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Jewish Holidays and Practices
Holy Day Celebrations
Rosh Hashanah
: the Jewish new year
Celebrate God creating the world
Shofar
: ram’s horn
10-day period of reflection
Celebrate with family and friends
Observed during the fall
Honey and apples are traditional foods (sweetness/goodness of God, world, and creation)
Yom Kippur
: holiest day of Judaism, centers on atonement for sins and mistakes
Prayers of forgiveness
Fast from food and drink (including water)
No work
Repent from sins
Long services in synagogue
Passover
: celebrates Israelites’ escape from Egypt
Told by God to celebrate in the Torah
Seder meal
Haggadah
: text recited at Seder during passover
Significant Life Milestones
Birth and naming
Name is consecrated
Boys are circumcised on the 8th day following birth (as instructed in Torah)
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
Coming of age ritual
Signifies children becoming adults in the community (age 13)
“Son” (Bar) or “Daughter” (Bat) of the Covenant
Marriage
Huppah
: bridal canopy; sacred place
Representing Adam and Eve, return to the Garden of Eden
Say vows and blessings beneath the Huppah
Seven blessings over a cup of wine
Break the glass—symbolizes happiness and sorrow, support as a couple
Death and mourning
5 stages
1st day (day of death): rip part of clothing to express sorrow, acknowledge that God is Lord of all
Men don’t shave
Refrain from wearing leather (made from dead animals; no more death)
Body is prepared and placed in a wooden coffin
Public mourning
Recite Kaddish prayer
People visit family, bring food
Only supposed to say good things about the person who passed
7 days following burial
Continued public mourning
30 days after burial
Avoid public celebrations and social gatherings
The First Year
Full-year mourning for children of the deceased
Jewish gravestones are denoted with the star of David
Place stones rather than flowers (stones last longer, and you don’t have to kill something that is living to celebrate someone who has passed)
Kaddish
: a prayer of mourning
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