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Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Bar / Bat Barakah means , in Aramaic , `` Son / Daughter of the Blessing '' . In honour and recognition of Jewish traditions , including Zeved habat and Bar and Bat Mitzvah , some Christians have begun to conduct a Bar and Bat Barakah ceremony to pronounce blessings upon their children .
New Year
Rosh Hashanah ( Hebrew for ' head of the year ' ) is a Jewish , two day holiday , commemorating the culmination of the seven days of Creation , and marking God 's yearly renewal of His world . The day has elements of festivity and introspection , as God is traditionally believed to be assessing His creation and determining the fate of all men and creatures for the coming year . In Jewish tradition , honey is used to symbolize a sweet new year . At the traditional meal for that holiday , apple slices are dipped in honey and eaten with blessings recited for a good , sweet new year . Some Rosh Hashanah greetings show honey and an apple , symbolizing the feast . In some congregations , small straws of honey are given out to usher in the new year . The Pathans Kalasha celebrate their Chowmus which marks the beginning of their year in Chitral district of Pakistan and parts of India . The Marwari New Year ( Thapna ) is celebrated on the day of the festival of Diwali , which is the last day Krishna Paksha of the Ashvin month & also the last day of the Ashvin month of the Hindu calendar . The Gujarati New Year ( Bestu / Nao Varas ) is celebrated the day after the festival of Diwali ( which occurs in mid-fall -- either October or November , depending on the Lunar calendar ) . The Gujarati New Year is synonymous with sud ekam , i.e. first day of Shukla paksha of the Kartik month , which is taken as the first day of the first month of the Gujarati lunar calendar . Most other Hindus celebrate the New Year in early spring . The Gujarati community all over the world celebrates the New Year after Diwali to mark the beginning of a new fiscal year . The Sikkimese celebrate their new year called Looser . The Nepal Era New year ( see Nepal Sambat ) is celebrated in regions encompassing original Nepal . The new year occurs in the fourth day of Diwali . The calendar was used as an official calendar until the mid 19th century . However , the new year is still celebrated by the Newars community of Nepal . Some neo-pagans celebrate their interpretation of Samhain ( a festival of the ancient Celts , held around 1 November ) as a New Year 's Day representing the new cycle of the Wheel of the Year , although they do not use a different calendar that starts on this day .
Jewish wedding
In many Orthodox Jewish communities , the bride is escorted to the chuppah by her father and mother known by Ashkenazi Jews as unterfirers ( Yiddish , lit . ones who lead under ) .
Something New (How I Met Your Mother)
Meanwhile , Barney and Robin sit in a bar and an obnoxious couple starts bothering them - not letting them look at their cigars and stealing their reserved table . Barney and Robin start planning to break them up , so Robin puts her engagement ring in one of their champagne glasses . When Krirsten , the couple 's woman , finds the ring , she excitedly responds that she will marry her boyfriend , Calvin , but he has no intentions of doing so . After their break - up , Robin and Barney smoke happily in a park when the couple finds them . The couple say that after the fight , they agreed to get married . Barney and Robin feel proud after seeing them happy .
Toast (honor)
) German : `` Prost '' , `` Prosit '' , from Latin prosit ( may it be good ( i.e. , for you ) ) or `` Zum Wohl '' ( to health ) Greek : `` Εις υγείαν '' ( is iyían ) , `` στην υγειά σου / μας '' , `` γειά '' ( for health ) or `` Εβίβα '' ( eviva , from Italian evviva , `` long life ! '' ) Hebrew : `` לחיים '' ( `` L'Chayyim '' ) ( to life , traditional Jewish toast ) Hindi : `` अच्छी सेहत '' ( achchee sehat , `` good health '' ) Hungarian : `` Egészségünkre '' ( for our health ) , more commonly `` Egészségedre '' ( ˈɛgeːʃːeːgɛdrɛ ) ( to your health ) , `` Fenékig '' ( lit . `` to the bottom '' , similar to `` bottoms up '' in English ) Icelandic : `` Skál '' ( lit . `` bowl '' , referring to older drinking vessels ) Irish : `` Sláinte '' ( health ) Italian : `` Cin Cin '' ( onomatopoeic for clinking of glasses ) or `` Salute '' ( health ) Japanese : `` 乾杯 '' ( kanpai , lit . `` Empty the glass '' , similar to `` bottoms up '' in English ) Korean : `` 건배 '' ( gunbae , lit .
