What are Jewish sacraments?

Answer 1

worshiping God.

• Answer 2

rituals of Judaism are traditions or specific things that are done in order to mark a special event or a passage in their religion.

• Answer 3

By keeping all the hundreds of mitzvoth (commands), principles and beliefs of the Torah. Though it may have an associated culture and one or more associated languages, the traditional definition of Judaism is the observance of the Torah, which is why dictionaries define Judaism as "the religion of Moses." In this sense, the word "Torah" is meant in its wider meaning, which includes the Tanakh, the Talmud, and other classical Jewish texts.
The philosophy of Judaism is that this world is a purposeful creation by God, in which all people are tested concerning their use of free-will. We possess a soul which lives on after the body dies and is held responsible for the person's actions.

• Answer 4

Religious wedding

Circumcision

redemption of the firstborn

bar mitzva/bat mitzva

Torah-learning

keeping kosher

cleaning the house before Passover

the Passover Seder

blessings before and after eating

praying three times/day

Sabbath and festivals

fast days; mourning for the destruction of the Temple

and much more

• Answer 5

Rituals of Judaism are made up of mitzvot, halakhot and minhagim.

Mitzvot are the commands contained in the Torah.

Halakhot are laws which may or may not be written in the Torah. They will often be found in the Talmud.

Minhagim are customs, which may or may not be obligatory. For examples of all of the above and further explanation, see the attached Related Link.

Answer 2

As I understand it (and as I am not a Christian, it's definitely possible that I misunderstand), the sacraments are religious rites which Christianity, or more precisely, Catholicism, regards as being of the utmost importance in the spiritual development of the individual Christian or Catholic. If so, the nearest equivalent would be the mitzvos, commandments, which are the specific laws that G-d instituted for us to live our lives in awareness of, and service to, Him. Some commandments focus more directly on the man-to-Deity relationship, such as observance of the Sabbath and of various holidays, while others focus more on the relationship between human beings, such as the obligation to perform acts of kindness and the prohibition against gossiping. While it is impossible to single out just a handful of mitzvos as being of sole importance, in the same way that one cannot say that only the lungs or the heart are important to physical health, the obligations to study Torah (usually, and not very well, translated as "the Law"), pray, and perform acts of kindness for our fellow man are regarded as being of extreme centrality.

Answer 3

Sacraments are a purely Christian concept. However, Jews do have "mandatory and not-so-mandatory life-rituals" or life-cycle events, which may seen as being similar to sacraments, but as noted above, no Jew would call them sacraments. Such life-rituals include:

• Brit Milah (Circumcision of Eight-Day-Old Boys)
• Simchat Bat (Naming of 5-10 day old Girls)
• Brit Shalom (Like brit milah, but replaces circumcision in some liberal branches of Judaism)
• First haircut of a boy at age 3
• Bar/Bat Mitzvah (celebration of reaching age 13, some similarity to communion, but not the same event by a long-stretch)
• Confirmation (generally non-orthodox branches only because it's fairly new, similar to a high school graduation. It was designed to keep kids in Hebrew school/Sunday School after age 13)
• Marriage
• Divorce (situational)
• Having Children
• Mikvah (ritual immersion after menstruation, long illness, prior to wedding, and other reasons)
• First visit to Israel (some see this as a pilgrimage)
• Burial (Jewish dead must be buried in the ground with no embalming, among other things)

Answer 4

The Jewish Home

Remember that "when familial love is strong, a couple can sleep on the edge of a sword; but when familial love has gone sour a bed of sixty miles does not provide sufficient room" (B.T. Sanhedrin 7a).

what follows is one example of the many Jewish religious ceremonies:

Mezzuza

We had the interior of our house painted and want to put back the mezuzahs. Exactly how should they be put on the doorposts and what are the prayers?

The Biblical commandment "And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates" from Deuteronomy 6:9 is the source for the practice of affixing a Mezzuzah to the doorposts of your house.

The traditional Jewish practice concerning Mezzuzot is that a Mezzuzah should be affixed to every door in a house except for the bathroom, even if there are many rooms in a house and even if the room has more than one door. As long as a door can be used as an entrance and exit, a Mezzuzah should be affixed to the doorpost.

It should be affixed to the doorpost on the right hand side of a person entering the room. It should go about 2/3 of the way up the doorpost and be affixed diagonally, with the top of the Mezzuzah slanting in towards the house or the entrance of the room. If the doorpost is not wide enough, the Mezzuzah is affixed vertically.

In Reform Judaism, one interprets the requirements for Mezzuzah as it has individual meaning for each Jew. Therefore, one may affix the Mezzuzah only to the exterior doors and principal rooms of the house, if one so desires.

Answer:See the attached Related Link.

Answer 5

Religious Jews live by the Torah, by obeying its commands and beliefs.Link: Jewish beliefs
Some examples of the commands:

• Putting on Tefillin (phylacteries) in the morning
  

Link: The Tefillin

• Saying the Shema-prayer

Link: The Shema

• Sitting in the sukkah during Sukkot
  

Link: The Sukkah-booth

• Avoiding leavened products in Passover
  

Link: Passover

• Keeping kosher
  

Link: Kosher-laws

• Not eating on Yom Kippur
  

Link: Yom Kippur

• Not working on the Shabbat
  

Link: The Shabbat

• Paying workers on time
  
• Marital rights for one's wife
• The Ten Commandments

Link: The Ten Commandments

• Helping someone who is in danger
  
• Counting the days of the Omer
  
• Returning lost objects when feasible
  
• Wearing the tzitzith-garment
  

Link: What are Tzitzith

• Affixing a mezuzah to the door
  

Link: What is a mezuzah

• Learning Torah
  

Link: The Torah

• Keeping our rules of ethics

Link: Jewish ethics

• Marrying and having children
  
• Educating one's children in Judaism
  
• Giving tzedakah (charity)
  
• Honoring one's parents
  

And many more.

The laws have various reasons. Some (such as the Passover) serve to reenact or remember events of our history.
Some (such as saying the Shema-prayer) serve to reiterate our belief in God.
Some of the laws (such as those of ritual purity and kosher food) serve to sanctify us.
Some (such as the laws of torts) serve to maintain an orderly and just society.
Some (such as the law against breaking a vow) serve to prevent bad character traits.
Some (such as the command to offer help) serve to engender good character traits.
And all of the commands serve to subjugate us to God's will (especially those commands for which no explanation is easily apparent).

Note that the Torah "as is" isn't exactly what Judaism observes. Rather, it's the Torah together with the details provided in the Talmud, which is the Oral Law that was handed down together with the laws of Moses. Otherwise, the verses of the Torah often lack enough detail to be fulfilled as is.

See also the other Related Links.

Link: What are the teachings, practices, principles and beliefs of Judaism?

Link: What is life like for Jews?

Link: More about the Hebrew Bible

Link: More about the Talmud

Answer 6

Jews do not have sacraments; Jews have mitzvot/commandments.

Answer 7

Brit (circumcision of boys), Bar Mitzva, weddings.

Answer 8

Brit (circumcision of boys), Bar Mitzva, weddings.

See also:

Jewish festivals

Answer 9

Judaism doesn't have the concept of sacraments.

Answer 10

There is no such thing a Jewish sacrament.