uncovered, and blessed. This bread represents the double portion of manna the Israelites were able to gather in the desert while fleeing Egypt, as recounted in Exodus 16:22 (Source 1). The blessing given praises God for bringing forth bread from the earth, again using it as a symbol of a...
The consumption of pork in any form is forbidden by several Orthodox religions, including Judaism, the Seventh-Day Adventists, Islam and the Ethiopian Orthodox church. For followers, the pig is considered to be an "unclean" animal. This classification for "uncleanliness" is based on the pig's...
Others believe stones are meant to keep the soul in the grave. The superstition is that a person’s soul continues to settle for a period of time in their grave before going entirely to heaven. It’s thought the grave or a beit olam—Hebrew for a permanent home—holds a part of the ...
The Quran is the holy book of Islam. Muslims believe Allah, or God, gave the Quran directly to them to correct earlier, inaccurate holy texts, such as the Old and New Testaments. Many Muslims study the book every day to guide the way they lead their lives. 1History Muslims believe Allah...
Have the students act out the story, using a few of them to play the main characters for the class. You can make a script together or you can have the students improvise to get a feel for how well they understand the story. Ask the class to draw a picture of how they interpret Jona...
Zephyr, also called Zephyrus, was the god of the west wind in ancient Greek mythology. He was also the god of the spring and the interceder between the world of the living and the underworld. In classical Greek art Zephyrs was depicted as a dashing, wing