Jewish life has as many rituals and practices as those in any other culture. Jewish practice has ceremonies for the birth of a child, for the passage from childhood into adulthood, a wedding ceremony that includes the signing of the ketubah (a marriage contract) and the gift of a ring ...
Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai (a former pupil of Hillel) left Jerusalem after the Temple was destroyed and founded a new center of Jewish learning in Yavneh. The Council of Yavne (70-90 CE) subsequently "reinvented" Judaism by 1) decreeing that animal sacrifices and Temple rituals could be repl...
I amsoglad to have things more sorted and less abstract. We had a really great visit to ABQ two weeks ago and I am feeling much less anxious about moving now that I know that Ben is so excited about his job and there are jobs for me to apply to there and nice (Jewish and not)...