Essay On Jewish Holiday

Jews gather together for a number of important holidays (sacred becoming a community). The holidays, festivals, and the Sabbath offer Jewish people a chance to set aside sacred time, (prayer and ritual). Almost the whole of Jewish history and teaching is embodied in its holidays/festivals -- in which traditions are passed from one generation to the next by means of stories, actions, symbolic food, and singing. Most festival celebrations are based on the home and family, with the events of the past being re-enacted in a way that makes them meaningful to present-day life. In my essay, I have discussed the holidays I was most interested in, which are the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the Days of Awe), two of the three pilgrimage festivals (Sukkot and Passover), and Hanukkah. One way that that Jewish people are able to set aside sacred time,
The Passover Seder, for every generation, can be the most profound means of identifying/committing a person to defeating that which menaces their personal/national freedom (the haggadah retells, while you reenact the liberation of the Jews from bondage; you tell your own hardships/struggles with gaining freedom
2. Passover is a season of renewed hope -- it is full of rituals that help a person overcome despair, celebrate spiritual rebirth, and physical renewal – soul that has been healed or is in process of healing
3. Season for family and friends – from preparing your house for the festival (spring cleaning), shopping (for food /decorations for the Seder celebration), sitting next to family and friends (sharing memories of past year), tasting and smelling delicious foods (matzah balls (unleavened bread)wine), to dipping your finger in the wine glass during the recitation of the ten plagues
4. A time to remember those who have died, gotten married, been born and to create new memories of family
5. Passover is a bridge between the past/present – many non-Jews relate to (the concept of exodus from