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The wedding canopy, symbolic of the groom's home, under which the nisuin portion of the wedding ceremony is performed.
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Removal of the foreskin, a commandment in Judaism performed on the 8th day of a male child's life or upon conversion to Judaism. Referred to in Hebrew as brit milah or in Yiddish as a bris.
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Although Chasidic Jews wear special and distinctive clothing, other Jews have no special requirements other than dressing modestly and not cross-dressing. For information about ritual clothing, see Tzitzit and Tallit; Yarmulke.
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Judaism teaches that G-d gave the Jews 613 commandments, which are binding on Jews but not on non-Jews. See Halakhah: Jewish Law; A List of the 613 Mitzvot; Aseret ha-Dibrot: The "Ten Commandments".
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From the word "Chasid" meaning "pious. " A branch of Orthodox Judaism that maintains a lifestyle separate from the non-Jewish world.
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From the word "Chasid" meaning "pious. " A branch of Orthodox Judaism that maintains a lifestyle separate from the non-Jewish world.
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A ceremony performed in some Reform and Conservative synagogues to replace or supplement the Bar Mitzvah.
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One of the major movements of Judaism, accepting the binding nature of Jewish law but believing that the law can change. See Movements of Judaism in the United States Today.
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Jewish law permits certain methods of birth control in appropriate circumstances.
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Judaism does not seek out converts, and actively discourages converts (because a person does not need to be a Jew to be righteous in G-d's eyes), but conversion to Judaism is possible. See also Who is a Jew?; Jewish Attitudes Towards Non-Jews.
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