Tradition!

(a.k.a. Minhag!)

This week's focus is on Jewish tradition, or minhagim.  The students are beginning to look at some of our traditions here at Temple Isaiah, and those that you practice in your homes.  They are comparing those "contemporary" traditions to the traditions practiced by Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  

To make the comparison, we are watching scenes from Fiddler on the Roof (which the students are very excited about), and determining which traditions are still practiced by Reform Jews today, and which are not.

 

   These traditions might include wearing tzitzit daily...


...or reciting the prayer over the Shabbat candles. 


On Sunday, the students also  looked at some of our own holiday traditions, and created short "songs" using the Smule app.  Have a listen here:
Hanukkah song
Sukkot song 
Rosh Hashana song 
 Shabbat song
Purim song
Passover song