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Notes are about hanukkah, it's history and it's traditions.
... Greek gods while oppressing Jewish culture and religion. Many Jews refused to do so. Led by Judah Maccabee and his brothers, the Jewish people, after a three-year struggle, overthrew their Syrian oppressors. When Jerusalem's Temple was reclaimed, the Hebrews found it defiled by statues of the Greek ...
Puritan immigration to the United States and the causes behind this.
... The Struggle For Religious Freedom The struggle for religious freedom was of course a big factor in the lives of colonists leading up to the 1700's. This issue was the most prevalent in the northern colonies because of the different strong beliefs of the religious groups ...
Relgion VS Superstition This essay is about the differences and similarities between relgion and superstition.
... to tell me that was an awful bad sign." (p.5) After Huck realizes what's happened to the spider, he performs a ritual meant to keep away witches. This is but one of many examples in the book of Huck's superstitious nature. Jim ...
What can be learned from primal religions? A look at primal religions and how they are different from the religions of the modern world.
... groupings. Looking at primal religions, we get the feeling that they are closer to the truth than many are today. Many of these religions continue to this day in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia. With the later civilization of man, came polytheistic and monotheistic religions and possibly the ...
Religious wars
... the founding of Israel in 1948 there has been continuous conflict between Israel and Arab states. This conflict has been marked by six bloody wars. On both sides, religion has again and again brought the peace process to the brink of annihilation. The first spark between the ...
Rabbinical Judaism.
... of discussions of the Mishnah, it was documented by a group of Rabbis, called the Amoraim, into the Gemara. Together, these two documents (sixty-three volumes) make the Talmud, which is the base of the Jewish curriculum. 'The whole Talmud can be understood as a response to the changed conditions of ...
Abortion and euthanasia. How different Religions view such practices.
... England holds the view that the sanctity of life is very important. However they believe that doctors do not have the right to do everything possible to keep people alive. The Roman Catholic churches are totally against euthanasia. Cardinal Clancy refers to it as either 'murder or suicide'. To the ...
Prophets of the Bible.
... to Assyria and Judah pays tributes to Assyria. Knowledge = There was a spread of writing and literacy which helps prophets relate to the masses. Economic = luxurious and prosperous (see above) Industrial = Hezekiah extended the walls of Jerusalem and built a water system in the ...
Biblical Old Testament Dietary Laws and Rules
... the course of time, Jews came to have an aversion to the pig in particular, especially after Jews, in the period of the *Maccabees, were ready to give their lives rather than eat pig-meat when ordered by tyrants to do so as an expression of disloyalty to the Jewish religion as a whole. Many a Jew ...
Introduction of Islam
... the shahadah (the creed: "There is no God but God and Muhammad is his Prophet"). 2.To perform the salat (prayer) 5 times a day. 3. To donate regularly like 2.5% of your income to the church. 4. To fast during the month of Ramadan (first revelation of the Qur'an from God to ...