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Shabbat starts at sundown Friday night and ends sundown Saturday night, the 7th day of the week.
Mencius
China
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
~ Bar Mitzvah.
It's not actually the ceremony; nor does it indicate "full membership" in Judaism. As soon as a Jewish baby is born, it is a full-fledged Jew. When a boy turns 13 years old, he is called a "bar mitzvah" meaning "son of mitzvah". When a Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah, it means that he is old enough to be obligated with the religious responsibilities of an adult and this includes being called up to read from the Torah.
Anglican
1853
The candelabra used during Hanukkah actually holds 9 candles and is called a Hannukiah (Hanukkah-menorah).
about 200 BC until the beginning of the twentieth century....
The focus of the yin and yang is to find a balance in nature.
Shavuot "sha-VOO-ote" in Hebrew. The word means "Weeks", probably because of
the holiday's timing: It's the only holiday in the Torah without a date of its own,
defined only as commencing seven weeks after the beginning of Passover.
In 2011, Shavuot begins at sunset on Tuesday, June 7.
The Jewish Sabbath is from Friday sundown until Saturday after twilight. That is the seventh day of the Jewish week. See also:
Synagogue
