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Every Friday night, Jews celebrate the holiday known as Shabbat. It represents the day of rest that God took when he was creating the world. Jews have a special ceremony that begins with lighting candles and blessing them, then blessing wine and drinking it, and finally blessing special bread known as challah and eating it. More religious Jews go to their synagogue (temple) and are involved in a more elaborate ceremony where the cantor reads from the Torah scroll.
On Shabbat, the candles are very special because they represent God. The blessing on Shabbat for the candles is: "Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kidshanu b'mizvotav vetzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat." Blessed are you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who has commanded us to light the Shabbat candles.
Another holiday called Hanukkah, celebrated in December, also creates a significant role for candles. The story goes that the Syrian-Greeks invaded Jerusalem. They attacked the sacred Temple and destroyed everything inside. A small group of Jewish resisters called the Maccabees opposed the Syrians, and even though their numbers were much fewer, they won. When they got to the Temple and found everything destroyed, they were devastated. Their special candelabra, the eternal light that was never supposed to burn out, had run out of oil. All the oil had been defiled. The Jewish people sent soldiers out to find more oil, but it would be an eight-day trip. But then they found a small jar of pure oil. It would not be able to last for those eight days; but a miracle occurred and the flame did last the eight days, and the eternal light in the Temple still shone brightly. In honor of the miracle of the oil, Jews light a menorah, an eight-candle holder, and light another candle every night of the eight-day holiday. The blessing for the candles on Hanukah is: "Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Hanukkah." Blessed are you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who has commanded us to light the Hanukkah candles.
What else can I help you with?
How do you spell menorah?
That is the correct spelling (menorah) of a multi-armed Jewish candlestick.
Who are the Jewish religious teachers?
The Jewish religious teachers are Rabbis.
What is the name for Jewish Religious Law?
The term used for Jewish Religious Law is Halakha,
What does the name Chanoekia mean?
Translating from Dutch, it may be "chanoekia negenarmigethe candlestick in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah is used."
Is Freddy benson Jewish?
No he is not Jewish, he isn't religious.
What are Jewish religious religious teacher called?
Rabbis.
Why would someone think that they are Jewish when they are not religious?
because there parants are, dummy. you dont have 2 b religious to b jewish.
Is Simon Jewish?
His father was Jewish, his mother was not. His religious beliefs are unknown.
What is a Jewish schools?
There are both Jewish Religious Day Schools and Jewish Sunday Religious Schools. These are not very different from their Christian or Islamic equivalents.
Is Emmy Rossum religious?
she is Jewish
What was jesus' religious affiliation?
Jewish
Is Simon Cowell Jewish?
His father was Jewish, his mother was not. His religious beliefs are unknown.
