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Orthodox Judaism maintains that the law of matrilineal descent in Judaism dates at least to the time of the covenant at Sinai (c. 1310 BCE). [24] This law was first codified in writing in the Mishna (c. 2nd century CE), [25] and later in the Mishneh Torah (c. 1170–1180 CE) [26] and Shulchan Aruch (1563 CE), without mention of any dissenting ...
The Sephardi Rite is not a denomination nor a movement like Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, and other Ashkenazi Rite worship traditions. Sephardim are communities with distinct cultural, juridical and philosophical traditions. [1] Sephardim are the descendants of Jews from the Iberian Peninsula.
Judaism is based on a strict monotheism, and a belief in one single, indivisible, non-compound God. The Shema Yisrael. This is illustrated in what is considered by some to be the Jewish moto, encapsulating the monotheistic nature of Judaism: [1] "Hear, O Israel: The L ORD is our God; the L ORD is one." [2]
Gender has a bearing on familial lines: in traditional Rabbinic Judaism, Jewish affiliation is passed down through the mother, although the father's name is used to describe sons and daughters in the Torah [2] and in traditional Hebrew names, e. g., "Dinah, daughter of Jacob".
Matrilineality in Judaism or matrilineal descent in Judaism is the tracing of Jewish descent through the maternal line. Close to all Jewish communities have followed matrilineal descent from at least early Tannaitic (c. 10–70 CE) times through modern times. [109] The origins and date-of-origin of matrilineal descent in Judaism are uncertain.
The superstitious belief in the affects of the "evil eye" was so pervasive in many Jewish cultures that the parents would say for a beautiful, fair-skinned daughter that she was (בְּלָאָה = belo'oh), literally meaning "rag," or some other disagreeable term, rather than say to others that she was a beauty, so that she would not be ill ...
Reform Judaism approaches such ceremonies differently, with seating at the ceremony and reception generally gender neutral. Some communities have replaced gendered bar and bat mitzvahs with gender neutral confirmations ceremonies, in which all those of age at Shabuoth are initiated together, some still practise confirmation along with bar and ...
Fourth-year tree plantings, fruits of which eaten in Jerusalem (netaʻ revaʻī), or redeemed before they can be eaten in the Land of Israel [2] [3] Second tithe, eaten by Israel within the walls of Jerusalem (maʻaser shenī) Sabbatical Year, not only includes the cessation of labour in the fields, but laws governing aftergrowths, and biur ...