Traditions and Customs
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Tables of Contents
Birth
Adoption
Circumcision (Brith Milah)
Redemption of the
First Born (Pidyon Haben)
Initiation (Hatunah Bezeir Anpin)
Bar Mitzvah and Education
Engagement
Marriage (husband and wife relations) family purity, modesty
Divorce
Halizah
Death
Preparing the dead for burial
Burial
Mourning
Memorials
New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Tabernacles (Sukkot, Shemini Atseret, Simhat Torah)
Hanukah
Tu Bishvat
Purim
Passover
Omer and Lag Ba Omer
Pentecost (Shavuot)
The Ninth of Av (Tisha Be Av)
Sabbath
The beginning of the Moon Month (Rosh Hodesh)
Fast days
Wine benediction
Washing hands
Bread benediction
Pre-meals benedictions
Grace after meals (Birkat Hamazon)
Fasting
Ritual slaughter (shehita)
Meat preparation
Purifying Kitchen Utensils
Meat and Milk
What is permitted to eat (Kosher food)?
Mezuzah
House Warming (Hanukat Ha Bayit)
The synagogue
Hazan
Parnas
Torah reader
Prayer leader
Lithurgy singer (Paytan)
Prayer quorum (minian)
Torah (the scribe, weekdays reading, Sabbath reading,
reading honors)
Daily prayers (morning shaharit, midday minhah, evening prayer arvit)
Tefilin
Talith
Community organization
Rabbis
Judges
Teachers
Secular leaders (Nagid, Nassi)
Notables
Enforcement (police and excommunication)
Conformity
Conversion