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Jewish

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compiled編輯before

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Testament:

complied

after

the

birth

ofChristianityTen

Commandments十誡:Said

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the

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Jewishreligion?What

do

they

do

to

celebrate

it?Rituals典禮,ceremonies?Restricted限制飲食diets?Article

from

TIME

magazineRosh

Hashana猶太教的新年In

Uman,Ukraine烏克蘭TraditionEach

year,thousands

of

Hasidic

Jews

make

their

way

to

Uman,Ukraine

to

celebratestart

of

the

Jewish

new

year

during

the

holiday

of

Rosh

Hashana.Jews

all

over

thecelebrate

the

holiday,but

the“Breslover

Hasidim”make

the

pilgrimage朝圣之行important

reason:Uman

is

the

resting

place

of

Rebbe

Nachman

of

Breslov,the

founthe

sect.During

his

lifetime,he

would

offer

prayer

services,torah

lessons

andholiday,and

the

tradition

continues

long

after

his

death

in

1843.In

this

image,pray

as

they

walk

through

the

city

of

Uman

on

September

9,2010.RiteUman

is

located

about

120

miles

south

of

Kiev.While

Rebbe

Nachman

of

Breslov

livhis

namesake

town,the

observance慣例is

held

in

Uman,because

it

was

in

that

citone

of

his

followers,Reb

Noson,arranged

the

first

Rosh

Hashana

pilgrimage

in

1During

the

Rebbe‘s

lifetime,hundreds

of

Hasidic

Jews

traveled

from

within

Ukrwell

as

Belarus,Lithuania

and

Poland

to

attend,and

the

ceremony

quickly

outgrUman’s

resources.In

1834,Noson

bought

property

and

applied

for

a

governmentpermit

to

construct

a

synagogue

for

the

Breslover

followers,and

it

housed

the

guntil

the

1930s.In

this

picture,a

Hasidic

jew

prepares

for

the

2010

Rosh

Hashanworshipping

in

Uman

by

having

his

head

shaved,leaving

the

religiously

significareas,called

peyos,intact完整的.Sacred神的TextA

Hasidic

man

carries

the

Torah

near

the

tomb

of

Rabbi

Nachman

of

Breslov,

Septemb

2010.

For

the

Breslover

Hasidic

Jews,

the

Rosh

Hashana

services

often

involves

lo

dancing

and

outbursts

of

religious

praise.Read

more:/time/photogallery/0,29307,2095346,00.html#ixzz1ZLDwGk0ReadingRebbe

Nachman

offered

special

Torah

lessons

on

Rosh

Hashana

during

his

lifetime,been

quoted引證on

the

importance

of

the

holiday,saying,"Rosh

Hashana

is

my

wholmission."He

considered

the

new

year

an

important

time

for

religious

renewal,andencouraged

his

followers

to

do

the

same.In

this

photo,the

members

of

the

sect

reathe

Torah

in

Uman,September

9,2011.