1、Jewish festival,2010031213杨远远,Jewish festival,PassoverRosh HashanahYom KippurSukkoth Hanukkah,Passover逾越节,Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) is celebrated to commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel (以色列)who were led out of Egypt by Moses(领导者).,Passover,It is a major eight days festival. A high
2、light is the Seder （家宴）meal held in each familys home at the beginning of the festival, when the story of their deliverance is recounted as narrated in the Haggadah (the Telling, the Story). Matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten throughout the festival, as are other foods that contain no leaven（酵母）. Th
3、ere is a great spring cleaning in the home before the festival to ensure that no trace of leaven is left in the home during Pesach.,Rosh Hashanah（犹太新年，哈桑纳节）,Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year September 1618, Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world.,Rosh
4、Hashanah,This festival marks the Jewish New Year and begins with ten days of repentance and self examination, during which time God sits in judgement on every person. The festival is also known as the Day of Judgement, the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar, and the Day of Remembrance.Over the two da
5、ys of Rosh Hashanah, there are special services at the synagogue（犹太教会堂）. A musical instrument, called a shofar（羊角号）, is blown. It makes a loud piercing sound like a trumpet and reminds Jews of Gods great power.,Yom Kippur（赎罪日）,Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement （赎罪）,Yom Kippur,Yom Kippur, the most sa
6、cred and solemn （庄严的）day of the Jewish year, brings the Days of Repentance to a close. As well as fasting for 25 hours, Jews spend the day in prayer, asking for forgiveness and resolving to behave better in the future.,Sukkoth（结茅节）,Sukkoth commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on
7、their way to the Promised Land.,Sukkoth,Some lived in tents whilst others built huts out of leaves and branches. These huts were called sukkah. During the festival, some Jews build their own sukkah in the garden or at the synagogue. Jews eat their meals in the sukkah for the eight or nine days of th
8、e festival.,Hanukkah（光明节）,Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. It dates back to two centuries before the beginning of Christianity.,Hanukkah(光明节),It is an eight day holiday starting on the 25th night of the Jewish month of Kislev （犹太国历三月）Hanukka celebrates the miraculous victory over religious
9、 persecution in the Holy Land and also commemorates the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (耶路撒冷）and the miracle of the burning oil. This is where the oil of the menorah (the candelabrum 大烛台in the temple) miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough oil for one day.,
