Jewish Worship at home
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- Created on: 21-04-18 17:49
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- Jewish worship at home
- After the temple and synagogues were destroyed. Jewish people needed a place to express their faith. This became the home.
- Shabbat
- This is celebrated weekly from sunset on a Friday till sunset on Saturday
- It is the most important day of worship in the home
- Many things will be prepared in advance like cooking and cleaning
- Jews are prohibited from doing things like driving, handling money and using electrical ietms.
- Families usually have a traditional meal containing challah, praying and studying the Torah
- Comes from the ten commandments to keep the sabbath day holy
- Benefits
- Provides family time
- Gives people time to focus on faith and take a break from the modern world
- Challenges
- Can mean people have to leave work early
- A lot of preparation is required
- Some restrictions are problematic; not driving while having to get to a synagogue
- The Shema
- This is an important prayer said when they wake
- This prayer recites the belief in one god
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