Essay On Jewish Culture

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Culture is believed that it only involves food, religion, language, music and many more but it does not. It involves the things that we do not see and what we share with others. It consists of beliefs and values from a group of people that act feel and behave in the same ways. Jewish people consider themselves descendants of Israelites. Originally, they are from the United Kingdom of Israel. Some traditions that the Jewish culture has is showing kindness to others. The words "lev tov" translates to the phrase "good heart". Some Jews that follow some traditions give ten percent of their income to charity. The practice has, over time, replaced the animal sacrifice. The language of the Jewish culture is Hebrew and it is considered sacred for …show more content…

Children are considered a blessing from God and assured the family name to continue on. The mother is known to be more involved with the children than the father. As the kids grew older, the father would take responsibility for the son and the mother would take responsibility for the daughter until marriage. The children are to honor their mother and father and if it is not followed it calls for the death penalty. In the Jewish culture, the Jewish people believe in one God. They believe that Abrahamic made a promise with God to be a father of a great nation and land. To keep up with the promises, circumcision is performed on all Jewish male infants. As part of the health care Jewish people have a positive attitude toward medical practices. About 28 percent of Jews are noble peace prize winners. They believe in abortion and it is allowed when they believe that the baby is causing the mother harm. After a male child is born the parents are not allowed to be sexually active for 7 days and 14 days after the birth of a daughter. The sabbath day is very important to the Jewish culture. They believe that traveling, the use of electricity and other everyday activities are not allowed. The Sabbath day begins at sundown on Friday and ends at the sundown on Saturday. Nothing can be torn or ripped and it includes toilet paper. They also have a special diet to follow as well. They can only eat kosher food and they cannot eat meat and dairy food

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