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... This is why I recently visited the Temple Israel in Dayton to experience a Jewish religious service for the first time.
A brief history of the Jewish tradition (as told to me by a friend guiding me in my experience) starts with Abraham. ... For example, on the Jewish Sabbath day, Saturday (Shabbat in Hebrew), they are permitted to do very little if any work. ...
The conservative Jews are also quite adherent to the Jewish traditions, but they don’t take the Torah quite so literally and they realize that the world around them is changing and they may have to change with it. ...
The synagogue I visited was a reform Jewish synagogue. ... They also still practice all the Jewish traditions, such as Bar Mitzvah for boys coming of age and the Briet Milah, which is circumcising the infant male Jews. ... It is not ornately decorated, but there are a few pictures of Jewish figures hanging in the lobby. There was also a bin holding yamakahs for the Jewish men to wear during the service. ... On the backs of the chairs in front of us were Jewish prayer books, or siddur in Hebrew. ... I was informed that it would be opened at certain parts of the service.
The service began with the rabbi leading the opening prayers and blessings in Hebrew and in English. ... Then the rabbi said a specific blessing for the portion of the Torah that was to be sung that service (the Jews read the Torah at Shabbat services chronologically from beginning to end over the course of an entire year.) After the blessing, the rabbi opened the cabinet to reveal a double scrolled, handwritten version of the Torah covered in a beautiful velvety cloth that was decorated with Jewish symbols such as the star and words written beautifully in Hebrew.
Approximate Word count = 1412
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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