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What did the Jewish people do in Passover Shavuot Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur and Succot festivals?
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The same as what they still do.
- On Rosh Hashanah, the shofar (ram's horn) is blown, to mark the beginning of the Jewish year.
- Yom Kippur is a fast day on which Jews pray for forgiveness for all their sins. No eating, drinking, or bathing is allowed. Wearing leather shoes is also prohibited.
- On Pesach leavened bread, cakes, pasta etc. are forbidden and unleavened Matzah is substituted. Passover begins with the Seder-meal commemorating and retelling the story of the Exodus. Matzah and ceremonial foods are eaten at the Seder. See the attached Related Link.
- On Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments.
- On Sukkot Jews eat all their meals in outdoor arbor-canopied booths (Sukkah) in order to commemorate the Israelites' wanderings in the desert. Some will also sleep in the Sukkah. During the morning prayers on these days, we take the 4 minim consisting of a Lulav (young palm branch), an Etrog (Citrus Medica; citron), three Haddassim (Myrtle branches) and two Aravot (willow branches).
- On Hanukkah the 8-branched menora is lit in the home; on the first night one candle, on the 2nd night 2 candles, until all 8 candles are lit on the 8th night.
- On Purim the story of Esther is read from a Megillat-Esther scroll and food baskets are given to friends and charity to the poor.
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What holiday celebrates the presentation of the Ten Commandments by God to the Israelites?
Shavuot ("Weeks"), seven weeks after Passover.
What are the two most important Jewish festivals?
ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR, SUKKOT, SHAVUOT and PASSOVER
What are the Jewish celibrations?
Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Purim, Shushan Purim, Passover, Lag B'omer, Shavuot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah
Which three festivals were loyally celebrated during the postexilic period that helped bring stability to Jewish society?
rosh hashanah, yom kippur, passover, shavuot, sukkot.
What is the Jewish celebration of the exodus?
Passover is the Jewish celebration of liberation from Egypt.=========================================The origin of the Jewish observances of Sabbath, Passover, and Shavuot are describedin the book of Exodus.
What Jewish holiday commemorates their ancestors?
Passover commemorates the Exodus, Shavuot commemorates the Giving of the Torah, and Sukkot commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness. See also the Related Link.The Jewish festivals
What happened between the passover and pentcost?
In the Jewish tradition, the interval between the festivals of Passover (Pesach) and Pentecost (Shavuot) is known as the Omer, and is characterized by a special blessing said every evening counting the days between the two festivals. This is a period of spiritual preparation for Pentecost, a festival that remembers God's giving the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai.
In the time of Jesus what festivals were celebrated?
I presume that this is a question about the Jewish festivals and not, perhaps, the Greek and Roman festivals or, farther afield, Druid and Hindu festivals. The three great Jewish festivals were then and are now Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost, or the Feast of Weeks) and Succot (the Feast of Booths). Each of these is mandated in the festival calendars in the Torah, and on these festivals, when the Temple still stood in Jerusalem, all Jews were supposed to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. We also know that Hanukkah was celebrated. It is even mentioned in the New Testament as the Feast of Dedication. That one is a post-biblical holiday instituted less than 200 years before Jesus. Note that Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur were also celebrated, but neither is technically a festival.
What festivals or customs of galilee in Jesus time?
The main festival at Jesus time was the passover.
What three Jewish holidays is Jerusalem the focal point?
Jerusalem is the focal point of Pessach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost) and Sukkoth (Tabernacles). Why? Because the Jews were commanded to celebrate these 3 festivals in Jerusalem and bring special festive offerings to the temple in Jerusalem.
Were there virgins in the Jewish temple?
There were undoubtedly many, particularly at the time of the three festivals when everyone in the country traveled to the temple ... Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot. But in the sense of "temple virgins" who somehow participated in the religious services there, no, there were none. Likewise, there were no human sacrifices there either.
Is Passover the most celebrated Jewish holiday?
Yes, though some Christian groups have a holiday with the same name.
