Traditions

The practices of the world's faiths, one observance at a time: what each practice is, how it is kept, and what it means to the people who keep it.

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Jewish

Shabbat

Judaism Shabbat The seventh day rest that Jewish families welcome with candles, wine, and bread, remembering both the creation of the world and the Exodus from Egypt. Every week, from Friday sunset to Saturday night

The Passover Seder

Judaism The Passover Seder The ordered meal at which Jewish families retell the Exodus from Egypt, eating the foods of slavery and freedom at one table. Each spring, on the first nights of Passover

Sukkot

Judaism Sukkot The harvest festival when Jewish families build a booth with a roof of branches and eat, and often sleep, under the open sky. Each autumn, for seven days

Bar and Bat Mitzvah

Judaism Bar and Bat Mitzvah The coming of age rite at which a Jewish child takes up the commandments as an adult, and reads from the Torah before the congregation. At thirteen for a boy, and twelve or thirteen for a girl

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