Jewish Festivals

Sukkot

Festival of Booths/Tents, Feast of the Harvest.

Book of Good Life

God's Record of Life

Yom Kippur

Jewish Day of Atonement- fasting and reflecting on one's sins

Seder Plate

Jewish plate with 9 elements symbolizing the Exodus (bone, egg, dark greens, sweet paste, flat bread, veggies)

What fruit is a symbol at Sukkot

Lemon

What fruit Symbolises the Jewish 613 laws?

Pomegranate

Shophar

Ram's horn blown for holidays to gather for worship

Atonement

Reconciliation between God and humanity

Hannukah

The Jewish Feast of Dedication, celebrating the recovery and purification of the Temple from the Syrian Seleucids in 164 BC. An eight day feast that takes place during December.

Purim

The Jewish holy day that commemorates when Jews living in Persia escaped extermination. The story is in the book of Esther.

Matza

The __?__ or unleavened bread, was blessed by Jesus during the Last Supper and became His flesh.

Haggadah

The book read during the celebration of Passover. It tells the story of the Judeans exodus from Egypt.Fundamental Jewish text that is basically the guide to Passover. It sets forth the order of the Passover Seder

Driedel

A Jewish Spinning Top Game

Passover

A feast celebrated every year by Jews to celebrate the deliverance from Egypt, the Exodus; Jesus' last supper was a Passover celebration

Rosh Hashanah

Celebrated on the first and second days of Tishrei, Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish year. It is believed that on this day, people's souls are judged, and God "temporarily" decides their fate. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, are the Ten Days of Repentment, when people are given a chance to reflect and repent. On Rosh Hashanah, it is customary to wear white clothes and eat apples, honey, and pomegranates. Other customs include the blowing of the shofar (an instrument made from a ram's horn) and the ceremony of Tashlich, in which Jews throw bread crumbs into running water to symbolize the cleansing of their sins, is also performed.

Exodus

"Departure." Tells how the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and freed by Moses. Recounts the wandering in the desert for 40 years.

Seder Meal

A specially prepared meal, eaten during/for passover in honor of the escape from salvery

Reconciliation

Also called Penance or Confession; the Sacrament by which Christ forgives sins. Jesus gave his Apostles - who passed it on to their successors down to this day - the power to forgive or retain sins.