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  2. Kapparot - Wikipedia

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    Kapparot (Hebrew: כפרות, Ashkenazi transliteration: Kapporois, Kapores) is a customary atonement ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur. This is a practice in which either money is waved over a person's head and then donated to charity, or else a chicken is waved over the head and then slaughtered in accordance ...

  3. Jewish eschatology - Wikipedia

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    Jewish eschatology is the area of Jewish theology concerned with events that will happen in the end of days and related concepts. This includes the ingathering of the exiled diaspora, the coming of the Jewish Messiah, the afterlife, and the resurrection of the dead.

  4. Mikveh - Wikipedia

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    A mikveh or mikvah (Hebrew: מִקְוֶה / מקווה, Modern: mīqve, Tiberian: mīqwe, pl. mikva'ot, mikvot, or mikves, [1] [2] lit., "a collection") is a bath used for ritual immersion in Judaism [3] to achieve ritual purity. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly adhered to; consequently, the mikveh is central to an ...

  5. Kiddush levana - Wikipedia

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    Kiddush levana, also known as Birkat halevana, [a] is a Jewish ritual and prayer service, generally observed on the first or second Saturday night of each Hebrew month.The service includes a blessing to God for the appearance of the new moon, readings from Scripture and the Talmud, and other liturgy depending on custom.

  6. Orthodox Judaism - Wikipedia

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    However, the Orthodox tolerated nonobservant Jews as long as they affiliated with the national committee: Adam Ferziger claimed that membership and loyalty, rather than beliefs and ritual behavior, emerged as the definitive manifestation of Jewish identity. The Hungarian schism was the most radical internal separation among the Jews of Europe.

  7. Tikkun olam - Wikipedia

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    Classical Jewish texts teach that performing of ritual mitzvot (good deeds, commandments, connections, or religious obligations) is a means of tikkun olam, helping to perfect the world, and that the performance of more mitzvot will hasten the coming of the Messiah and the Messianic Age. This belief dates back at least to the early Talmudic period.

  8. An inside look at an ultra-Orthodox wedding in Israel

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    Orthodox Jews, who are known to be extremely conservative, had female and male guests separated by a gauze curtain and the bride wore a full-face veil. Click through the slideshow above to take a ...

  9. Ritual washing in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, ritual washing, or ablution, takes two main forms. Tevilah (טְבִילָה) is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and netilat yadayim is the washing of the hands with a cup (see Handwashing in Judaism). References to ritual washing are found in the Hebrew Bible, and are elaborated in the Mishnah and Talmud.