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Friday: Kashrut jewfaq/kashrut.htm

Friday: Kashrut http://jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm. Today: Shavu’ot. Monday: MIDTERM. WEDNESDAY / FRIDAY Breslauer: Chapter 2: “Formative Judaism”. Guest Speaker Next Wednesday,. 2:00-3:00 in C610 Francis Landy: U of Alberta

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  1. Friday: Kashruthttp://jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm • Today: Shavu’ot

  2. Monday: MIDTERM WEDNESDAY / FRIDAY Breslauer: Chapter 2: “Formative Judaism”

  3. Guest SpeakerNext Wednesday, • 2:00-3:00 in C610 • Francis Landy: U of Alberta • “Rotten Grapes Produce the Best Poetry: Isaiah 5.1-7, Rhetorical Entrapment and Intertextual Implication”

  4. The Exodus Journey • Escape from Egypt: Passover. • Sinai: Giving of the Law: Shavu’ot. • Wilderness: Sukkot.

  5. Passover to Shavuot • Time from leaving Egypt to arriving at Sinai where Moses and Israel were given the Torah. • Time between is counted.

  6. 50 days between Passover and Shavu’ot • “COUNTING OF THE OMER” • Second day of Passover • OMER = unit of measure for grain

  7. Counting of the Omer • 7 weeks and 1 day = 50 days • Time of partial mourning. • Weddings etc. not allowed.

  8. Shavu’ot • Historical: God gives Torah • Agricultural: “First Fruits” offering made to temple. • June 5, 2003 • May 25, 2004.

  9. Shavu’ot • GIVING of Torah • People always receiving Torah, • God gave it first on Sinai.

  10. Shavu’ot • Work is not permitted • Custom: Stay up all night and study Torah.

  11. Shavu’ot • Customs: • Have a dairy meal: Israelites were heading towards “a land flowing with milk and honey” • Kashrut laws given at Sinai:

  12. Shavu’ot • Custom: Read the book of Ruth, which takes place around the harvest time.

  13. Tisha B’Av • “Ninth of Av”. Usually in August • Fast day (same basic rules as Yom Kippur) • Book of Lamentations read in Synagogue.

  14. Tisha B’Av • Commemorates disasters • Fall of 2 temples. • Expulsions (e.g. Spain 1492).

  15. New FestivalsBetween Pesach and Shavu’ot • Yom HaShoah • Holocaust Memorial Day • Celebrations for new state of Israel.

  16. Festival Calendar: • Autumn: High Holy Days / Sukkot • Winter: dedication of temple • Spring: Pesach / Shavu’ot • Summer: Destruction of temple.

  17. God13 Principles of Judaism Beliefs in God: Prophets Moses Don’t memorize them all…

  18. Judaism: Ethnic or religious?

  19. Who are the Jews? • What is the history they tell themselves: • Patriarchs • Exodus • Covenant • Land of Israel • Expulsion • Restoration • Diaspora.

  20. Torah • “Instruction” or “Law” • ORAL and WRITTEN. • RABBINIC Judaism

  21. Kinds of Modern Judaism • ORTHODOX • CONSERVATIVE • REFORM • RECONSTRUCTIONIST • ZIONIST • 16 Million. Ca. 6 mill in USA.

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