Jewish customs
Observances of Judaism
Jewish customs are the traditional practices, rituals, and observances of Jewish religious and cultural life.
These range from dietary laws (keeping kosher) and Sabbath observance to lifecycle ceremonies like bar mitzvahs, weddings, and mourning practices.
Some customs are religiously mandated; others evolved through centuries of community tradition: The family maintained Jewish customs even after leaving the faith.
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
- lighting candlesIgniting wax wicks
- PassoverFestival of liberation
- Passover sederJewish spring festival meal
- HanukkahEight-day Jewish celebration
Rosh Hashanah · Purim · rabbi · havdalah · Torah · kosher · Yom Kippur · yahrzeit · synagogue · Sukkot · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · kippah · tikkun olam · Torah reading · Torah portion · challah · bris
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- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- Jewish theaterFiddler on the Roof, Yiddish theater, survivor stories, Purim, antisemitism
- African JewsSephardim
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