...Jewish Holy Days Reel/134 August 14, 2012 Jewish Holy Days Judaism is one of the oldest and considered to be one of the oldest stories printed in the Hebrew bible as known as the Tanakh which is what we call the “Old Testament.” Inside the book of Tanakh inform us information about Moses and God. God gave Moses his words which are known as the Laws of God. These laws are utilized to direct or guide the Jews, this is also called Talmud. God gave Moses this information that was written on Gods stone tablets in which later to be called the Torah (God’s Teachings). Torah is referred as (Pentateuch); this is known as the five books of the Hebrew Bible. Most Jews has known this as “The Five Books of Moses,” and the names of these books are; Leviticus, Exodus, Genesis, Deuteronomy and Numbers. These books are located in the commencement of the Bible. Jews has an important place where they worship every day and that place is in Jerusalem. Under the King Solomon supervision, a temple was constructed in Jerusalem that gave Jews a place for offering sacrifices. A temple was constructed by the Jews and was abolished by the Babylonians. Babylonians took many Jews and banished to Babylon. After all this happen to the Jews, it was an option that the Jews had to make before they can return to their holy land which was their home. In order for this to happen to the Jews, the Persians had taken over King Cyrus and the Babylon’s and gave them a choice to make regarding the Jews take...
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