Yom Kippur

The documentary felt pretty biased in a particular direction that makes it feel closed off to the people for whom its point of view would be most helpful. It felt like another of the many news sources that yell into echo chambers filled with people already inclined to lean towards the point of view presented. It was also a lot of information presented very quickly and with very little contextualization. For instance the portion where it was talking about the Energy Task Force, a sector in the…

for the Jewish nation and thinks that it is pointless in blessing God’s name when God is doing nothing but letting the Jews die in misery. Elie’s loss of devotion to God soon developed into a motive to rebel against God. Days after Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, also the day when God decides people’s fate. Fasting is a tradition all Jews followed as it shows that they…

before the congregation and read a section of the Torah in a ceremony called a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. Becoming a Jewish adult, there is a monumental celebration is held. Young men and women can now participate fully in traditions like fasting on Yom Kippur. The Jewish culture practice Shabbat. Sabbath is a day of rest and begins Friday night and lasts until sundown Saturday. The Jewish culture celebrates their own holidays and also eats kosher…

2:183-185). These verses outline the three main factors of Ramadan: that fasting is required for followers of Islam, that it has been practiced throughout history by a multitude of religious communities (such as during Lent by Christians and on Yom Kippur by Jews), and that it is a way to attain taqwa. Taqwa simply means guarding one 's self from evil and being…

Origins In 1833 Marcus Samuel was determined to expand his business as a shopkeeper outside of his city, London. Initially he sold antiques but now he wanted to start trading oriental shells. When the business passed to his sons he started trading commodities such as wheat and sugar worldwide. it was only after one of his trips to Japan that Marcus Samuel junior decided to start exporting oil, in order to do this new transportation technologies had to be invented since oil has a high leakage…

In his time as a soldier and major general, he fought in many of the battles in both Egypt and The West Bank. One example of this was his attack against the Egyptians in the battle known as Yom Kippur. In this battle, Sharon led his army to victory in an unplanned invasion he went over his superiors to perform, which ended up marking the turning point in the war. Once he transitioned into politics, his role as minister of housing and construction…

Chapter 4 begins when the Jews had just arrived at Buna. The day after arriving the prisoners went through medical examination. The doctors merely wanted to know if the prisoners were in good health. However, the dentists were looking for gold crowns. Elie himself had a gold crown and his number was written down. The Jews were assigned to labor units. Elie and his father were assigned to a warehouse for electrical equipment. Elie avoided having his gold crown removed by pretending to be ill.…

Islam: The people who follow Islam are Muslims, 1.5 billion people are Islamic followers, 22 per cent of the worlds population. Islamic religion started in 622 CE and was formed in the Arabian Peninsula.The religious leader Muhammad died in 632 AD but is still the main leader. Islams have two main sacred texts the most impotant text is the Quran, this book is conisdered the word of God and people believe that to only get the full experience is by reading the book in Arabic (even though…

turn to weeks, weeks to months, and months to years, and Elie incessantly observes the toiling of not only his father, but others too, and he begins to falter about God’s justice. The biggest rebellion of Elie’s a spiritual belief takes place on Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement. There is an immense debate on if fasting is appropriate. Some say that it is too precarious to not fast because they must show God that they can still sing His praises. The others say that fasting will only bring a…

Elie Wiesel was a Romanian American born Jew, who was an activist, professor but, is most famous for his writing. He was imprisoned by the Nazis during the holocaust and survived the ordeal. He later went on to write a historical fiction book based upon his experiences in the concentration camps. The book night follows the writer a boy, Eliezer and his dad during the war. In the beginning the family starts in a quiet village in Romania around 1944. The village becomes under Nazi control…