Judaism as a Way of Life
As Judaism has historically placed great emphasis on the sanctification of time, any consideration of Judaism as a “way of life” should begin with the ways in which Jews mark the passage of time.
Like many ancient peoples, Jews in antiquity employed a modified lunar calendar that allowed them to celebrate each month’s appearance of a new moon while at the same time periodically adjusting the lunar year to the solar year. They dated this calendar from what they presumed to be the moment of the world’s creation, with the result that the year 2014 in our secular calendar overlaps with the Jewish year 5774. And within this sacred calendar, certain seasons were designated as “Sabbaths,” or occasions for religious celebration, during which the Jewish community reaffirms its covenant relationship with God.
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