Shabbat

enough food to eat but nothing to do all day. This encouraged me because I can’t imagine living without anything to do all day and only a few meals a day. I want to create a Jewish homeless shelter because it must be really hard for Jews to keep shabbat and eat kosher in a regular homeless shelter. I am truly excited to hopefully conquer my dream to create a Jewish homeless shelter. In my homeless shelter, I want to provide enough food for everyone. First, I will start by providing enough…

makes me a religious Jew. Does being it mean keeping the laws of Kashrut? (Jewish dietary laws) Does it mean keeping the Sabbath and the holidays? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Traditionally, we are taught that a ‘frum’ person is someone who keeps the Big 3: Shabbat, Kashrut, and Mikvah and if you’re single that you intend on following the laws of family purity upon marriage. I grew up in a Modern Orthodox, Zionistic home. My mother’s family has rabbis in our ancestry. My maternal grandmother has two…

When I grow up I plan on doing great things. I want to help Jews become more religious. I want to teach fellow Jews the Torah and the Hebrew language. I want to teach them the holiness of Shabbat and other Jewish holidays. These ideas combine to form my main idea, a religious get-away, which is my dream that I hope to accomplish. The idea for a religious get-away first struck me while I was at Jewish sleepaway camp during the summer. I found many non-observant Jews who didn’t know the basics of…

January 2014 I was already filling out the papers to join an English course in Houston Texas when I receive a proposal to play professional football in Israel, as it was my dream I did not think twice, my family was afraid the first question of my Father was worth it plays in the middle of the war and if I was not afraid to die, my fiancée supported me because she knew it was my dream and my mother knew she would not be able to stop me. I left all fears behind and I was confident everything…

What is the most important thing that you have ever learned from the Torah? To me, the most important thing in the Torah is the idea of Shabbat. Shabbat is the holy day; the day when Jews rest and go to synagogue. Most importantly, Shabbat is the day of which God rested during the creation of the world, and all Jews must act in accordance to God. In one sense, Shabbat is the day that we honor all of which God has given us; it is a time to reflect on all of the things that we are privileged…

is correct and right in their daily lives and it shows this in a visual setting. It shows that everything in life for Jews is a holy occurrence and that the Jews treat everything with sacredness and respect. Shabbat: Shabbat is a tradition in Judaism that occurs once every week. Shabbat is 25 hours of holiness that begins at sundown on each Friday night and concludes at roughly the same time on Saturday night. During this time span, no work of any kind is allowed. Meals are prepared in…

Olam Ha-Ba: The World to Come The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief review of the article Olam Ha-Ba: The Afterlife written by Tracey Rich. It is true the Jewish people do believe the death of the physical body or human existence is not the end, but there is little dogma written on it. This leaves room for various interpretations of what happens after physical death. The Orthodox Jew may believe in a Heaven similar to the Christian belief. Other Jews may believe they may be resurrected…

a Jewish baby boy is eight days old he undergoes a circumcision ceremony known as a Brit Milah. Every week religious Jews observe the Jewish holy day, the Sabbath or Shabbat. Shabbat is one of the most important ritual observances within Judaism. It is the only observance that is in the Ten Commandments. The primary purpose of Shabbat is for a day of…

There are few things that traditional western culture values more than protecting the innocence of a child. It is not often considered, but many go to great lengths to guard this intangible element of childhood. “The Shabbat”, an excerpt from Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir Persepolis, chronicles young Satrapi’s loss of innocence in a terrible way. This comic tells the story of a little Iranian girl who is living through the Islamic Revolution, all from a first-person retrospective point of…

I am somewhat observant albeit not very enthusiastically. I go to synagogue pretty much every Shabbat and on all of the holidays, and I keep Shabbat and holidays at home as well. I also keep kosher and whatnot. I incorporate some elements of Jewish culture into my life. Of course, I go to a Jewish day school so I am exposed to and involved in cultural Judaism there. While…