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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
Map
An interactive didactical map interactive didactical map giving access to sites with a religious relevance.-
Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
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Conferences
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Press Review
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Contractual Partners
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Schools
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Associated Partners
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Ceremonies
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Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
Cerimonies
On the Hebrew calendar, Sukkot starts on the 15th of Tishrei and continues until the 21st of Tishrei.
Sukkot is celebrated by, first of all, building a sukkah. Jews are required to eat in the sukkah for eight days (seven days in Israel), and some even sleep in the sukkah for the duration of the holiday. The sukkah is decorated and the first day is considered a holy day in which most forms of work are forbidden. The rabbis dictated that arbat ha’minim (four species) should be held together and waved during the holiday. These are based on four plants mentioned in the Bible, and the rabbinic version includes the following: etrog (fruit of the citron tree), lulav (palm frond), hadas (leaves from the myrtle tree), and aravah (leaves from the willow tree). This waving ceremony was performed at the Temple in the ancient world.
The seventh day of Sukkot is called Hoshanah Rabah. On that day in the synagogue Jews circle the room seven times while the arbat ha’minim are held and special prayers are recited.
There are no traditional Sukkot foods, except for kreplach (stuffed dumplings). Sukkot meal inspiration can come from the harvest origin of the holiday, and meals can include fresh fruits and vegetables, or other harvest-related ingredients. Of course, challah, chicken soup, and kugels are traditional Jewish foods that can be served on Sukkot (or any time of the year).
Moroccan Jews and Israeli Jewish tourists participate in a religious ceremony to observe the holiday of Sukkot
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend Sukkot prayers holding a palm frond, bound with two other branches, and the fruit of an etrog tree, at the Belz yeshiva during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem. The week-long holiday commemorates the biblical story of the Israelites 40 years of wandering in the desert and decorated huts are erected outside religious households as a symbol of temporary shelter.
Final Day of Sukkot at the Western Wall
Sukkot Harvest Celebration
Four fruit mentioned in the Bible are eaten at Sukkot. The plants are “etrog” (the fruit of a citron tree), “lulav” (a ripe, closed frond from a date palm tree) “hadass” (leaves from the myrtle tree and “aravah” (leaves from the willow tree). The rabbis dictated that the Four Kinds should be held together and waved during the holiday.
This video shows celebration of Sukkot.
This video shows Sukkot opening ceremony
