Shalom! I am Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg. This is the fourth in a series of videos and hundred questions every Jews should know how to answer. This one is about Shabbat in holidays.
First, why does the Jewish calendar change every year? What is the answer? Well the Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar. I have a video on Jewish time you can check for more full explanation and the lunar calendar is 354 days. The holidays are base on the solar cycle down, is all that order to make sure the right that pass of come to the spring in Hanakah on the fall. We inter collate the calendar by adding extra month 7 times in 19 years. That is why in it compare by several weeks according to the solar count each will because of that. What is the Hebrew work for calendar? [Foreign Language]
Next, names of the months the Hebrew year. Well let start with the fall [Foreign Language] which is actually the 7 month of the year. Which is [Foreign Language] then [Foreign Language], then [Foreign Language]. Those of the 3 fall holidays, [Foreign Language] and you know the holiday two piece Shabbat, Adar is Purim; Nissan is [Foreign Language], Iyar is this well Independence Day. [Foreign Language] so those are the Jewish holiday months.
One holiday is occurred during those months well in [Foreign Language] Yom Kippur Sukkot, [Foreign Language] has one is nothing that is why is called [Foreign Language] this Hanakah, Shabbat is Tobishbat, Adar is Purim as I said [Foreign Language] then you have the on made period with the Holocaust coronation, Iyar is Israel independence day this Israel’s Memorial Day. [Foreign Language] begins a 3 weeks of sadness leading to the night of Ab and the [Foreign Language] is the penitential period leading again to [Foreign Language].
Why is that Sabbath considered corners have on Jewish tradition? Well the great secular humanist writer Hal-Aham said more than the Jewish people of take the Sabbath, the Sabbath is kept to Jewish people. Think about the Torah how often is invoke to the Torah comes every week so much of Jewish religiosity, God, family is all base to around their concepts.
House the observed traditionally now, if you do not know the answer, check my video on the Sabbath but they are work restriction is also celebration for the [Foreign Language] and Shabbat meal and then the third meal on Saturday Havdalah going to Synagogue and study.
Why is that meaning for society? Everybody recognize that you cannot run in full steam in all the time, a people who may have was added tax in people I do not. People I do not take vacation for now, this is regulated time of renewal with Jovanasia the body in the spirit once a week mended by God.
Next question, what is Havdalah ceremony? Havdalah is brief ceremony that ends the Sabbath on Saturday night, and I have a Jewish home ritual video that shows the virtual pieces associated with that. The multi-braded candle, the Kaddish and the spice box.
Next question on the Sabbath in holiday unit, and welcome day way is Yom Tov the festivals in high holy days like [Foreign Language]? How do they differ? Why did traditional American Jews observed double the days of holiness that the torahs says? Well, the Sabbath and holidays traditionally observe the same way in terms of work restrictions with one [Foreign Language] when it is not the Sabbath you allow caring public domain and cook food and transfer fire. Otherwise, you are not permitted to on the Sabbath if you are not.
They differ in their way. They are the same and there are celebrations, special prayers, restriction against labor. And the reason why American Jews in Jews that they ask for which traditional observe except for you on [Foreign Language] but you could for 2 days. 2 days of holiday holy day at the beginning have pass over at the end, 2 days of [Foreign Language], 2 days of [Foreign Language], 2 days of holiness special holy is the beginning ended [Foreign Language]. It is be goes back be on 2000 years before we intercalated the calendar, we are not able to communicate of the they [Foreign Language] in a efficient manner to [Foreign Language] holidays were so the instituted is act of days for security. Remember they will able to menu on the candle would be the [Foreign Language] be careful about the tradition and to your by are ancestors.
Okay, so those are the questions about the Sabbath. Now, we are going to do serious of question on the holidays which start with [Foreign Language]. Why we do celebrate [Foreign Language] and why is the significant of the [Foreign Language]?
Well, the Torah tells this celebrated, it is the 8 day holiday on the Torah including [Foreign Language] and it is 9 days on the day [Foreign Language]. We should build booth and I have a special video on [Foreign Language] for basically Torahs says to build booth. To remind yourselves that their ancestors built booths when they left Egypt were on the dessert. There are other reasons that have cultural basis of the best the basic one.
What of the force species use than [Foreign Language] and what they represent? And can check my [Foreign Language] video for that in the force species out the citron fruit, a palm branch called [Foreign Language], merdle(PH) and wellow(PH) branches. And they represent the parts of the body; they represent the different kind of Jews represent the unity of God.
Why is Ecclesiastes run on [Foreign Language]? Well, it is a very interesting book and it is a very soul boring(PH) in fact for vote about man who contemplates life and it concludes in end of the key is guide them on each vote. And the main reason is read interesting they are seduce several is too much receive ideas and well behavior on [Foreign Language]. That is the Torah said is the happy holiday, it is all this focus talk to be a [Foreign Language] way of dealing with Tetra over excited population.
What is the interest serves now offer is used to recite during the year get now the video there. Because reuse was recited for 4 times a year at the end of [Foreign Language] should wrote on [Foreign Language] and you have keeper and the meaning over this really the time to reflect then all our decease friends and relatives the person will behalf. Explain some can Torah in [Foreign Language], so the torah is the end in the beginning of the end you are reading of the Torah and [Foreign Language] that the circles that we make for 7 circles around the coronation day as with the Torah is the celebration. Continue on another video questions about [Foreign Language] over should wrote exaggerated.
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