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    Understanding Judaism for Young People
    Understanding Judaism for Young People
    Understanding Judaism for Young People
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    Understanding Judaism for Young People

    By Carol Rainbow

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    Judaism is one of the world’s main religions but to children who were not bought up in that faith it may be a mystery. We live in a multi-cultural world where it is important for everyone to have some understanding of the key religions. This guide for young people offers a simple explanation to some of Judaism’s main features.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarol Rainbow
    Release dateJul 6, 2011
    ISBN9781465870650
    Understanding Judaism for Young People
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    Carol Rainbow

    Long time educator made redundant last year so spending time writing, teaching English and doing any work offered...Wife, mum, grandma...doggie walker, swimmer, reader, listener to music...Techie sort of person...Happy :-)I just love life basically :-D

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      Understanding Judaism for Young People - Carol Rainbow

      Understanding Judaism for Young People

      Judaism is one of the world’s main religions but to children who were not bought up in that faith it may be a mystery. We live in a multi-cultural world where it is important for everyone to have some understanding of the key religions. This guide for young people offers a simple explanation to some of Judaism’s main features.

      8th Night of Chanukkah in Meah Shaarim

      This photograph was uploaded to Flickr by Andydr on a Creative Commons license, CC BY 2.0, it can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/andydr/3143949661/. Used with thanks

      Understanding Judaism for Young People

      Published by Carol Rainbow at Smashwords

      Copyright 2011

      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      Understanding Judaism for Young People

      Jewish Beliefs

      Jewish Law

      The Ten Commandments

      Three Jewish Groups

      Jewish Customs

      Growing up as a Jew

      Naming Ceremony

      Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah

      Marriage or Chuppah

      Death

      Learning about Shabbat

      The Shabbat Lion

      Jewish Festivals Sukkot or Sukkot

      Passover (Pesach) Festival

      Hanukkah Festival

      The Festival of Rosh Hashanah

      Rosh Hashanah in the Home

      The Festival of Yom Kippur

      Tisha B’av

      Yom Hashoah

      Jewish Artifacts

      The Synagogue

      Special Clothes

      The Mezuzah

      Jewish Symbols

      The Western Wall

      Finding out more

      Acknowledgements

      By the same author

      Understanding Judaism for Young People

      Judaism is a very old religion. The

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