Introduction:
Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people and is one of the worlds oldest religions. Each and everyone of the Jews is their own person, and they have fought for their rights. They have made an amazing rise in the last 100 years. They have their own religious holidays, rituals or customs, hierarchy, holy books, they dress their own way and many people follow this specific religion.
Founder and follows:
First of all, the founder of the Judaism religion was Abraham. Judaism was found in 1300 b.c. And 14 million people chose to
follow him, and there soon will be many more all over the world. Its main locations is Israel, Europe and the USA.
Religious Holidays:
Next, Judaism has many custom holidays. For example, Hanukkah: the festival of lights. Hanukkah is an 8 day Jewish holiday, it starts on the 25th day of Kislev on the Hebrew calender. You light a candelabrum consisting of 8 candle(the picture to the right). Each day you blow one out until the final day
the 8th day their all out. This is mostly like Christmas to the Christians, its celebrated at mostly the same time and decorated somewhat the same. Another example of a jewish holiday would be, Ross Hashanah: the jewis
h new year. This is celebrated at the first two days of the year, and it is one of the holiest nights of the year. There is many holidays for the religion of Judaism, but these are two of the common ones.
Rituals/Customs:
Next, like Christians with the 10 commandments, Jews have 613 commandme
nts that they practice through their bible the torah. A few examples of these commandments would be, to love other Jews, Lev. 19:18,
to honor those who teach and know Torah Lev. 19:32 and the King must not have to many horses Deut: 17:16. Judaism only holds a few simple beliefs or rituals, they don't believe in any god at all either.
Holy Books:
For example, the biggest sacred text of the Jews would be, the torah. The torah is the law of god. It is considered a bible to us in the USA. It consists of all the commandments and the book has all of Jesus's teachings. The Jews have others books, such as, the Tanakh which is the old testament of the christian bible. The Thanakh has the explanations of how Jesus and God have created the earth.
Particular Dress/Clothing:
Next, Jews had their own way of dressing in their territory. Jews wore a kittel which is a white robe, a shaytl which is a wig, a tichl which is a head covering, and a kipa which is a skullcap. They also wore colored clothing, but this is some of the main things that the Jews wore.
Hierarchy/Organization:
Finally, the Jews based their organization on their home life. The Jews, of Israel, study the old traditions and take them to hand, while the new customs are explored. In their homes they kept a doorpost scroll, a candelabrum for the Jewish holidays and unleavedbread. Jews were pretty much independent, but relied on their families. This is how the Jewish culture governs them selves.
