prayer involves people reciting the same words together." These prayers are done mostly in Hebrew because it is the language of the Jewish people.Now a few differences the Roman Catholic religion and the Jewish faith. First of all, I found the Rabbi to be quite defensive to me. It seemed like he was criticizing the Catholic faith over and over. I respect others religions, but I do have to admit that yes I think mine is the best. The Catholic faith is the best because it is the truth. The truth is proven through Jesus Christ being the Messiah the Jews were and still are waiting for. Jesus came to the earth, suffered, died on a cross and rose from the dead to set us free from our sins. The Jews are still waiting for the Messiah and therefore they have not been able to accept the truth! The Jewish religion believes that Jesus was just a descendant of the King of David with superhuman powers and a good preacher.One of the major differences between the Jewish religion and Catholic is the calendar of each faith. Some events that are extremely important to the Jews are Hanukkah, Passover, Sukkoth, Sabbath and Bar/Bat Mitzvah's. Hanukkah is around the same time as Christmas. It is called the festival of lights, which can be found in Maccabees. Passover can also be parallel to our Easter. The Jews celebrate being freed from Egyptian slavery. Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ resurrection from the dead and because of his resurrection Catholics are freed from sins and Jesus opened the gates of heaven for us. Sukkoth is also a comparison to Thanksgiving because it is a time the Jews thank God for the gist of the harvest. Bar and Bat Mitzvah's are when the young girl or boy celebrates becoming an adult into the Jewish religion. This can be compared to the Catholic's sacrament of Confirmation. The last major event is the Sabbath day. For Jews the Sabbath day is every Friday night to Saturday. But for Catholics our Sabbath day is Saturday n...
