Jewish Customs and Culture

Jewish Customs and Culture

We are in the feast of tabernacles.

      Leviticus 23 – The feast

Jewish would say the first year is 5770. According to the Jewish tradition creation of the earth was 5770.

Christer – someone who goes to church on Easter and Christmas only; some people don’t believe in Christ but they like the tradition.

Jewish tradition will read Genesis 22 about Abraham willing to sacrifice his one and only son by his wife Rebaheka.

Jews will build a tabernacle and live in it for a while in rememberence.

The Jews are very careful with the Word of God. They don’t put anything on top of it, or drop it down, or lay it on the floor. They would have to fast for 40 days if the did any of this.

The yamaka was given to remind you that there is someone above you – God is to be reverenced. God is higher than us.

Prayer Shawl – to help remind them of 600 laws they must abide by.

The Life Cycle

Jewish people were scattered in 70 A.D. the temple was torn down.

Birth – Bar/Bat mitzvah – Confirmation – marriage – Death

Differences between Christians and Jews within cultures can include

      Weddings

      Funerals

Identity – who is a Jew?

      Hebrew comes from the word Ivri Genesis

Came from Eber one Abrahams ancestors Genesis 11:16

Eyver to cross over (from the Euphrates) Abraham crossed over from the other side of the nations to follow God.

Esther

We should know what the Jewish holiday’s are even if we don’t celebrate

50% of Jewish people are marrying Gentiles.

People were face to face with God but when we sinned we had to turn our face away from God.

Jewish culture forbids a Jewish person to marry a Gentile.

Circumcision

Brit-Milah Genesis 7:10

      There is a huge difference between Jewish and other circumcision

Always performed on the 8^th Day

Includes Sabbath and Yom Kippur

Mikveh

      Very observant Jewish people usually sleep in separate beds, because when women are on their period are considered unclean and you are not to be touched if you are unclean. Women and men stand in different places in the Synagogue due to there is a chance that she could be unclean.

Naming

      Male children receive names at birth, female children receive their names in the Synagogue on the Sabbath following her birth. Every child outside of Israel has two names.