#jewish traditions

[ace-hell]

Just discovered that Henna is also a jewish(israelite) thing and that the henna plant was in the torah and that it symbolizes forgiveness and absolution. I thought it was an arab thing and mizrahi jewish traditions but no its full jewish tradition and symbol!!

Ngl it kinda makes me giddy inside to discover new(for me) native ancient jewish traditions that doesn't fall with the diaspora

[creator-of-calm-queer-chaos]

Wanting advice on how to write a Jewish funeral

Hello! 

I’m writing a story and in the name of simple representation have decided to make the character Jewish. This is not a huge part of the story at all but I’m writing his funeral and I was wondering what traditional Jewish funerals look like? 

I did some research and this is what I found about a gravesite funeral: 

The casket is brought to the grave

Prayer recital and lowering of casket

Graveside ceremony and prayers

The Mourner’s Kaddish (a memorial prayer)

Covering the casket with earth (dirt)

I was wondering how accurate this was? It’s not a huge thing but I want it to be there and accurate :) 

Specific questions

Do people carry the casket to the grave or is it rolled there/does it not really matter? 

What do others wear? 

Are gifts/presents given to the person/family? 

How many people would be part of the avelim? Would a very close partner be included or a best friend? 

How many people would participate in the burying? 

Thanks so much!  EDIT: Woah did not expect this many responses! Thank you so much! I finished the first version of the fanfic, but I might redo and lengthen all of it to include more details. Um, I guess I should come clean here and say that yeah, this fanfic is a Peter Parker dying fanfiction?? It’s called Spiders and Stones on AO3 if anyone wants to read it, chapter 3 is the one with the funeral. So yeah, y’all really helped with that, thank you so much!! 

[septembergold]

Image credit: Alexis Buryk

[ancientjews]

Did you know that the rules of the ancient legal calendar of the Jews of the time of Yeshua (Jesus) have been forgotten?

[ajpress]

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[folkfashion]

Moroccan Jewish woman, from Morocco, by American Sephardi Association

[fromgoy2joy]

99.96 percent of the year when I go to a museum: oh my gosh! Egyptian artefacts . What a complex society. Love their things with cats!

Me in the two week lead up to Pesach, staring daggers at random pharaoh 8,789’s bust, gripping the visitor’s guide in my hand: oh you fuckers.

[bigfootboyband]

As Halloween approaches, I’ve been seeing many very talented makeup artists recreate the face of the bride in Tim Burton’s “The Corpse Bride.” I thought this would be a good oppertunity to make some art and remind one and all that the “The Corpe Bride” (known in some tellings as “The Finger” or “The Demon in the Tree”) is a beloved Jewish folktale. Folklorist Howard Schwartz traces the orgins of “The Finger” to 16th century Levant. Aftrer hundreds of years of retelling, the story, like all folktales, has undergone many iterations and also became highly informed by the violence of life in the Pale of Settlement (specifically towards women and young brides).

If you'd like to support me, you can do so here <3

[bobemajses]

Jews dancing a traditional wedding hora in Daugavpils, southeastern Latvia, 1914

[swan2swan]

And THERE IT IS.

If you wanna no the BIGGEST problem with Zionism, religious appropriation, and the whole genocide thing going on over there?

You know...besides the loss of life.

But also...unfortunately...maybe not?

Watching an episode of Moon Girl. And a character is celebrating her Bat Mitzvah!

And you know what they used as symbols?

THE STAR OF DAVID!

Yes! A delightful, iconic emblem of the Jewish religion. Immediately recognizable. Associated with a proud culture!

Oh, but wait...how's it being used nowadays? I saw two Stars of David in the past five minutes thanks to this episode...guess how I was seeing the symbol the other twenty times today?

So, yeah. This is why when someone puts a religious symbol on a flag, you tell them not to do that.

[koshercosplay]

it's time to attend jumblr shul!

[milolovesbmc]

The "I do too" from Marvin after "Do you take this man to be your husband?" in In Trousers absolutely destroyed me so here's this!!!

[sheydgarden]

just finished the Kickstarter stretch goal bookplate for Beyond the Pale, which i believe will actually be printed on the inside cover of the books - it's not too late to pre-order the game, it could be your name on that bottom scroll!

the designs & lettering on the hands making the priestly blessing are a reference to a famous illustration from a Kabbalistic text called the Shefa Tal (with some changes, such as removing the tetragrammaton)

[anonymousdandelion]

One of the funniest forms of religion-focused antisemitism to me is when people take issue with Jewish observance for being "archaic" or "stuck in the past" — and then most of the examples they cite are things that set us apart but have absolutely nothing to do with time period.

Like... guys, I'm pretty sure people who lived centuries ago thought keeping kosher was just as weird as you think it is now. This is not the innovative modern take that you think it is.

Sometimes cultural practices in the same era are just different. That's okay.

[fallensapphires]

Holidays: Chanukah (Hanukkah)

The darkness of the whole world cannot swallow the glowing of a candle.

[transmascpetewentz]

orthodox jewish tboys and conservative jewish tboys and fellow tboys converting to conservative/orthodox judaism, ily and we are all kissing and/or doing any expression of platonic affection of your choosing