To the Jewish community, Pilgrimage is the travelling to an important religious area. The ritual of Pilgrimage contributes to quite a high extent in expressing the beliefs of the Jewish adherents. This can be shown through how the Pilgrimage is a part of the festivals, it being the journey that is taken to the festivals. The connections that can be made between each festival and the Pilgrimage for them. Beliefs and relationships with God are expressed in Pilgrimage thus connecting God to the Jewish everyday lives and how this is important in their faith. Finally, identifying the divergences which set Conservative Jews and Reform Jews apart in the ways they use Pilgrimage or don’t use Pilgrimage in their faith now.
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In Deuteronomy 16:16, God expresses his wish for all male Israelites to travel to Jerusalem, then to have the priest offer an animal sacrifice that was a representation of each of the men. After this the men then offer their own gifts that reflect the blessing that God has given each of them. Passover celebrated the Exodus of Egypt as well as the beginning of the new planting season. Shavuot is solely an agricultural celebration falling exactly 7 weeks after Passover. Sukkot is the celebration of the wondering of the Israelites for 40 years through the desert and is also the celebration of the last harvest of the season. The Jewish religion has 13 articles of Faith. These include their beliefs about God. The term ‘Pesach’ is another word for Passover. This “commemorates the release of the Jewish people from the bondage in the land of Egypt.” (NSW Board of Jewish Education, 2015) Leading to the connections that can be made to Shavuot. The word Shavuot means ‘weeks’ as the festival occurs exactly 7 weeks after the second day of Pesach. This festival marks the last grain harvest of the season and the beginning of the fruit harvest. A large factor of the celebration is the …show more content…
These include being a monotheistic religion which means that they have only one God. This means that they believe that there is no other God or being that can replace Him. Their beliefs consist of God and their everyday lives in connection to him. Jews believe that God continues to work every day whether that be in single lives or family life. They also believe that there is an even relationship between God and His children. Another belief is that God is transcendent, meaning that He is above all others and He is beyond the normal or physical human experience. The belief that God created the universe is the base for the beliefs for the 3 festivals about Pilgrimage. This entitles the Jews to thank God for his gift of the land. They believe that He is everywhere, He is omnipotent, He is personal and accessible and He listens to everyone. Other beliefs are that God is beyond time, He is just, merciful, He punishes the bad and rewards the good and he is forgiving, He is interested and He speaks to each individual. The connections can be made between the beliefs and the relationships with God including the relevance to Pilgrimage. They believe that He created the Earth and therefore should be thanked for his gifts. This is done by the Pilgrim festivals after the Priests have blessed the first fruits and the last grains.
In 2 of the Jewish denominations, how do rituals that are a part of traditional Judaism,
How does Pilgrimage mark …show more content…
In Deuteronomy 16:16, God expresses his wish for all male Israelites to travel to Jerusalem, then to have the priest offer an animal sacrifice that was a representation of each of the men. After this the men then offer their own gifts that reflect the blessing that God has given each of them. Passover celebrated the Exodus of Egypt as well as the beginning of the new planting season. Shavuot is solely an agricultural celebration falling exactly 7 weeks after Passover. Sukkot is the celebration of the wondering of the Israelites for 40 years through the desert and is also the celebration of the last harvest of the season. The Jewish religion has 13 articles of Faith. These include their beliefs about God. The term ‘Pesach’ is another word for Passover. This “commemorates the release of the Jewish people from the bondage in the land of Egypt.” (NSW Board of Jewish Education, 2015) Leading to the connections that can be made to Shavuot. The word Shavuot means ‘weeks’ as the festival occurs exactly 7 weeks after the second day of Pesach. This festival marks the last grain harvest of the season and the beginning of the fruit harvest. A large factor of the celebration is the …show more content…
These include being a monotheistic religion which means that they have only one God. This means that they believe that there is no other God or being that can replace Him. Their beliefs consist of God and their everyday lives in connection to him. Jews believe that God continues to work every day whether that be in single lives or family life. They also believe that there is an even relationship between God and His children. Another belief is that God is transcendent, meaning that He is above all others and He is beyond the normal or physical human experience. The belief that God created the universe is the base for the beliefs for the 3 festivals about Pilgrimage. This entitles the Jews to thank God for his gift of the land. They believe that He is everywhere, He is omnipotent, He is personal and accessible and He listens to everyone. Other beliefs are that God is beyond time, He is just, merciful, He punishes the bad and rewards the good and he is forgiving, He is interested and He speaks to each individual. The connections can be made between the beliefs and the relationships with God including the relevance to Pilgrimage. They believe that He created the Earth and therefore should be thanked for his gifts. This is done by the Pilgrim festivals after the Priests have blessed the first fruits and the last grains.
In 2 of the Jewish denominations, how do rituals that are a part of traditional Judaism,