What is Shabbat
What is Shabbat? The Hebrew for resting is Shabbat. Shabbat takes place from Friday night all the way through to Saturday night. Jews like having regular times of recreation and think that it is important. Jews believe that it helps people become relaxed and prevents them from becoming stressed, ill or bad tempered. What happens before Shabbat? Before Shabbat a lot of work is done. In Shabbat Jews must not work at all. So before the sun sets the whole house must be clean and tidy. When the house is tidy everyone helps set the table beautifully. A plaited loaf is brought out, the table is laid with beautiful flowers. The candles are lit around about 18 minutes before sunrise, the wine is uncorked and the family uses it's finest cutlery, plates and glasses. Seeing as Shabbat is a holy ceremony, bread and wine are used. Kosher food is normally used to make the rest of the meals on Friday night. The main meal is eaten after the bread is broken. When the bread is broken it symbolises the start of Shabbat. What happens in Shabbat? On Saturday, morning Shabbat services begin around 9 o' clock in the morning and continue until about noon. After services, Jews normally have another meal. During the afternoon, the family studies Torah together for a while and the family normally does a lovely outdoor activity together like walking in a park. It is traditional to have a third meal
Christians should not take part in sporting events or go shopping on a Sunday
Christians should not take part in sporting events or go shopping on a Sunday The main reason the Christian church celebrates the first day of the week (Sunday) as the Lord's Day or Christian Sabbath is simply because Jesus rose from the dead on that day. Also because Jesus' appearance to his disciples on the first day of the week and the Day of Pentecost was on the first day of the week. As the third commandment says, "Honour the Sabbath day". Naturally people want to know how to upkeep it as a way of recognising God's sovereignty. This means that no unnecessary work should done but often this can be taken to far. On 5th February 200 a oil crew on the island of Lewis refused to refuel a plane carrying hospital patients. According to the free Church of Scotland no work should be done on the Sabbath. A spokesman said "The island has too many people who are full of religion, but who lack Christianity." This is quite true but most Christians don't hold such fundamentalist views. Shopping or sport is a leisurely event, and is often when quality time with the family should not necessarily prohibited. A compulsory day of rest would have value in today's society but not necessarily on a Sunday especially because not everyone believes in Christ. However by shopping and going to Sporting events on a Sunday nevertheless requires someone else to do work i.e. the shop keepers, the TV
Christians should not take part in sporting events or go shopping on a Sunday
"Christians should not take part in sporting events or go shopping on a Sunday " Do you agree or disagree? Some Christians believe that the Sabbath should be kept holy. The Christian Sabbath is held on a Sunday, whereas the Jewish Sabbath is held from dusk on Friday until Saturday sunset. This is because the early Christians changed their Sabbath to Sunday because this was the day of the week that Jesus rose from the dead. Some Christians go to church on Sundays, but this is a small majority of people. Some Christians feel that people should not take part in sporting events or go shopping on a Sunday because of the Sabbath's law of not working. Other Christians feel that shopping or taking part in sporting events is a way of relaxing, hence not working. But in some cases, people take part in sporting events as their career - such as professional footballers and all the people who work with and for them. Sometimes shopping on a Sunday can be relaxing, and a time to spend with the family, when on other days not possible. Some people don't have enough time in the week to go shopping due to work, so find Sunday the best day to do so. In other countries, such as Germany, Sunday is considered a day of rest. There are no shops open (except florists and bakers, but only for a few hours) and a noise-ban law is in effect. A campaign group was established in 1985 called
Explain Judaism as a theory of religious ethics
Explain a theory of Religious Ethics 25 marks Judaism is ethically monotheistic, meaning that it believes solely in one G-d who judges our actions. The ethical system of Judaism is an objective and absolute ethical theory. This is because Jews believe that G-d’s word is final, and that they must obey the word of one G-d. for example if G-d tells us ‘Do not murder’ then we have to refrain from doing so under any circumstances, unless G-d has given a certain situation in which we are allowed to break the law. For example G-d sees it as acceptable to kill another person if the circumstance meant that it was in self-defence. However any exception to the rules has to be dictated by G-d, therefore G-d is absolute. In contrast, Judaism can be seen as relativist in some respects. Customs in Judaism for example are relativist; what is said to be correct and ethical in one community may differ from another. For example there are many differences between Ashkenazi and Sefardi Jewish customs. After marriage, it is customary for Ashkenazi women to wear a wig or some other form of head covering, whereas Sefardim reject this custom. Another feature of Jewish ethics is Divine Command theory. This is the idea that something is good because G-d said so rather than G-d choosing it because it is good. This is seen in the Torah when Avraham is commanded to sacrifice his son,
The Holocaust
The Holocaust A02 Question: Explain how the experience of the Holocaust might affect the faith of a Jew. (7 marks) The Holocaust also known by Jews as "Shoah" was a tragic time in Jewish history whereby 6 million Jews were killed. The event poses deep questions about the nature of God, evil and reasons for suffering. Many Jews ask how and why God let this happen. The Shoah really tested many Jews' believe in God. Judaism teaches God created everything. So therefore did God created evil? Surely God is all loving and therefore created evil for a purpose but what is it? The covenant relationship made between God and Abraham states that if Jews obey the mitzvoth and the 10 commandments and serve God, God will in return protect them and provide them with the Promised Land. Why did he not protect them here? Was the promise broken is what some Jews might say. Jews may question the existence of God as a result of the Holocaust. Where was God and why didn't he stop it? In this discussion the "problem of evil" arises. This states, How can an all loving and omnipotent God let suffering into the world? If God is omni benevolent (all good) why did he allow evil to happen? If God is omnipotent (all powerful) why didn't he stop it? Unfortunately there is no one right or wrong answer on this but individual Jews will carry their own opinions. Some Jews might as a result have lost all
The Sabbath
RE COURSEWORK MARTIN MCCAFFREY 2D The Sabbath is the weekly day of rest, which lasts from sunset on Friday until nightfall on Saturday, which is observed by Jews. It is viewed as being the most important day of the week. Observing the Sabbath day is the oldest of all Jewish traditions; the Sabbath day goes back to the time of Moses. The Sabbath is looked upon as extremely important for several reasons. It is the only festival mentioned in the 10 commandments, 'observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.' It also is connected with the release of the Jews from Egyptian slavery, the Exodus. The Exodus was the most important demonstration of God's power in Jewish history. Also, it is believed that God created the Earth in 6 days, and he rested on the 7th, so the Jews are following the example of God by resting on the 7th day. The Sabbath day combines the Exodus, and the creation of the Earth, which are the two greatest events in Jewish history. The Pharisees felt very strongly about the Sabbath and its rules, and believed they should never ever be broken, if a law of the Sabbath was broken, it was actually punishable by death. It was so important to the Jews to keep the Sabbath special and to keep up the Jewish tradition, that over time, Pharisees created a number of other rules, the idea of these was to prevent people breaking the main, bigger laws of the Sabbath. Jesus