Judaism

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Judaism

• The Synagogue.

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The Synagogue

• The Synagogue is the Jewish holy place.
• The word synagogue means meeting place.
• It is used for worship,
• learning ,weddings
• and festivals.

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The Rabbi.

• The Rabbi is the person who is in charge of the
  Synagogue.
• He carries out
• a similar job to a priest
• in a Christian church.

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Inside the synagogue.

• Inside the synagogue on
  the western wall facing the holy city of
  Jerusalem, is the Ark.
• This contains the Torah scrolls on which the Holy
  scriptures are written.
  

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The Torah scrolls.

• The scrolls are taken out of the ark each time
  they are read in the synagogue

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The Torah scroll.

• The Torah scrolls are dressed in a velvet jacket
  called the MANTLE.
• The mantle symbolises
• the robes worn by the
• Temple priests in ancient times.

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The Torah scroll.

• When the Torah is being read the mantle is
  removed.
• As the scroll is so sacred it is not allowed to
  be touched by hand.Therefore a YAD is used this
  is a silver pointing instrument.

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The 10 commandments.

• Near to the Ark you can see the Ten commandments
  written on tablets of stone.
• The scriptures tell that
• when they were first given
• to Moses by God on
• Mount Sinai they were
• written on tablets of stone.

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The 10 commandments.

• In the Synagogue ,however, the tablets only show
  the first two words of each commandment in Hebrew
  ,the traditional language of the Jews.

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Ner Tamid.

• Above the ark is a light
• that is always kept burning.
• This reminds Jews of the
• light that was always kept
• burning in the temple in
• Jerusalem hundreds of years ago.
• It symbolises the presence of God,which Jews
  believe is always around them.It is called the
  NER TAMID

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Seating arrangements.

• In most synagogues men and women sit
  separately.With women sitting in a area called
  the gallery and the men sat in the main area
  below.
• In some synagogues
• called REFORM synagogues
• families are allowed to sit together.

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What happens at the Synagogue?

• The synagogue is used for many special occasions
  as well as for worship.

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Jewish weddings.

• Most Jewish Weddings take place in the synagogue.
• The Bride and Groom stand under the huppah or
  wedding canopy.

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Bar Mitzvah.

• Bar mitzvah ceremonies also take place in the
  synagogue.
• This is a ceremony that takes place when the
  Jewish boy is 13.
• After the service the boy is responsible for his
  own faith.In the synagogue he has now entered
  adulthood.

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Bat Mitzvah.

• A Bat Mitzvah is the ceremony that takes place
  when a Jewish girl is 12.

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Bat Mitzvah.

• A Bat Mitzvah can only take place in a REFORM
  synagogue.
• The Girl is then accepted as an adult.
• IN BOTH ceremonies the
• boy and girl must read from
• the torah in Hebrew in front
• of all their friends and family.

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FESTIVALS.

• The synagogue is also the place where many Jewish
  people meet to celebrate their festivals such as
  Rosh Hashanah,which marks the start of the Jewish
  new year.

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Special clothes.

• In the synagogue special clothes are worn for
  prayer.
• These clothes are very symbolic and are often
  given as gifts for Bar / Bat mitzvah ceremonies.

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What are the special clothes?

• Jewish men and Women all wear a prayer shawl
  called the TALLIT.The fringes symbolise the 613
  commandments.
• They also wear TEFILLIN
• leather straps with small boxes
• around their forearm and
• forehead it contains extracts
• from the Torah.
• They also where a KIPPAR
• A small head covering

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