Personal Narrative: My Child Letter

Since I was a kid, I had a ton of responsibilities, cleaning up after myself, doing chores, managing to not fight with my brother, although we fought all day everyday, but you know, it happens. One thing that I didn't know wasn't normal was parenting your parent. I go to school do all my class work and during recess and lunch I listened to all the other kids talk about going to the park after school and eating dinner together with their parents. When I got home from school, I had to do my homework and then take care of my mother. Bring her things she needed such as food, water, help her with many other simple everyday activities. Of course I wasn't the only one who was her “little helper” as she put it, my dad helped her and my older brother by two years,

Judaism has great significance in our religions and history today. It’s interesting how each little thing can have such an important role in a whole religion. In conclusion, Jewish beliefs, customs, holidays, symbols, history, and the holocaust all play a crucial role in making Jews who they are

Third, Community is your religion. The day you begin to realize what community means to you is the day you begin to believe in it. Anywhere you go, it will be an instinct for you to represent your community, whether it be through sports or just leisure travels. You represent what means most to you and will always defend it the best you can. Community is not an actual religion, but it is a personal religion.

The Jewish faith revolves around the theme of relationships between the Creator, mankind and the land of Israel. It is through these relationships that Jewish Beliefs, Customs and Sacred Writings interlink throughout the Jewish religion. The festival Rosh Hashanah is a prime example of where Jewish practices strongly associate with the beliefs and Sacred Scriptures of Judaism. Through the links between customs, traditions and Sacred Writings, adherents to the Jewish faith affiliate with not only their communities, but with themselves and God.

Before we can totally dive into how the Temple destruction changed Judaism, we must gain some knowledge of the Jewish faith itself, as well as Jewish terms. One of the first ideas many people may discover about the term “Jew” is its lack of use in the Old Testament scriptures.

Maybe I was too little, or maybe I was too short, but either way I did not make the jump. In the second grade I was your average eight year old, who always wore her hair in ponytails, and enjoyed playing tag at recess. One day I saw the fifth graders on the monkey bars at recess doing something I had never seen before, they were jumping to the fourth bar. I waited untill Kids Inc. that day to try the jump, but it was no use I was acting like a scared baby.

During the second trimester is when my mother Donna, found out that she was pregnant with me. One morning she got out of the bed doing her normal routine and went to use the restroom where she then passed out on the bathroom floor. My father Patrick, rushed her to Florida memorial hospital in Miami dade county. She said that she woke up and Dr. Joeseph walked into the room, and told her that she was dehydrated and not getting taking in enough iron. Dr. Joseph then proceeded to include, as he handed her an ultra sound picture that she was thirteen weeks pregnant with me. She was in shock, because she said that she always knew when she was pregnant from having two pregancies prior to me there was always a sign but this time it wasn't because she was still having a menstral cycle.

As one of the largest religions in the world, Judaism has often been critiqued, assessed, analyzed and researched for hundreds of thousands of years. Judaism has helped establish a rich tradition and culture for the Jewish people. Throughout these hundreds of thousands of years the Jewish people have been able to rely on a stable sanctuary for prayer, community activities, and intellectual stimulation. This sanctuary is often named the Synagogue but takes on many other names such as the shul and the temple. Through the Synagogue the Jewish people have been able to continue to develop their culture, community affairs, and provide a safe intellectual home for all friends and followers of Judaism.

I have for months been in apprehension that David would volunteer. Yet, joining the Army will be a terrible trial to me. He joined the Washington County Company commanded by Capt.Willet. They are now at Camp Cummings, the Fair ground. David sold his Pistol, got $25 for it, paid some of his little debts and we are preparing shirts with crochet work. He is very serious and deliberate about it, and the poor boy, he will be more so as the hardships thicken upon him. He was anxious to be called in.

The synagogue is a place of assembly and as Judaism is a communal religion; the most important events take place in the presence of other people. The synagogue is the place where people meet to pray study, celebrate, mourn, and socialize. The significance of the synagogue for the individual is that it provides a place to assemble with the community. Some custom practices that occur in synagogues are; relational unions, a piece of the Shabbat festival, administrations for celebrations, infant naming services, the launch customs of Bar or Bat Mitzvahs and recognition functions for the dead. The synagogue regularly has an all around supplied library of sacred Jewish writings for individuals from the group to

I was a responsible seven year old, I would say, considering my mother trusted me enough to leave me in charge of my sister as a toddler when I was still a child. This was not the first time I was in charge of my sister for a short amount of time, so nobody thought anything of it. In these twenty minutes, things took a turn for the worse when I made a simple but tragic mistake; I went to the bathroom for around two minutes, at the most. I heard Mia screaming, and so my sisterly, protective instincts kicked in.

Close community is valued in the Jewish culture. The well-being of a single person is not a private matter but involves the gathering of the Jewish community (Jacobs & Giarelli, 2001). This moral belief is not exclusive to helping and supporting other Jewish, but also non-Jewish people (Davey, Fish, & Robila, 2001).

“Judaism of the second temple period, from the fifth century BC to the first century AD, is key to understanding Jesus’ life and work” (Wenham & Walton, 2011, p. 25). Maintaining their identity, socially and religiously, was intrinsic to their existence after their release from captivity. Core beliefs and practices remained, but over time, varying understandings of how to live out their faith life became evident among various groups. This essay will define the purpose of the synagogue in 1st century of Judaism, describe the characteristics and beliefs of four major sects of Judaism, and describe their expectations regarding the coming of the Messiah.

Over thousands of years, the religion of Judaism has evolved. With years of suffering, persecution, and dispersion the Jews’ religion stays constant. When researching the religion, the history is extremely strong, and the doctrine of the religion dates back thousands of years. With such a vast history, one might want to examine the change into modern society.

Judaism is one of the oldest, current and influential religion in world history, which until today emphasizes the identity and memory monotheistic religions. Through time, it has transformed