Shabbat

Bat Mitzvah in Australian Society How effectively do the coming of age rituals of Judaism prepare a young person for full acceptance in contemporary Australian society? A coming of age ritual is a milestone that marks an important time of transition for every child and every family, welcoming that child as an official “adult” member of the Jewish community. In Judaism, there are two coming of age rituals – Bar Mitzvah (for boys), and Bat Mitzvah (for girls). While the ritual teaches many…

“Should we worship on Saturday or Sunday” Today as a practice the New Testament Church meet on Sunday, Did the biblical New Testament Church see Sunday as a replacement for the Jewish Sabbath? The Bible offers the Laws of Moses that command the keeping of the Sabbath, but there no scripture in the New Testament that condemn or punish Sabbath breakers. The New Testament offers the new found Christian Church statements against idolatry, stealing, liars, murderers, covetousness, sexually…

The religious site that I visited is called Beth Israel Worship Center, a Messianic Congregation, located at 11 Railroad Ave, Wayne NJ. I attended the 8PM service on Tuesday, September 29th 2015 . This service specifically focused on the Jewish holy day called “Sukkot” also referred to as the Feast of Tabernacles. Sukkot is a Autumn festival celebrated of each year, on the 15th day of Tishri, according to the Hebrew calendar and is commanded Torah and the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus…

According to some theorists, modernity is a limiting factor of religion. Modernity is a key factor in the secularization theory. Many believe that with advances in science, technology, urbanization, and globalization, religion has no place in the modern world and that Americans are becoming increasingly secular (Lippy, 2013, p. 18). However, when I attended a Jewish Havdallah service, the “insiders” to the Jewish faith were able to use modernity to their advantage, but were still able to…

Tashlikh is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the Holy Days. This ritual is performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. It is customary to gather by a body of water for this ritual which demonstrates that sin to be separate from their lives. Into the water they symbolically cast their sins of the past year, to start the new year with a clean slate. The ceremony includes reading the source passage for the practice. On October third The members of the United…

Time gives people opportunity to figure out the mystery of religion allowing them to connect with god. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have very different practices and traditions but at the end all these religions discuss the ways in which followers of these religions could uncover the mystery of the religion and find connection to God. Although the three religions have different rituals, they all set aside a time to devote their selves to God. In this paper I will argue that the Jewish…

Shabbat Reflection On September 30th I followed the practices of Shabbat by spending the evening at home with my family. The evening started off at 5:15, just as the sun was setting over the horizon. This tradition was a new experience since I have never worked so hard to set up discussing about a loved one. Shabbat felt healthy for my family and I as it brought us closer together. Shabbat was an intriguing experience because the preparation required the involvement of my entire family, the…

France and had her graphic novel Persepolis published in 2000. Through text and graphics in the short story, "The Shabbat", Satrapi utilizes recollections of her childhood experiences to show the impact of the Iranian Revolution as well as express her thoughts and emotions during it. The Iranian Revolution had a great impact on the daily conversations of those living in Iran. "The Shabbat" begins with Marjane and her family discussing the possibility of Iraq having ballistic missiles. To ease…

style and tone of the story. Boom! (Frame 10) It’s only the beginning of the short story, “The Shabbat”. The Shabbat is set up like a cartoon you would read in a magazine or a newspaper. It has not only words but pictures as well to help the author tell the story and put the point across for the readers. This would be considered the author’s voice. Marjane Satrapi whom is the talented author for, “The Shabbat”, choose this as her style for this particular short story. While this short story is…

we feel the feeling of sadness or maybe even anger. When we smell a smell, or taste a taste from a decade ago we are able to paint a picture of a certain place or item. Marjane Satrapi is able to do this through her words in her short story, The Shabbat. She is able to express her emotions she felt in childhood through her words as well as through images. Psychoanalytic Criticism started off in the early 1800's from a man named Sigmund Freud. He treated patients of his for their behavioral…