Judaism Fieldwork Paper

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Keisha Carter Dr. Kelly Hayes Religious Studies 133 November 11, 2013 Fieldwork Project: An Outlook on Judaism “Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.” ---Jan Peter Balkenende My fieldwork project briefly describes the history of Judaism and my experience and observations of the service in which I attended whom worshippers all practiced Reform Judaism. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Judaism is the religion of the Jews. It is the complex sensation of a total way of life for the Jewish people, embracing theology, law, and numerous cultural traditions. There is a…show more content…
Then came the assistant rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky, asking everyone to inhale and exhale as a form of releasing anything that seem to be stopping us from experiencing Shabbat Shalon. Then she began to cite prayers while the cantor began to sing softly. One of the prayers that was cited, Mr. David informed me was the most important prayer and that was the prayer that said, “Blessed is God’s glorious majesty forever and ever. Hear O Israel Adonai is our God, Adonai is one.” I noted that some readings and prayers and songs was all done with the congregation sitting down and some were all done with the congregation standing up. Most of the service consisted of prayers, readings, and songs. After the most important prayer, the assistant rabbi asked people from the congregation to state names of people, who they wanted to be prayed for in the sense of healing. After many people from the congregation stated names of loved ones and others the assistant rabbi began to pray the prayer of healing which is found on the back of the Mishkan T’Filah. After this there was a silent pray offering of our heart. Our as in everyone in the

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