mocks - jewish beliefs and practices Flashcards
how do Jewish people mourn?
There are different stages to mourning and a certain prayer is said called the Kaddish. The different stages are designed to allow a person to disrupt their everyday prayer lives to focus on the loss and changes happening in their lives. Part of the mourning requires the Onan to not participate in celebrations, to ‘sit shiva’ and focus on their loss rather than their appearance. For some the mourning can last a year.
what its Shekinah?
Shekinah is believed to be God’s divine, and feminine presence in the world today. There are examples in the Torah from the exodus through a pillar of cloud and fire. Today it is felt during the lightning of the shabbat candles.
why is Rosh Hashanah important in Judaism?
Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world to the creation story is read/ apples and honey are eaten to represent a sweet new year/ Tashlik is performed/ Shofar blown 100 times/ on Rosh Hashanah three books are opened in heaven and the actions of everyone are recorded in them.
what features would you find in a Jewish synagogue?
Bimah – where the Torah scrolls are read from
Gallery – where women would sit in an Orthodox Synagogue Ner tamid – everlasting light
Aron hakodesh – the Ark where the Torah scrolls are kept
why is Yom Kippur important?
Known as the ‘day of atonement,’ for Jewish people it is the one festival that all Jews will attend. Many spend 25 hrs fasting and will attend up to 5 services at the synagogue. The shofar horn is blown to mark the end of a day of repentance and prayer. It is believed the ‘books’ are closed as people sing ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ where they thank God for his mercy and pray for forgiveness.
why is Sukkot important?
This is know as a harvest festival and it is written in to Leviticus that ‘You shall dwell in sukkot seven days…in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I the Lord your God.’ People build Sukkahs to remember their nomadic history.
why is Pesach important?
It remembers the exodus from Egypt where they remember that God set the Israelites free. God has commanded Jews to ‘tell it to you children on that day’ so the story is told to children over the course of the festival and a Seder meal consumed with symbolic food.
