'It strengthens the Jewish family to share rituals in the home’. Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view.

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c) 'It strengthens the Jewish family to share rituals in the home'. Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view.

In all divisions of the Jewish faith, the family is regards the most important fundamental beginning of the faith and the Jewish community. The importance of the Jewish family is that it can carry on customs of the Jewish faith without the need for a synagogue. This would have been particularly good for the Jews who were held in captivity in Egypt. Due to many of their rituals taking place in the home and not in a Synagogue they would have been able to carry on carrying out their customs in their own homes even though there was no Synagogue.

Firstly I would agree that rituals in the home strengthen the Jewish family. This helps them because once a week, the family spends time together and so each family member can get to know the others very well. This is different to Christian families who do not have this time together often and when they do (e.g. Christmas), the family do not always like it; lawyers stating that their busiest time of year is just after Christmas with lots of divorces after families being forced to spend time in each other's company confirm this point. By having the ritual of Shabbat every week, I believe that the family unit in a Jewish household is strengthened as the family is required to spend time together, so each member of the family becomes closer to each other than they otherwise would, e.g. elder brother and sisters.
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The other rituals that are held in the home also increase knowledge of the faith and religion. The celebrations at Passover, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah all allow the children to ask questions about their faith and why certain rituals occur. This is particularly noticeable at Passover when a part of the ritual is that the youngest child asks the father about the story of Passover. I believe that this allows the children to learn about their religion from learning by stories. As a result I believe that they will appreciate their faith more and take part in ...

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