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Personal Narrative: My Religious Site Visit To Shabbat

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For my religious site visit, I decided to go to a Jewish service on Shabbat. I attended the synagogue with my Jewish friend who acted as my guide. She lead me inside, they handed the male followers a kippah, that is, if they did not have one already. The kippah is a religious accessory. It is a head covering for the men which serves to shelter their heads from God. We also distributed a prayer book at the entrance, for anyone unfamiliar with the Jewish belief there was a pile of leaflets that contained information, available to those who needed them.
Their day commences with a customary morning prayer. Once the Morning Prayer is completed, there is an announcement of their devotion called Shema. After the declaration, there is the prayer of Amidah. This prayer is followed by readings from their holy book, the Torah. They held a sermon afterward. The service extended for approximately four hours, which I noted was significantly longer than a regular Sunday Mass at any Catholic Church. Since I visited on Shabbat, outfits were far from casual. Everyone was embellished with ties, suits, and dresses for the females. The women were separated from the men, and the sermon consisted of readings from the Torah. Much like Mass consists of certain verses from the Holy Bible.
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One of the reasons includes it serving a way to confirm a belief. People of the Jewish religion participate on Saturday morning, Shabbat service because that is their established holy day to honor their God. Shabbat service is the only ceremony appointed in the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments declares: “Six days shall you labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord thy God on which you shall do no work.” It is treated as a day of sacred enrichment and relaxation for followers. Jewish folk cannot maneuver cars or other machinery, have contact with money, or utilize demanding amount of energy on the

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