World Religions: Judaism

>BM - Judaism

1-449  General

70-135  Study and teaching

150-449  History

201-449  By region or country

480-488.8  Pre-Talmudic Jewish literature (non-Biblical)

495-532  ..Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature

497-509  Talmudic literature

497-497.8  Mishnah

498-498.8  Palestinian Talmud

499-504.7  Babylonian Talmud

>507-507.5  Baraita

508-508.5  Tosefta

510-518  Midrash

520-523.7  Halacha

525-526  Cabala

529  Jewish tradition

534-538  Relation of Judaism to special subject fields

534-536  Religions

45-582  Principles of Judaism (General)

585-585.4  Controversial works against the Jews

590-591  Jewish works against Christianity and Islam

600-645  Dogmatic Judaism

646  Heresy, heresies

648  Apologetics

650-747  Practical Judaism

51-652.7  Priests, rabbis, etc.

653-653.7  Congregations. Synagogues

654-655.6  The tabernacle. The temple

656-657  Forms of worship

660-679  Liturgy and ritual

690-695  Festivals and fasts

700-720  Rites and customs

723-729  Jewish way of life. Spiritual life. Mysticism. Personal religion. Moral theology

730-747  Preaching. Homiletics

750-755  Biography

900-990  Samaritans

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Chanukah (Hanukkah) — Festival of Lights. Celebration lasts for 8 days of prayer, gift giving, and lighting of the Menorah.

Erev Pesach — Fast of the Firstborn. Observed only by a fast of the firstborn males, it marks the beginning of Passover.

Erev Rosh Hashanah — Nine Nights.  The celebration and festival last for nine nights and ten days, ending with the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).  All labor and travel ends.

Kol Nidre — Eve of Day of Atonement. This begins the ending of the 10 Days of Awe.  The night is devoted to prayer, repentance, and fasting.  It is considered the Sabbath of Sabbaths.

Rosh Hashanah — Jewish New Year.  Two day festival for reflection and planning for the future.  Services are held and labor is not permitted.

Passover — Marks the liberation from Egypt. The first two and last two days of Passover require all labor to end.

Purim — Celebrates deliverance from Persia. This is a carnival and readings from the Book of Esther.  No work or school restrictions accompany this day.

Simchat Torah — Rejoicing in the Torah. End of the weekly Torah Readings for the year.

Shemini Atzeret — A fall festival on the last night of Sukkot that includes a memorial service for the dead.

Shavuot— Commemorates the receipt of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

Sukkot — Feast of the Tabernacles. Celebration lasts for 7 days with no labor for the first two days.

Tisha B'Av— Commemorates a series of Jewish tragedies including the destruction of the first and second temples of Jerusalem. Includes fasting.

Tu B'Shevat — New Year for Trees. Anniversary for all trees planted that year.

Yom Hashoah — Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. Closest day to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Yom Kippur — Day of Atonement. Most sacred day, spent in the synagogue.  Fasting lasts 25 hours.  No labor or travel is possible.

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