RELG 207 Lecture Notes - Babylonian Captivity, Oral Torah, Jewish Holidays
12 Apr 2014
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Passover: along with the sabbath, passover, and circumcision are the 3 things that distinguish judaism. The jewish holiday of passover is the yearly celebration of the exodus of the jewish people from egypt. In the book of exodus, an angel of death is sent by god to punish the egyptians, but the angel of death passes over the jewish homes without harming them. Circumcision the physical mark of god"s covenant with his people. Abraham was the first person to be circumcised. It is given a religious or spiritual value in judaism. The covenant is sealed with the blood of the male members of the jewish community. It is also called the tent of meeting, where god and. Moses (as the representative of israel) would meet. It serves as a visual representation of god"s separation from the world. The outer court which surrounds the tent 2. The inside of the tent is a holy place, where they offer incense 3.