Amy Winehouse
Although Winehouse was raised Jewish and expressed pride in being Jewish , she was not religious . During one interview , Winehouse said `` being Jewish to me is about being together as a real family . It 's not about lighting candles and saying a bracha . '' Winehouse also frequently performed with a large Star of David medallion .
High Holy Days
Yom Kippur ( יום כפור yom kippūr , `` Day of Atonement '' ) is the Jewish festival of the Day of Atonement . The Hebrew Bible calls the day Yom Hakippurim ( Hebrew , `` Day of the Atonement / s '' ) .
Christmas traditions
Before eating , everyone exchanges Christmas greetings with each other . The supper begins with the breaking of the opłatek . By sharing a piece of Christmas wafer ( Opłatki ) , when everyone at the table breaks off a piece and eats it as a symbol of their unity with Christ . The opłatek is usually blessed by the presiding Bishop , and stamped with a religious image , such as the nativity scene , they then share a piece with each family member . A tradition exists among some families to serve twelve different dishes at Wigilia symbolizing the Twelve Apostles , or perhaps , an odd number of dishes for good luck ( usually five , seven , or nine ) . Some practice the superstition that an even number of people must be seated around the table .
Alcohol in the Bible
One of the original sections of 1 Esdras describes a debate among three courtiers of Darius I of Persia over whether wine , the king , or women ( but above all the truth ) is the strongest . The argument for wine does not prevail in the contest , but it provides a vivid description of the ancients ' view of the power wine can wield in excessive quantity .
Halloween
Several of the traditional activities from Ireland and Britain involve foretelling one 's future partner or spouse . An apple would be peeled in one long strip , then the peel tossed over the shoulder . The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse 's name . Two hazelnuts would be roasted near a fire ; one named for the person roasting them and the other for the person they desire . If the nuts jump away from the heat , it is a bad sign , but if the nuts roast quietly it foretells a good match . A salty oatmeal bannock would be baked ; the person would eat it in three bites and then go to bed in silence without anything to drink . This is said to result in a dream in which their future spouse offers them a drink to quench their thirst . Unmarried women were told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night , the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror . However , if they were destined to die before marriage , a skull would appear . The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards from the late 19th century and early 20th century .
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
There were occasional attempts to recognize a girl 's coming of age in eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries , the former in Warsaw ( 1843 ) and the latter in Lemberg ( 1902 ) . The occasion was marked by a party without any ritual in the synagogue .
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
According to Rabbi Mark Washofsky , `` The Reform Movement in North America has struggled over the bar / bat mitzvah . At one time , this ceremony was on the verge of extinction in Reform congregations . Most of them preferred to replace bar / bat mitzvah with confirmation , which they considered a more enlightened and appropriate ceremony for modern Jews . Yet the enduring popularity of bar / bat mitzvah prevailed and today , in our communities , bar / bat mitzvah is ' virtually universally observed ' by Reform Jews . ''
History of the Jews in Egypt
According to a 2009 report by the Anti-Defamation League , anti-semitic and anti-Israel sentiments continue to run high . Israel and Zionism are frequently associated with conspiracy theories of subverting and weakening the state . The last Jewish wedding in Egypt took place in 1984 .
Alcohol in the Bible
The many biblical references to alcoholic beverages are both positive and negative , real and symbolic , descriptive and didactic . Both archaeological evidence and written records indicate the significant cultivation of grapes in ancient Israel and the popularity of wine - drinking . The production capacity apparent from archaeological remains and the frequent biblical references to wine suggest that it was the principal alcoholic beverage of the ancient Israelites .
