Yom Kippur
Introduction
Jewish holidays play a very important role in how the Jewish People celebrate and commemorate important key events in their lives. The purpose of writing this dissertation is to present Jewish Holy Days, their origins, religious practices, and to explain some of its theological and cultural differences which may lead to observance differences of the Holy Days among the different branches of Judaism, and finally to document the times in a calendar year in which each holiday is celebrated or ritualized.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is known as the Jewish New Year. This Holy Day consists of a two-day festival that is observed on the first two days of Tishrei. This is the when the Jewish people take accountability for their actions, …show more content…
The focus of Yom Kippur is to practice self-denial. Some key elements that Jewish people are abstinent from on this day are washing, eating, drinking, anointing, wearing shoes, and intercourse. Everything of significance that is considered to be physical pleasures are forbidden. Yom Kippur is a day of atonement for individuals that do not repent. In the synagogue, Yom Kippur is celebrated with five separate services. The services are Shaharit, Musaf, Minhah, Kol Nidrei, and Neilah. There are a series of poems read and prayers recited during Yom Kippur. Before sundown, the Rabbi will chant the Kol Nidrei, which declares broken promises that may be made in the subsequent year, and as well, there is respect paid when it comes to the prohibition of work on Yom Kippur. The Sukkot is a time used for jubilation. It is also a time where Jewish people build a shelter for a home, and marks the seasonal harvest. As written in Exodus 23:16, it is stated that Jewish people should celebrate the harvest at the years’ end. This holiday is to commemorate the Israeli people wandering in the desert for forty years in the Old Testament. The Sukkot lasts for seven …show more content…
Passover is celebrated by the Jewish and non-Jewish alike. Passover is an eight-day festival that is celebrated in the early spring from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan (April 10-18,2017) for the current year. It commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted in the tradition of Seder meals that include eating matzah, bitter herbs, four cups of wine and reciting the story of Exodus. The first and last two days are full-fledged days that commemorate the splitting of the Red Sea. This takes place on the last two days of Passover. Holiday candles are lit in the night, and sumptuous and Kiddush holiday meals are eaten on both days and nights. The middle four of the Passover holiday is called Chol Hamoed. This is the time of Passover when most forms of work duties are
Jewish holidays play a very important role in how the Jewish People celebrate and commemorate important key events in their lives. The purpose of writing this dissertation is to present Jewish Holy Days, their origins, religious practices, and to explain some of its theological and cultural differences which may lead to observance differences of the Holy Days among the different branches of Judaism, and finally to document the times in a calendar year in which each holiday is celebrated or ritualized.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is known as the Jewish New Year. This Holy Day consists of a two-day festival that is observed on the first two days of Tishrei. This is the when the Jewish people take accountability for their actions, …show more content…
The focus of Yom Kippur is to practice self-denial. Some key elements that Jewish people are abstinent from on this day are washing, eating, drinking, anointing, wearing shoes, and intercourse. Everything of significance that is considered to be physical pleasures are forbidden. Yom Kippur is a day of atonement for individuals that do not repent. In the synagogue, Yom Kippur is celebrated with five separate services. The services are Shaharit, Musaf, Minhah, Kol Nidrei, and Neilah. There are a series of poems read and prayers recited during Yom Kippur. Before sundown, the Rabbi will chant the Kol Nidrei, which declares broken promises that may be made in the subsequent year, and as well, there is respect paid when it comes to the prohibition of work on Yom Kippur. The Sukkot is a time used for jubilation. It is also a time where Jewish people build a shelter for a home, and marks the seasonal harvest. As written in Exodus 23:16, it is stated that Jewish people should celebrate the harvest at the years’ end. This holiday is to commemorate the Israeli people wandering in the desert for forty years in the Old Testament. The Sukkot lasts for seven …show more content…
Passover is celebrated by the Jewish and non-Jewish alike. Passover is an eight-day festival that is celebrated in the early spring from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan (April 10-18,2017) for the current year. It commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted in the tradition of Seder meals that include eating matzah, bitter herbs, four cups of wine and reciting the story of Exodus. The first and last two days are full-fledged days that commemorate the splitting of the Red Sea. This takes place on the last two days of Passover. Holiday candles are lit in the night, and sumptuous and Kiddush holiday meals are eaten on both days and nights. The middle four of the Passover holiday is called Chol Hamoed. This is the time of Passover when most forms of work duties are