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Throughout the ages, the history of the Jewish people has been passed on and symbolized through Creation, Revelation, and Redemption, the three main components of the Salvation History. Elements of these components are re-enacted daily, weekly, and yearly in rituals so as to recognize, give tribute, and remembrance to the mythical history of the Jews. It is through the events of Creation, Revelation, and Redemption that communal identity of the Jewish people was created. This identity has been sustained through the rituals of the Salvation History from the mythic past throughout time and still today.
In understanding the rituals that came out of the mythic past of the Jews, it is first important to understand the three main components of the Salvation History. It was the Jews' beliefs and practices about these three components of the Salvation History that created strong ties between the Jewish community. The first event of these three that occurred in the mythical history was Creation. It is sacred history that is accepted as a true account of the past as to how this world and all of its creatures came to being. In the history of the Jews, it is in Creation that God first reveals h
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s passage has particular importance because it tells the Jews that what God has done on Earth, including their creation, is good. The Jew's vision of the end times enables them to believe in a cause for all of their suffering on Earth.
It is clear that the history of the Jewish people from the mythical past is never forgotten because it is enacted year after year within the community or periodically during the life cycle. The Jews have believed from Revelation on that they are the only chance to save the world in the End Times, and they can only do this by obeying and practicing the Torah. This yearly holiday is in reflection of the Revelation at Mt. This means that anything that is not good on Earth is the fault of humans. With the Revelation of the Torah at Mt. "You shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
There are a number of festivals and rituals that symbolize the Jewish identity and stem from the Revelation of the Torah at Sinai. Rosh Ha-Shannah is the Jewish festival of the New Year and it symbolizes a new beginning for Jews. "It is incumbent upon each Jew to identify with the story of the Exodus by elaboration on the original event or by discussions that seek to make the ancient event of liberation relevant in each generation," (Fishbane, 99). One such ritual is Passover, which commemorates the Exodus of Egypt by the ancient Israelites. This Jewish festival has been key in preserving the importance of the Jews Exodus for many generations.
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