Toast (honor)
`` bowl '' , referring to older drinking vessels ) ; Gutår ( `` good year '' , old fashioned , still used in formal settings ) Swiss German : `` Proscht '' ( as in German `` Prost '' ) or as diminutive form `` Pröschtli '' Thai : `` ชัย โย '' ( chai - yo ! , lit . `` Hurrah ! '' ) or `` ชน แก้ว '' ( chon - kaew , lit . `` knock glasses '' ) or `` หมด แก้ว '' ( mod - kaew , lit . `` Bottoms up '' ) Turkish : `` Şerefe '' ( to honor ) Ukrainian : `` За здоров'я '' or `` Ваше здоров'я '' ( Za zdorovya , to health , or Vashe zdorovya , to your health ) or `` Будьмо '' ( Budmo , let us be ) Vietnamese : `` Dô '' or `` dzô '' ( ( take ) in ) Welsh : `` Iechyd da ( i chi ) '' ( Good health ( to you ) )
Alcohol in the Bible
Alcohol was used in ancient times for various medicinal ends , and the Bible refers to some of these practices . It was likely used as an anesthetic to dull pain , and many interpreters suggest that it was in this capacity that wines were offered to Jesus at his crucifixion .
Wedding cake
Wedding cakes have been present at wedding ceremonies for centuries . They were not always the focus of the event and often came in different forms , like pies or bread . There has always been a lot of symbolism associated with the wedding cake . The earliest known sweet wedding cake is known as a Banbury cake , which became popular in 1655 . The white color has been attached to wedding ceremonies since the Victorian era when Queen Victoria chose to wear a white wedding dress at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840 . Queen Victoria accentuated an existing symbol , the color white is frequently associated with virginity and purity . The wedding cake was originally known as the brides cake therefore the color white became common because the cake needed to reflect the bride .
Alcohol in the Bible
A disputed but important passage is Proverbs 31 : 4 -- 7 . Some Christians assert that alcohol was prohibited to kings at all times , while most interpreters contend that only its abuse is in view here . Some argue that the latter instructions regarding the perishing should be understood as sarcasm when compared with the preceding verses , while others contend the beer and wine are intended as a cordial to raise the spirits of the perishing , while some suggest that the Bible is here authorizing alcohol as an anesthetic . Moreover , some suggest that the wines that Jesus was offered at his crucifixion were also intended as an anesthetic .
Chinese marriage
Equivalent to exchanging vows in the west , the couple would pay respect to the Jade Emperor , the patron family deities ( or patron buddhas and bodhisattvas ) , paying respect to deceased ancestors , the bride and groom 's parents and other elders , and paying respect to each other . Then , the new couple would go to their bridal chamber and guests would be treated to a feast . Wedding banquets In Chinese society , the wedding banquet is known as xǐ - jǐu ( 喜酒 , lit . joyful wine ) , and is sometimes far more important than the actual wedding itself . There are ceremonies such as the bride presenting wines or tea to parents , spouse , and guests . In modern weddings , the bride generally picks red ( following Chinese tradition ) or white ( more Western ) for the wedding , but most will wear the red traditional garment for their formal wedding banquet . Traditionally , the groom is not responsible for the cost of the wedding invitation sweet treats ( often pastries ) , the banquet invitations , and the wedding itself . Wedding banquets are elaborate and consist usually of 5 - 10 courses , with ingredients such as shark fin , abalone , lobster , squab , sea cucumber , swift nests or fish roe in soup or as decoration on top of a dish to symbolize fertility , and local delicacies . Traditionally , the father of the bride is responsible for the wedding banquet hosted on the bride 's side and the alcohol consumed during both banquets . The wedding banquets are two separate banquets : the primary banquet is hosted once at the bride 's side , the second banquet ( smaller banquet ) at the groom 's side . While the wedding itself is often based on the couple 's choices , the wedding banquets are a gesture of thanks and appreciation , to those that have raised the bride and groom ( such as grandparents and uncles ) . It is also to ensure the relatives on each side meet the relatives on the other side . Thus out of respect for the elders , wedding banquets are usually done formally and traditionally , which the older generation is thought to be more comfortable with . On the night of the wedding day , there was a custom in some places for relatives or friends to banter the newlyweds . Though this seemed a little noisy , both of them dropped shyness and got familiar with each other .
Toast (honor)
Prosit is a Latin word from which the German short form `` prost '' is derived . It is a toast , that is an acclamation made before drinking an alcoholic beverage when drinkers chink glasses . The expression dates back to the beginning of the 18th century when it was used among university students and eventually made its way into every day language . In a ceremonious context and in connection with a short speech , the English word toast may also be used .
