February 14th, 2012

Today in class we focused a lot on the rituals of Judaism and Shabbat. We did a group activity defining words and identifying translations, timing, symbols, and rituals.

Our group translated these words as follows:

WORD TRANSLATION TIMING RITUALS SYMBOLS (in order)

Bris: covenant 8th day of boys life circumcision covenant

Bar Mitzvah: son of commandment 13 yr old boy reading from Torah adulthood

Shiva: Sitting 7 days mourning deceased death

Shabbat: rest Friday sundown to Saturday Sundown light candles and the four blessings family and bread

Yom Kippur: 24 hours of atonement and fasting; 10th day of days of awe; prayer and fasting; repentence

Rosh Hashanah: celebrating God's creation; first day of days of awe; prayer and self-examination; creation

Sukkoth: booths 8 day autumn festival commemorating exodus and celebrating harvest autumn

Shavuot: revelation spring celebrating early harvest 10 Commandments

Hanukkah: Feast of Lights 8 day celebration @ end of solar year lighting of menorah oil and light

Purim: lots early spring celebrates story of Esther and Mordecai with party and costumes & plays

Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance April 20th memorials star of david

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwFFQScUcT4

• This youtube link is really helpful in displaying the rituals which are a very important part of Shabbat

This is a great image of the symbols of Shabbat!