Hanukah Research Paper

By researching my assigned celebration, I have gained insights on how important community, creed and cult (part of a religion) in the celebration of the Passover. Community is important in the celebration of the Passover because especially during one of the rituals that is partaken in the Passover which is called the Seder, Jews are commanded to have a special family meal not only to pray together and remind them of the significance of the holiday. But, there are a number of rituals that are observed within the wider community such as special Sabbaths. These are held in the synagogues during which additional or special biblical readings are included in the service. Creed is another insight I have gained about the Jewish faith by researching

Christmas Traditions are important to a lot of family’s. People have so many traditions big and small. Yet not all of them are the same, they’re are popular one’s and one’s that people make up. We have so many ones around the world. Here is what Christmas traditions are like in Mexico compared to what my family does.

Sukkot is a seven day long Jewish holiday that has a historical and an agricultural significance. "The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Sukkot is also a harvest festival, and is sometimes referred to as Chag Ha-Asif, the Festival of Ingathering." The Succah, "temporarily dwellings (a wooden frame covered with branches) are constructed outdoors where Jews will eat their meals and may even sleep" (Esposito, 105). Also waving ceremony of the Four Species are performed with etrog (ctiron), lulav (date palm tree), hadass (myrtle tree), and aravah (willow tree).

In The U.S, the living conditions are very stable! It’s a standard to own a car, a house and to have food every day. The standards of living in The United States is on the top 20 in the world! From the 1930s up until 1980, the average American income tripled which translated into higher living standards for the American population. Even if this is a fact, it still lives many poor people in the U.S.

The Passover is a continuous tradition that applies to many Jewish families, this 80 day festival is celebrated from early spring of the Hebrew month Nisan. The Passover helps the Jewish people remember the freedom that God had given them when their people were enslaved in Egypt , the 10th plague

Jews celebrate many holidays that non-Jews do not celebrate. Rosh Hashanah is the first holiday on the Jewish calendar year. Rosh Hashanah is the equivalent  of  "New Year" of the Jews (Scott 18).  Rosh Hashanah does not occur in January, but in mid to late fall. (Scott 18). Cards are often given out for well wishes in the new year (Scott 18).  The holiday created in the book of Ester, Purim, is  still celebrated today (Scott 20). The holiday is celebrated by  reading of the book of Ester at the synagogues (Scott 20). The most well-known Jewish holiday is Hanukkah (Scott 20). Hanukkah is the Jewish version of Christmas. It lasts a little over a week and is celebrated in December (Scott 20). Another well holiday is called Passover ( Scott 20). Passover is the celebration of the Exodus, which the Israelites escaped Egypt. The holiday of Passover is family oriented (Scott 20). Holidays are important to the Jewish culture because the holidays symbolize the past of

The swastika originated over 5,000 years before Adolf Hitler was born and when he designed the Nazi Party’s flag. Swastika comes from the Sanskrit word svastika, which loosely translate to “good fortune” or “well-being”. The hooked cross is believed to be first used in Neolithic Eurasia, perhaps representing the movement of the sun across the sky. Even today it is a sacred sign in the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Odinism. Swastikas can be seen often on houses in temples in India and Indonesia. Also in Europe swastikas have appeared on ancient artifacts from pre-Christian European cultures.

In December they celebrated their most loved holiday, the 12 Days of Christmas. The 12 daylong celebration started on Christmas Eve and ended on Epiphany, January 6th. “A Lord of Misrule was selected, and he selected a council to help him.” (New World Encyclopedia)The Lord of Misrule would also host the largest party on Epiphany to end the festivities of the year. The surrounding areas would plan parties and other types of merrymaking. The people would find a King of the Bean by baking a bean into a cake. Whoever found the bean would be crowned. Sometimes a Queen of the Pea would be chosen, no matter the gender, by baking in a pea rather than a bean. Carolers would perform for money and mummers (mimes) would act out plays for the people. Gifts

A holiday is a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done. Holidays are times where families and loved ones come together in order to enjoy the presence of one another. Holidays allow for individuals to reflect and appreciate their own cultures, religions, and/or beliefs. Although not all holidays are the same, the Lunar New Year is a holiday that is celebrated all throughout Asia. Traditionally, the holiday is celebrated with Lion dances, dragon dances, fireworks, family, and much more. As Asian Americans have immigrated into the United States, the holiday has evolved to become more of an Asian American holiday. In the article, Lunar New Year is morphing into an all-American holiday with taco trucks, beatboxing and

for many years during this time, until the higher power (god) sent Moses and the nine plagues to save them from this cruel lifestyle, taking them out of slavery into the promise land. The nine plagues are blood, frogs, vermin, flies, pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and death of a first born. This celebration is very memorable to Jews considering it was a time in history where they were set free from the pharaohs rule. Thus coming together on this major day to acknowledge the events that took place.

Despite Canada’s cultural mosaic, though, one of these holidays is much more prominent: Christmas. Though celebrated by many people of all different religions, Christmas is still undeniably a Christian holiday, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Passover is the first feast and it’s celebrated on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the Jewish calendar, this is the month of Nissan which is usually around March-April in the Gregorian calendar. When the Passover is complete, the feast of Unleavened Bread starts the following day on the 15th day of the month of Nissan and continues for seven days. The feast of Passover was instituted when God instructs the Israelite’s to sacrifice a pure and spotless lamb and use its blood to mark their doorposts as

Pesach, or Passover, is one of the major holy festivals in the Jewish tradition. It is one of the three pilgrimage festivals; the other two being Sukkot and Shavuot. Passover begins with ‘Erev

With so much to give thanks for, our Harvest festivals should never be a mere formality or ritual - it will be as the prophets intended, a great and glorious meeting between God and His people.

In the USA, Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December although it is different to some other countries. For instance churches who use the ‘Julian calendar’ celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January.