the various branches of Judaism. The story is in 168 B.C. the Jewish temple was seized by the Syrian Greek soldiers. The Jewish people were afraid to fight back. After the Syrian Greek Emperor ordered all Jews to worship Greek gods. The Jews began to resistance and join together to retake their land from the Greeks. The rebels were called Maccabees. Maccabees got control of their land and returned to the temple of Jerusalem. The Jews were forced to eat swine and worship ideal gods. So to cleanse their selves they burned ritual oils in the temple of Jerusalem for eight days. The significant thing was there was only enough oil for one day but, the oil surprised the Jews and lasted eight days. That was the miracle of Hanukkah. There are many traditions when it comes to celebrating Hanukkah. The celebration involves games, the songs, and foods. One of the games is called dreidel. It’s the spinning of the four side toy. The songs are like...
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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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...that there is only one god. It is believed that Judaism originated in the year 1812 BC, this is during the Bronze Age. The main founder of Judaism is Moses. However, it is believed by many who practise the religion of Judaism that the history of the religion can be traced back to Abraham. The holy book in the religion of Judaism is the hebrew scriptures. This is also referred to as the old testament called the Tanakh. The Tanakh is make from the torah scroll and kipper, the pentateuch and the nevi’im....
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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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...Passover Michael Hull REL/134 May 14, 2013 Robert Schuler Passover Pesach also known as Passover is celebrated by more Jewish people than any other of their religious holidays. Originating from one of the ten plagues sent by god and brought by Mosses. The ritual last for several days and takes weeks to prepare for and has slightly different practices by different branches of Jewish religion. Time of year Most places today use a Gregorian calendar adopted from the earlier Julian calendar ("Calendars through the Ages", 2008). The Jewish calendar is used mostly for Jewish holidays and is believed to be set down by the Sanhedrin president Hillel II. An ordinary (non-leap) year has 353, 354, or 355 days. A leap year has 383, 384, or 385 days. The three lengths of the years are termed, "deficient," "regular," and "complete," respectively. An ordinary year has 12 months, a leap year has 13 months. Every month starts (approximately) on the day of a new moon ("Calendars through the Ages", 2008). Pesach is the actual name given to the Jewish holy day, Passover being the English translation. Pesach is celebrated in the spring and starts on the 15 day in the month of Nisan. Pesach last for 8 days 7 in Israel ("Chabad.org", 1993-2013). This is a spring time event and is practiced by most Jewish people even those that are considered to be non-observant. Historical Origin Moses brought with him the 10 plagues to free his people. When present with the ultimatum to release the people...
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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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...Jesus of Nazareth was not the messiah. In a time that Judea was under the remorseless Roman rule, Jesus was a man born in Bethlehem to parents Mary and Joseph, who would raise him in Judea’s backwater province of Galilee practicing strict Jewish traditions. Later in his life he would claim to be the son of God and travel Judea preaching peace and translating God’s word for anyone that would listen. He would gain a following and be praised and worshipped as the messiah. He would be crucified as a threat to Rome and the Jewish officials and then supposedly rise from the dead. News of his execution would cause outrage against Rome and spark the Jews to rebel against the Romans. Despite how Christianity has identified him, he was never the...
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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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...Jewish Holy Day Passover Wileena Love REL/134 9/20/13 What is Passover? It is the 8th day of a Jewish Holiday early in the spring that happens on 15th and 22nd of Nissan. Passover comes from the slavery that the Israelites went through in Egypt. Jews come together and experience true freedom that their ancestors went through. This history starts off many decades ago when Israel’s were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt. God saw his people going through the pain and suffering and he heard their cry. So he sent Moses to set his people free, Pharaoh had another plan he refuses to let Gods people go. God sent upon 10 devastating plagues on Egypt clearing out everything including their homes. The Passover also symbolic of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Messiah when the plagues took place in Egypt the Israelites were told to place blood over the door to protect them from the death angel which is called the Passover. The death angel went through Israel and killed the firstborn but skipped over the homes that had blood above it. Pharaoh was so brokenhearted and decided to let the people of Israel free but soon after he did that Pharaoh and his army went after Gods people. When Pharaoh trapped them at sea, God spoke to Moses telling him to stick his staff into the water which caused the water to part allowing all of Gods people to walk through on land. When Pharaoh and his army tried to go through the water came down back together causing Pharaoh and his army to...
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...the Hebrew calendar. There are many religious practices, scriptural readings, and family events centered on all holy days. The Jewish holiday. I selected is Festival of Shavuot. Shavuot is a Jewish holiday meaning festival of the weeks that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June), it goes by the lunar cycle. It is the second of the three major Jewish Festivals. There are seven festivals or holidays celebrated by the Jewish faith: Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Purim, Hanukkah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur, and Shavuot. It usually is 50 days or seven weeks after Passover, hence its name. It is a two- day holiday celebrated here in the United States, and one day in Israel. It starts at sundown on the fifth day of Sivan, and last until nightfall on the seventh of Sivan.It began as a summer grain-harvest festival. “Later regained special meaning as an invitation to renew the covenant” (2010, para 10). Shavuot originated around 3300 years ago at Mount Sinai, commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire nation of Israel. “Biblical times, Shavuot originated as an agricultural Festival, celebrating the beginning (the first fruits) of the wheat harvest in Israel that continues through summer and ends with Sukkot in the fall” (October 2009, para 3). In times will ancient times, two wheat loaves would be offered in the holy Temple. People would also bring their choices fruits to thank God for Israel’s bounty. Holiday of Shavuot renews...
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...Jesus of Nazareth was not the messiah. In a time that Judea was under the remorseless Roman rule. Jesus was a man born in Bethlehem to parents Mary and Joseph, who would raise him in Judea’s backwater province of Galilee, in the city of Nazareth, practicing strict Jewish traditions. Later in his life he would claim to be the son of God and travel Judea preaching peace and translating God’s word for anyone that would listen. He would gain a following and be praised and worshipped as the messiah. He would be crucified as a threat to Rome and the Jewish officials, and then supposedly rise from the dead. News of his execution would cause outrage against Rome and spark the Jews to rebel against the Romans. Despite how Christianity has identified...
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