Alcohol in the Bible
It is derived from the root hamar , meaning ' to boil up ' '' methê ( `` strong drink , drunkenness '' ) , oinos ( see below ) עסיס ' asis 6071 5 `` sweet wine '' or `` new wine '' , the vintage of the current year with intoxicating power glukasmos ( `` sweetness , sweet wine '' ) , methê ( `` strong drink , `` drunkenness '' ) , nama , oinos neos ( `` new wine '' ) חמץ chomets 2558 6 vinegar , which was made from wine or other fermented beverage and used as a condiment or , when mixed with water , a slightly intoxicating drink omphax ( `` unripe or sour grape '' ) , oxos ( see below ) שמר shemar , ( pl : shemarim ) 8105 5 lees or dregs of wine ; `` wine that has been kept on the lees , and therefore old wine '' ( `` if ( the wine ) were designed to be kept for some time a certain amount of lees was added to give it body '' ) oinos ( see below ) , trugias ( `` full of lees '' ) סבא sobhe 5435 drink , liquor , wine oinos ( see below ) ממסך mamsak and mesekh 4469 , 4538 `` mixed drink , '' `` mixed wine , '' `` drink - offering ; '' the word is `` properly a mixture of wine and water with spices that increase its stimulating properties . '' kerasma ( `` mixture '' ) מזג mezeg 4197 `` mixture '' , `` mixed wine '' krama ( `` mixture , especially mixed wine '' )
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
A Bark Mitzvah is a pseudo-traditional observance and celebration of a dog 's coming of age , as in the Jewish traditional bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah . The term has been in use since at least as early as 1997 , and Bark Mitzvahs are sometimes held as an adjunct to the festival of Purim .
Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)
After drinking at a club , Paul and Holly return to her apartment , where she drunkenly tells him she plans to marry Trawler for his money . A few days later , Paul learns one of his short stories will be published . On the way to tell Holly , he sees a newspaper headline stating Trawler has married someone else . Holly and Paul agree to spend the day together , taking turns doing things each has never done before , including visiting the library . At Tiffany 's , Paul has the ring from Doc Golightly 's box of Cracker Jack engraved as a present for Holly . After spending the night together , he awakens to find her gone . When Tooley arrives , Paul ends their relationship . She calmly accepts , having earlier concluded he and some other woman are in love .
Alcohol in the Bible
During the Babylonian captivity , Daniel and his fellow Jews abstained from the meat and wine given to them by the king because they saw it as defiling in some way , though precisely how these would have defiled the Jews is not apparent in the text . A later passage implies that Daniel did drink wine at times , though it may not have been the king 's . Similarly , Judith refused the Assyrian general 's wine , though she drank wine from the stores she brought with her .
Wedding cake
The cutting of the cake is a task full of symbolism . The cake was originally intended to be distributed among the guests by only the bride because consuming the cake would ensure fertility . As weddings grew and the number of guests increased this task became a joint venture , the groom needed to help cut the growing cake and distribute it among their guests . Layers of cakes began to pile up and the icing would need to support the weight of the cake making is very difficult for one person to cut . The groom would assist the bride in this process . Once this tradition began the bride and groom would share a piece of cake before distributing it to the guests to symbolize their union and their promise to forever provide for each other .
Alcohol in the Bible
In the New Testament , Jesus uses wine at the Last Supper to signify the `` New Covenant in ( Jesus ' ) blood , '' but Christians differ over precisely how symbolic the wine is in the continuing ritual of the Eucharist .
Alcohol in the Bible
Yayin and oinos ( which in the Septuagint also often translates most of the Hebrew words for alcoholic beverages listed above ) are commonly translated `` wine '' , but the two are also rarely , and perhaps figuratively or anticipatorily , used to refer to freshly pressed non-alcoholic juice . For this reason , prohibitionist and some abstentionist Christians object to taking the default meaning to be fermented beverages , but there is a broad consensus that the words did ordinarily refer to alcoholic beverages .
