Like God, Jews too have a day when they stop work. The Sabbath is a very significant day, and the Jewish people see it as a relaxing family time as well as a holy day, as the Jewish faith is heavily centered on the family. By observing Shabbat, Jews can devote themselves to prayer and Torah study. By studying the Torah, Jews learn how to keep Mitzvot (the commandments). They learn the Jewish values and find out how to apply them to everyday life.
This holiday helps give gratitude to the group of Jews who believed in their right to religious freedom. Hanukkah is a festive family occasion that is celebrated each night with special foods eating, singing of prayers, playing games, and joyous songs are played. One candle is lit on the first night of Hanukkah, two on the second, and so on, until all eight candles are lit. The light represents a symbol, being the strength of God. Most foods prepared are fried in oil; this is symbolic of the oil that lasted eight days in the temple.
Corries dad said he would give his and his family’s life to save a two week old jewish baby. Corrie’s family learns the dangers of keeping jews in this chapter. Chapter 8- the ten booms got a little scared because so many people knew of their work. I would have felt the same way but like them I would try to keep doing it. They knew God would lead them though anything they need when they got into trouble.
She was devoted to us as she was to her own child.” Alter’s father ran a successful business that he inherited from his parents. “We had a relatively good life; not lacking anything that was available in those days.” Alter and his brother attended the public school in there town, Chrzanow, Poland. Since it was mandatory. They did there religious studies during the afternoons. His family was Jewish as his father’s favorite motto was “Hate hatred and shun violence.” “In retrospect, it seems to me, that life in those days was very meaningful.
Any type of event that happened on that calendar from different holidays and festivals to the Shabbat and Bar Mitzvah each event was very important to this group and meant something. Along with this the war and everything that was going on was very important to them throughout the story. With Reuven’s group they too went by the Jewish calendar and took it very serious. But there were others things I found while reading this book. Time was marked through school.
During the celebration, the family will tell (as every year) the same stories about the family; laughers, mockeries, craziness and caring are all part of the celebration passing this legacy to the next generation. It is not hard to accept the idea that in order to balance our lives we need to share our personality between individualism and family. According with Ellen Goodman’s essay “Thanksgiving”, individuals travel from different parts of the country to meet their family in order to celebrate this holiday and share the true love, caring, and security that family can offer. She mentions that Americans love their individualism, but also respect the values of family. However, they have to affront their inside battles among the “I” and “we”, the freedom and solitariness, and the individual and family.
One was the “internal light” and also Sara wanted to be a “Real” person. The internal light that several characters in Bread Givers either have or are seeking symbolizes their self-chosen purpose for living. Sara’s father spends all hours of his day devoting himself to understanding the Torah and other holy works, and many people talk about the light that shines constantly from his face. This is especially true whenever he's expounding on a scripture or holy principle. Love for Jacob Novak is what finally brings light to Mashah's face, as she turns her time and energy from maintaining her own appearance to tending to Jacob's every need.
SHABBAT there are many jewish religious festivals and holy days which are filled with spiritual significance including passover the sabbath or shabbat is the commandment given by god that the 7th day is for rest and worship one wear their best clothes on shabbat one eats off their best dishes and table wear at shabbat orthodox jews apply this commandment very stictly by not: cooking, writing, driving, turning lights on and off, handling money, doing business, other weekday activities orthodox observation of these practices increase the significance of shabbat for them SHABBAT RITUAL Shabbat begins at sunset on friday and ends at sunset on saturday evening. The table is set with two candles which represent the two commandments: Zachor and Shamor zachor is to remember and shamor is to observe it
The transformational learning cycle goes into stages of recognizing a significant problem, dealing with the problem, and finding a solution and putting things into a different perspective in your life. My transformational learning process is when I was a child I remember going to my grandparents every Sunday and going there and spending the summers with them. I was especially close with my grandfather. We’d do so much together and we loved gum drops. He would save me the cherry and black ones.
Examples of these techniques would be the blessing of the Torah by the groom on the wedding day, this custom symbolizes a hope that the couple will follow Torahs teachings as a guide throughout there entire relationship. Another symbolism used within a Jewish ceremony is the bride and groom fasting and reciting prayers during the day of the wedding before it proceeds, this symbolizes a cleansing of the bride and groom and there newly found innocence in entering the relationship. This is a useful tradition as it makes both parties equally open to change within a relationship as they become unified as one. To demonstrate the fragility of love and commitment and the care that must be taken in maintaining this balance within a healthy Jewish marriage, the groom wraps a wine glass in a napkin and stomps on it to shatter it. Not only does this act as a metaphor for fragility and balance within the sanctity of the marriage but also re-enforces a larger concept of the fragility of a belief and the discipline that is necessary to maintain its