While the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were not exiled until 133 years later, the other ten tribes were exiled in the time of Isaiah. they were carried off to Assyria, but soon after that they moved (or were pushed) further afield; and there location, even as far back as the Talmudic times, was and is a mystery.
Jews were deported to concentration/death camps or straight to a death camp.
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or the ghettos.
Yom Kippur is a Jewish holiday known as the Day of Atonement. Many people of Jewish faith in the United States spend the day fasting and praying.
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Yes, Shavuot is a Jewish holy day/festival (Leviticus ch.23).
They weren't.... *EYE ROLL*
They usually go to the synagogue, as this is their day of worship (Sabbath).
Life is directed by Jewish beliefs, but not controlled by them. The ethical teachings of the Torah guide every day life for Jewish people, but people are free to make their own choices.
It is speculated by some that the Jewish people were celebrating the Passover seder during the Last Supper, but this is disputed.
Modern day Israel is a nation-state with a Jewish majority. There are also numerous Jews elsewhere. The Jewish tradition holds that Jews are God's chosen people, chosen to bear the burden of the Torah, but the Jewish tradition also includes many stories of Jewish governments that failed to live up to their responsibility.
The Jewish people are descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob (Jacob was given the name Israel by God, in Genesis ch.35). The name "Jews" comes from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, since the bulk of the other tribes (other descendants of Jacob) were exiled by the Assyrians and did not return. The descendants of Judah were also exiled (by the Babylonians) but returned to build the Second Temple not long afterwards, and their descendants are extant to this day.
The 8-day festival of Hanukkah is celebrated in the homes of Jewish people. Sometimes synagogues and Jewish schools also have Hanukkah parties.
well, before the jews were exiled to babalonia, the jews sacrificed food, and livestock, and spoke hebrew every day. after however, we jews turned to praying in hebrew and spoke everyday in the language of the country we were in.
Jerusalem; because it was the site of the Holy Temple.