What is #RoshHashanah , the first Jewish holiday? (THREAD)
Rosh Hashana is the 1st day of the first month in the Hebrew calendar.
The holiday originates in the Torah and is considered a day of judgment and a day of rejoicing, when those who celebrate must receive it with festive attire, joy and the sound of trumpets.
According to the Jewish belief, on this day the person is judged according to their deeds done throughout the year and by that, God will determine how the next year that comes upon them will be like.
The people are divided into 3 categories:
1 The righteous - will live a good and long life.
2 The wicked - will receive their punishment, which is included in death.
3 The mediocre - those who live in the middle, are neither wicked nor righteous, according to their actions between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the continuation of their fate will be decided.
On this holiday, which is all about judgment, devotion and destiny. It’s customary to face 3 witnesses and confess to vows or promises that you didn’t keep and thus resolve them.
It’s common to send greeting cards for a happy new year, including the common phrase "Gmar Hatima Tova” which means - may you sign like the righteous in the book of life for a good life and a happy whole year.
There are Jewish communities like Ashkenazi Jews and Georgian Jews who go to a water source and throw their sins there as a belief that they will sink into the depths of the abyss.
In the Seder (feast), there are about 8 foods with hidden meanings and each one is greeted with a blessing.
The “Karat” is known as Leeks, means in Hebrew cut down/exterminate and therefore the Jews bless that God will exterminate their enemies and haters, then eat the leeks.
“Selek” is known as Beets, which in Hebrew also means to get rid of/eliminate and therefore the Jews bless that the enemies and the haters will get out of their lives or will be eliminated.
On the pomegranate, they bless that they’ll do good deeds and commandments as the number of the pomegranate seeds and that good things will happen to them as many as the seeds. On the honey they bless to have a sweet new year.
The Jews then eat the great meal they have prepared, which at the end includes a variety of sweet desserts for the New sweet Year.
According to Judaism, the world is 5781 years old. 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝘃𝗮 ! 🍎🍯
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
A scroll found in the Qumran cave in the 1950s and is believed to lead towards a great treasure of gold and silver, buried all across Jerusalem.
About the strange and mysterious scroll, The Copper Scroll 📜 (Thread)
Qumran Cave is a historical site discovered by chance by a Bedouin boy who saw ancient clay pots with engraved manuscripts when he walked around with his goat. Archaeological excavations began at the site and about 929 Jewish manuscripts, some of them scrolls, were found there.
Findings and remains of a settlement that existed nearby were also found near the cave.
In 1952, the unique scroll was found near the cave, different from the rest. Written in Hebrew-Aramaic script engraved on a pure copper originating in Egypt.
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world.
These centuries manifested periods of tolerance, religious and cultural flourishing, alongside periods of anti-Semitism and persecution.
Jewish ethnic divisions- Sephardic Jews, also known as Spanish Jews (Thread)
A Sephardi Jew is a Jew descended from the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century, prior to their expulsion.
Jewish presence on the Iberian Peninsula dates back to Roman period.
According to the Sephardic Jewish tradition, the first Jews who came to the region were descendants of Judah & Benjamin, inhabitants of Jerusalem who had been expelled by Titus. During the destruction of the Temple, thousands of Jews were expelled to Roma & the Iberian Peninsula.
This evening we will mark Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting to mark and commemorate the tragedies that befell the Jewish people, including the destruction of the Temple. (THREAD)
Tisha B'Av is the 9th day of the Hebrew month "Av", a day that is considered the culmination of a period of mourning which lasts for almost a month and began at the end of the holiday of Shavuot.
This period is called “The Three Weeks”, and considered to be a dangerous time with bad luck.
During this period throughout Jewish history, tragedies and disasters occurred such as: the destruction of the 2 Temples in Jerusalem, the expulsion of Jews from England, France, Spain.
Jewish ethnic divisions - Iranian Jews, also known as Persian Jews (Thread)
Iranian Jewry mostly calls itself "Persian Jewry" after the Persian kingdom in which they lived and after the Persian language the speak. The Jewish community in Iran is one of the oldest community and the only community to remind in a Muslim country.
The presence of Jews in the area occurred about 2500 years ago, with the exile of the Israelites by the king of Assyria. They lived with the Zoroastrians. The Zoroastrian religion influenced the Jewish religion and some of Jewish beliefs are originated in this religion.
What does the Star of David, also known as Magen David symbolize and does it have mystical power? (THREAD)
The shape of the Star of David is hexagram, a 6 pointed geometric stat, common mainly in Jewish and Buddhist culture.
The Star of David is a familiar symbol in Far East cultures, and can be found in ancient temples across India.
According to Hinduism, this symbolizes the goddess Lakshmi. In Buddhism it‘s believed that this symbol has a mystical power of peace and harmony and is even occasionally used in meditation.