Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism (4/12) Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: Question 5.1: What are the different holidays? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge This portion of the FAQ contains answers to the following questions: Section 5: Jewish Holidays 1. [5]What are the different holidays? 2. [6]What are the dates of the upcoming Jewish holidays? 3. [7]How can I get a Jewish calendar 4. [8]Why do some people take off one day, and others two? 5. [9]Why does the Jewish day start at sundown? 6. [10]What are the origins of the Chanukah Dreidel? 7. [11]Is it appropriate for Christians to "celebrate" Pesach using the form of a seder meal? 8. [12]What are the months of the Jewish Year? 9. [13]How does Judaism measure the day? 10. [14]Are the Four Questions asked on Pesach in the Torah? 11. [15]What are the different days of the Jewish week? 12. [16]How are Yahrzeits observed in Leap Years? 13. [17]What happened to the observance on 14 Nisan as Passover? 14. [18]For Mother's Day, how should one bless their mothers? Section 6: Jewish Dietary Law and Kashrut 1. [5]What is Kosher? Doesn't a rabbi just bless the food? 2. [6]How can I learn about Kashrut? Is there a "Kosher" FAQ? 3. [7]There are a wide variety of kosher symbols. How do I learn who's behind them? 4. [8]I'm going to be in (insert city here). How do I find the kosher restaurants? 5. [9]Do I need to have a kosher kitchen and kosher home to keep kosher? 6. [10]I have heard that Polish Orthodox Jews wait 6 hours between eating milchig and fleishig and Dutch Orthodox Jews wait about an hour. Why? 7. [11]Why do Sephardim and Ashkenazim have different customs regarding permissible foods on Pesach (Passover)? 8. [12]I'm a vegetarian health-food proponent. Is kosher food healthier? 9. [13]Is vegetarianism kosher? 10. [14]What process is involved in Kosher Slaughter? 11. [15]I work in a prison, and I have an inmate that is demanding Kosher Food? How do I know if his claim is justified? 12. [16]What are the issues involving Filet Minion? 13. [17]Why don't Jews eat Pork? 14. [18]Would the laws of Kashrut prevent Mad Cow Disease? 15. [19]Is Monkfish Kosher? 16. [20]Why do Jews separate Milk and Meat? 17. [21]Must Jews use wine? 18. [22]Are there parts of a kosher animal that cannot be eaten? 19. [23]I have a friend coming over that keeps Kosher. What do I do? Section 7: Shabbat Observance 1. [5]What is the Jewish Sabbath and why is it on Saturday? 2. [6]Why do my Orthodox Jewish friends leave work early on Fridays and before Jewish holidays? 3. [7]Why can't Jews use electrical appliances and motor vehicles on Shabbat? 4. [8]Why are there 18 minutes from the time candle lighting starts on Shabbat until the last time you can light? 5. [9]I've heard that Jews can't tear on Shabbat? Why? What is "work"? 6. [10]How do people know when to light candles in the Arctic? 7. [11]What is the significance of Challah? 8. [12]Why do women wave their hands three times before lighting Shabbat [or Holiday] candles? 9. [13]What is an Eruv? 10. [14]If your home is burning, can you put out the fire on Shabbat? 11. [15]What Medical Procedures May Be Performed on Shabbat? 12. [16]What happens on Shabbat? 13. [17]Do Conservative Jews play musical instruments on Shabbat? 14. [18]Why is there a prohibition on travel on Shabbat? 15. [19]Can an observant Jew use a camera on Shabbat? Section 8: Woman and Marriage 1. [5]What role do women play in Judaism? 2. [6]What is the Conservative view of the role of women in Judaism? 3. [7]What is the Reform view of the role of women in Judaism? 4. [8]What is the Orthodox view of the role of women in Judaism? 5. [9]Is it true that Orthodox men bless G-d every morning for not making them a woman? What do you mean, this isn't terrible? 6. [10]I've heard polygamy is permissible among Sephardic and Yemenite Jews. Doesn't Judaism mandate monogamy? 7. [11]What does clean/unclean refer to? 8. [12]What is "Niddah"? 9. [13]I've heard that Orthodox men can't touch women. Is this true? 10. [14]Are there any rituals for purification after childbirth for women? 11. [15]What is the Jewish position on contraception and abortion? 12. [16]How does Judaism view Marriage? 13. [17]How do Jews find Mates? 14. [18]What is a Jewish Marriage? 15. [19]What happens before a Jewish Wedding? 16. [20]What happens during a Jewish Wedding? 17. [21]What happens after a Jewish Wedding? 18. [22]What should I wear to a Jewish wedding? 19. [23]Why is the glass broken at Jewish weddings? 20. [24]What is a Ketubah? 21. [25]What are the "Seven Blessings"? 22. [26]What does Judaism say about premarital sex? 23. [27]What are some good wedding greetings? 24. [28]Can a wife refuse to have marital relations with her husband? 25. [29]What should a man do if his wife leaves him for another man? 26. [30]Can a Jewish woman who has not been to a mikvah get married in an Orthodox wedding? 27. [31]Is it possible for a Cohanim to marry a divorced Jewish woman? 28. [32]I've heard Jews can't get married on certain days. What are they? 29. [33]What is the role of the parents or the rabbi at a wedding? 30. [34]How long after a spouse dies can the surviving partner remarry? Must they marry their spouse's younger brother? 31. [35]What relationships are prohibited? 32. [36]What is the restriction on woman to sing in public and infront of men? 33. [37]What can be done if the wife refuses to sign the get (divorce decree)? User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism (4/12) Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: Question 5.1: What are the different holidays? 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