Chapter 5 a period of time

I should first tell you why I shied away from this funeral service; I should also first tell you where I stood in terms of religion when this whole thing began.Honestly, I'm not in any position.You know what Christianity says about fallen angels?You know what the Qur'an says about Eberis, the genie who was banished from heaven for refusing to salute God's creatures? On Earth, the Fall was less dramatic.Just drifting.Wander around. I know.This is how I am. Oh, I could have been a religious man too.I have a million chances.This opportunity began when I was a child living in a middle-class New Jersey suburb and my parents signed me up to take the Archmage's three-day-a-week religion class.Actually, I could have embraced the opportunity, but I went to class like a taken prisoner.I (along with a handful of Jewish boys in the neighborhood) got into the SUV and drove away, envious of my Christian friends playing soccer in the street.Why am I going to class?I thought.During class, the teacher will distribute salt and pepper twist sticks.In a trance, I sucked the salt on the twist stick until the bell rang and I was free.

At the age of thirteen, also urged by my parents, I not only completed the training required by the bar mitzvah, but I also really learned to read the Pentateuch, which is the first five books of the Old Testament.I was even chosen to be a regular Saturday morning Bible reader.I would put on my only suit (dark blue, of course) and stand on top of the crate, and I would have to be tall to see the scriptures.As usual, the archmage stood a few feet away, watching me read aloud.I could have had a few words with him after the ceremony to discuss the Bible for that week, but I never did.I just shook his hand, and then hurriedly got into my father's car and went home.

In the years of high school, I went to a private school again out of my parents’ insistence. I studied secular knowledge for half a day and took religious courses for half a day.While studying algebra and European history, I studied Exodus, Numbers, Kings, and Proverbs in their original languages.I've written reports on the Ark and the manna, the Kabbalah, and the walls of Jericho.I even studied ancient Aramaic for the purpose of translating the exegesis of the Talmud, and analyzed twelfth-century scholars such as Rashi and Mymonides. Then I went to Brandeis University, which has a predominantly Jewish student population.To subsidize tuition, I lead a youth fellowship at a synagogue in the Boston suburbs.

In other words, when I graduated from college and was about to enter society, I was as familiar with my religion as any secular person I knew. Then what? Then, I can say it was completely thrown away. Not rebellion.Not some kind of tragedy of lost faith.It can only be said that if I'm being honest, it can only be said that I don't care.no need.My career as a sports reporter is thriving; every day is full.Catch college football on Saturday morning and professional football on Sunday morning.I never go to church.Who has that kind of time?I'm fine, I'm healthy, I'm making money.I climb up step by step.I don't need to ask God for anything.Also, it seems to me that God has nothing to ask of me as long as I don't do harm.The relationship between me and God is that you walk your Yangguan Road, and I cross my single-plank bridge.At least I thought so.I don't practice any religion; I date girls of all faiths.I ended up marrying a beautiful brunette from a half Lebanese family.Every December, I buy her a Christmas present.Our friends joked: Good luck Jewish boy marrying a Christian Arab.

As the years went by, I took a more sarcastic view of clear-cut religions.People who take God too seriously will make me shy away.I've seen too many hypocrites in politics and sports who put on religious gestures, such as congressmen who go to church after leaving their mistresses, football coaches who just got down on their knees and prayed with their team members after breaking the religious rules. worse.What's more, American Jews, just like devout Christians, Muslims or Hindus in saris, often grit their teeth and feel uneasy inside, feeling that people outside don't like them.

So I never say anything about faith. In fact, so many years of religious edification left only a spark in my heart.I also have a connection to the synagogue in New Jersey that I hung in and out of as a kid.For some reason, I never joined other churches.I do not know why.This makes no sense.I live six hundred miles away in Michigan. I could have found a place nearer to say my prayers. But I can't bear to part with my old seat.Every autumn, I always fly back to my hometown, stand beside my father and mother, and attend the big festival service⑤.Maybe I'm too stubborn to change.Maybe it's not important enough to bother about it.So, unexpectedly, a mode was silently maintained like this:

Since I was born, I have followed a priest and only this priest. Obert.louis. He also led only one congregation. We have all lived our lives unchanged in this regard. This, I thought, was the only thing I had in common with him. ②The Koran records that after God created Adam, he asked his elves (angels) to protect Adam and salute him, but Iblis refused.After he was expelled from heaven, he became an enemy of mankind everywhere, so he was also called Shaytan (Shaytan), which means enemy. ③The ceremony held when Jewish children reach the age of thirteen.After performing this ceremony, they are considered adults and must abide by the law, be responsible for their actions, marry, and own personal property.This ceremony is very simple, mainly by the parties reading a passage from the "Five Books of Moses" (Torah) or other classic selections in public places such as Sabbath worship.Wealthy families often celebrate with a large feast of guests after the ceremony.

④ After the Israelites came out of Egypt, they wandered in the wilderness and lacked food. Food was sent down from heaven to them. This is manna. Chapter 16 of "Exodus" has a detailed description of manna, and modern scholars are still researching what this food is. Kabbalah (Kabbalah) is also translated as Jewish mysticism or secret book, trying to explain the relationship between the infinite, eternal, unknowable creator and his finite and mortal creation, which is the basis for studying the Hebrew Bible. Chapters 5 and 6 of the Book of Joshua record that when Israel attacked Jericho, Jehovah instructed Joshua to send all the soldiers around the city every day for six consecutive days; The priest blew the trumpet, the crowd shouted loudly, and the whole wall of the city fell down.

The Talmud is a classic that records and explains Jewish laws, regulations, and traditions. It has been expanded through generations and now has more than 2.5 million words. Aramaic is a Semitic language spoken in Asia Minor and Palestine from the 12th century BC to the 12th century AD.It was the everyday language used by the Jews at that time.Parts of the Bible were written in this language.Several Talmudic scholars also wrote in this language. Rashi is the alias of Rabbi Shomo Yitzhaki, who was active in France in the second half of the eleventh century, and completed the first complete set of annotations on the Talmud and the Hebrew Bible in his hands.His work is required reading for modern Jewish students.

Moshe ben Maimon, who was active in Spain in the second half of the twelfth century, has made great achievements in the study of the Pentateuch and is also an authority on the laws of the Talmud. ⑤High Haiday refers to the ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur.Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, which makes the big festival usually fall in September or October of the Gregorian calendar.