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Kids study the Torah to prepare for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. After that, Jews would study the Torah during services as part of the religious gatherings.
Answer:We study the Torah because it is God's word (Exodus 24:12), because it is our national tradition and code of life, and because of the great spiritual accomplishment involved in doing so (Mishna Peah, ch.1).
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The Jewish tradition holds that the Torah states the terms of the covenant between God and the Jewish people, that this covenant is binding on every Jewish individual, and that all Jews are responsible for each other. Given such a belief structure, it seems essential that each individual should review the terms of the covenant on a regular basis. We have historical records that suggest that there was a time when different congregations progressed at different speeds, but the modern system of reading the entire Torah on an annual basis, one segment each week, emerged early in the first millennium.
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What do the Torah readings mean?
The entire Torah is read over the course of each year, in consecutive portions every week. These are the Torah readings.
What are three traditions in Judaism?
The tradition of the Exodus, which we celebrate every year in the Passover Seder; The tradition of the Giving of the Torah (Exodus ch.19), which is marked every year by the Shavuot festival; the tradition of the life and teachings of Abraham, concerning which we read every year from the Torah scroll.
How do Jews today remember exodus?
1) By celebrating Passover. 2) By learning the Torah (we read the whole Torah each year). The Torah recounts the entire narrative of the Exodus. 3) The Exodus is mentioned many times in our prayers. 4) A number of Torah-commands, including Shabbat, are described as commemorating the Exodus.
What year do Jews celebrate Hanukkah?
Every year.
What is the most common Torah portion read?
The Torah is divided into weekly readings, called "parshas". One system divides the text so the entire Torah is read in one year, another system is based on a three-year cycle. So at least in theory, all portions are read in equal amounts.
Which sacred scripture is read on every sabbath in Judaism?
A small portion of the Torah is read each week ... on Monday, Thursday, and Sabbath mornings, plus Sabbath afternoons. Each week's portion follows the portion of the preceding week, so that the entire Torah is read once in a full year. As soon as the last words of the end-portion are read, the first words of the beginning portion are read at the same service.
In what place and day do the Jews worship?
Jews worship God in synagogues, every day of the year.
What is the difference of Jewish holiness and Christian holiness?
Jewish holiness is following the law set by God in the Torah (first 5 books of the bible) and giving a blood sacrifice every year for sins. Christian holiness is accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior and believing that he was the sacrifice for the sins of the world and allowing him to transform your heart and mind to be more like Him (who was entirely holy).
How do Jews remember such a time as the Passover?
By celebrating it every year.
What is a Torah scroll used for?
The Torah is taken out of a cabinet in the synagogue (called a holy ark), and chanted from every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. It is studied and celebrated. Many congregations parade it around the synagogue, just prior to reading. Each week a different portion is read, and every year at the end, the whole cycle is started over again.
Why is the Torah important in sabbath day?
The Torah establishes the Sabbath with commandments to keep the Sabbath day, to remember the Sabbath day, and constraining what may be done on the Sabbath. And, in the Jewish liturgy that emerged from this framework, the Sabbath morning service includes a Torah reading where, traditionally, about 1/52 of the Torah is read, so that over the course of the year, every Jew who attends Sabbath services on a regular basis will hear (and, we hope, learn from) the entire Torah.
Do you eat the first day of Passover?
Yes. Synagogue services are held every day of the year; and special prayers and Torah-readings are added during Hanukkah.
