SOSC 1350- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)

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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.