Toast (honor)
Toasts are also offered on patriotic occasions , as in the case of Stephen Decatur 's famous `` Our country ! In our intercourse with foreign nations may we always be in the right ; but our country , right or wrong . '' Equally traditional are satiric verses :
Modern history
The Holocaust ( which roughly means `` burnt whole '' ) was the deliberate and systematic murder of millions of Jews and other `` unwanted '' during World War II by the Nazi regime in Germany . Several differing views exist regarding whether it was intended to occur from the war 's beginning , or if the plans for it came about later . Regardless , persecution of Jews extended well before the war even started , such as in the Kristallnacht ( Night of Broken Glass ) . The Nazis used propaganda to great effect to stir up anti-Semitic feelings within ordinary Germans .
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
'' '' `` Why is the evil desire ( yetzer hara ) personified as the great king ? ( Eccl . ix. 14 ) . Because it is thirteen years older than the good desire ( yetzer hatob ) . '' That is to say , the latter comes only with the initiation into duty ( Ab . R.N. , A. xvi. , B. xxx. ; Midr . Teh . ix. 2 ; Eccl . R. ix. 15 ) . According to Pirke R. El . xxvi. , Abraham rejected the idolatry of his father and became a worshiper of God when he was thirteen years old . `` It is a mitzvah for a person to make a meal on the day his son becomes Bar Mitzvah as on the day he enters the wedding canopy . '' ( Orach Chayim 225 : 2 , Magen Avraham 4 )
Alcohol in the Bible
The Day of the Lord , which is often understood by Christians to usher in the Messianic Age , is depicted as a time when `` ( n ) ew wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills , '' when God 's people will `` plant vineyards and drink their wine , '' and when God himself `` will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples , a banquet of aged wine -- the best of meats and the finest of wines . ''
Star of David
The hexagram does appear occasionally in Jewish contexts since antiquity , apparently as a decorative motif . For example , in Israel , there is a stone bearing a hexagram from the arch of a 3rd -- 4th century synagogue in the Galilee . Originally , the hexagram may have been employed as an architectural ornament on synagogues , as it is , for example , on the cathedrals of Brandenburg and Stendal , and on the Marktkirche at Hanover . A hexagram in this form is found on the ancient synagogue at Tell Hum . In the synagogues , perhaps , it was associated with the mezuzah .
High Holy Days
strictly , the holidays of Rosh Hashanah ( `` Jewish New Year '' ) and Yom Kippur ( `` Day of Atonement '' ) ; by extension , the period of ten days including those holidays , known also as the Ten Days of Repentance ( Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ) ; or , by a further extension , the entire 40 - day penitential period in the Jewish year from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur , traditionally taken to represent the forty days Moses spent on Mount Sinai before coming down with the second ( `` replacement '' ) set of the Tablets of stone .
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
In Orthodox circles , the occasion is sometimes celebrated during a weekday service that includes reading from the Torah , such as a Monday or Thursday morning service .
Alcohol in the Bible
While the wines drunk in the times depicted in the Hebrew Bible were not diluted with water , after the conquest of Palestine by Alexander the Great the Hellenistic custom of diluting wine had taken hold such that the author of 2 Maccabees speaks of diluted wine as `` a more pleasant drink '' and of both undiluted wine and unmixed water as `` harmful '' or `` distasteful . ''
Shofar
The shofar was used to announce holidays and the Jubilee year . The first day of the seventh month ( Tishrei ) is termed `` a memorial of blowing '' , or `` a day of blowing '' , the shofar . They were used for signifying the start of a war . Later , it was also employed in processions , as musical accompaniment and eventually it was inserted into the temple orchestra by David . Note that the ' trumpets ' described in Numbers 10 are a different instrument , described by the Hebrew word ' trumpet ' ( Hebrew : חצוצרה ‎ ; ḥaṣoṣrah ) , not the word for shofar ( Hebrew : שופר ‎ ) .
Alcohol in the Bible
Psalm 104 : 14 - 15 : `` ( The LORD ) makes ... plants for man to cultivate -- bringing forth food from the earth : wine that gladdens the heart of man , oil to make his face shine , and bread that sustains his heart . '' Gregory of Nyssa ( died 395 ) made a distinction between types of wine ( intoxicating and non-intoxicating ) - `` not that wine which produces drunkenness , plots against the senses , and destroys the body , but such as gladdens the heart , the wine which the Prophet recommends '' Ecclesiastes 9 : 7 : `` Go , eat your food with gladness , and drink your wine with a joyful heart , for it is now that God favors what you do . ''