In Judaism, offerings cannot be made without the Temple. As the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., Jews have not made offerings in 1,930 years. As specified in the Torah, prayer replaced sacrifice with the destruction of the Temple.
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.
"Ancestor Day" is a Buddhist celebration celebrated from the first to the fifteenth days of the eighth lunar month (Autumn in the Western calendar). Monks and lay people celebrate the day differently. Monks complete their Rains Retreat. Lay people devotees make offerings on behalf of their ancestors.
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*
In a Halloween custom, they put food and offerings to bribe the spirits. They give offerings specifically in the fall, on their customary Day of the Dead.
Because Hitler was murdering thousands of Jewish people a day, that's why! Jeesh. SOME PEOPLE.
They usually go to the synagogue, as this is their day of worship (Sabbath).
They are difficult to count, because there were various sin offerings, goodwill offerings, peace offerings, all of which were individual offereings, added on top of the regular daily offerings.
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.