SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Three Pilgrimage Festivals, Zeved Habat, Rabbinic Literature

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Julie Dowsett

Document Summary

Is major jewish festival: passover is the first of three major festivals known collectively as the shalosh regalim, during this festival the meal is called seder. Circumcision: best known for their rituals and the first one performed on jewish male, removing the foreskin of the penis as a sign of the covenant, abraham agreed to undergo the procedure at 99 years of age. Jewish boys are circumcised eight days after birth by a mohel (the person who cutes the skin), a ritual circumciser: naming ceremony for girl birth is called simchat bat. They make their own tradition for the girl birth. Sukkot: commemorates the israelites wanderings in the wilderness, 8 day holiday, sleep and eat in the open air in a temporary structure called a sukkah ( booth). The sukkah should have a roof made of organic material grown from the ground such as palm leaves.