JEWISH CULTURE

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THE SHABBAT

• is most distinctive and characteristic Judaism practice

• Shabbat is more than just a day off from labor. It is a day of
physical and spiritual delights.
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ROSH HASHANAH
• literally the “head of the year” is the Jewish New Year
• This year, Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on
Monday, September 6th and it ends at sundown on
Wednesday, September 8th.
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YOM KIPPUR

• is the Day of Atonement

• traditionally, Jews fast on this somber day and also refrain from
other bodily pleasures
• Yom Kippur, which falls 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, lasts one
day.
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SUKKOT

• is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which

Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration
• this holiday recalls the 40 years of wandering through the desert
after coming out of Egyptian slavery
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SHEMINI ATZERET / SIMCHAT TORAH

• Shemini Atzeret’s significance is somewhat unclear

• Simchat Torah conveys a clear message about the centrality of
Torah in Jewish life
• is the day on which the community gathers to express their joy
in having received Torah
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HANUKKAH

• Hanukkah, which is Hebrew for “dedication,” is the Festival of

Lights
• It commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian
Greek army
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PASSOVER (PESACH)

• It commemorates the Exodus from Egypt

• Its name comes from the miracle in which God “passed over”
the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague
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Aporcăriți Andreea Our Luck

Two Jews sat in a coffeehouse, discussing the fate of their

people.
“How miserable is our history,” said one. “Pogroms, plagues,
discrimination, Hitler, Neo-Nazis…Sometimes I think we’d be
better off if we’d never been born.”
“Sure,” said his friend. “But who has that much luck — maybe
one in 50,000?”