Animal Farm

The book "Animal Farm" shows what could go wrong if a revolution occured. It shows corrupt leaders, disagreements, and inequality all in one simple book. Characters in the book represent actual people that played a part in history. For example a Trotsky was represented by a pig named snowball. Snowball actually cared about the revolution and played by the rules that were first made by Old Major, or Lenin. This book actually relates to real life events in the Russian Revolution. The author made this book as a warning to people of what could go wrong

Is freedom free?

America, a free country. What does this mean? Most of us Americans do not understand what advantages we have over other countries. We are so lucky to even get an education, and what do we do with this? Some of us go and get involved in gangs or drugs, but another amount of us do go and apply their skills to school and become wealthy people. Truthfully, a lot of wealthy people in America come from other countries. For example, George Lopez, a huge comic hit to America, he was born in Mexico with a poor family. Look at what he has done with his life. Im not saying all people come from other countries and become rich, Im just saying that people from other countries sometimes come here because they couldn't find a way of life from wherever they came from. That way of life for those people is destroyed by war or corrupt leaders, so many brave men and women fight for the freedom of every americans life. Freedom is not free, and we should apreciate what is handed to us.

Why did Japan Bomb Pearl Harbor?

The Japanese were planning a conquest on southeast Asia and were also planning on taking the Dutch east Indies and Berma to gain enough oil to support their economy and military. But first, they had to take out the U.S. naval fleet so that the U.S. could not help the the Dutch and British defend these areas. During that morning, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the U.S. successfully defended some of their ships. The naval fleet had been nearly destroyed, but some ships still stood afloat, on the docks of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese thought that this bombing had been a success, so they continued with the conquest. After this devastating and suprising attack, the U.S. declared war on Japan. Right away the U.S. sent troops over to Japanese territories.

All about Judaism

Founder/Followers

Abraham, a man of god, is one of the many leaders and the very founder of Judaism. He founded Judaism in Mesopotamia around 1300 B.C. when God gave him a promise saying "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great

and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” God chose Abraham to teach people about him whenever he had the chance and that he would be rewarded with the promise. Abraham then became a wandering herdsman because he had faith in God's promise to him. God chose Abraham to teach

people about him whenever he had the chance and show people god's power in healing the sick, feeding the hungry, curing the blind etc. When wandering, he told everyone he met about god, and how he would answer your every need. Abraham then had followers that would learn from Abraham all that he knew. The total number of Jews all around the world is around 13,784,300 and the countries that the most Jews are found in are the U.S. , Israel, Russia, and most of Europe. Judaism practices and people can be found all

around the world in many places.

Holy Texts in Judaism

The Torah, Talmud and Mishna, Haggada ,Zohar and the Midrash are all Holy texts in Judaism. The

Torah, is the primary document of Judaism. Torah, which means "teaching" is god's instructions to the Jewish people

It teaches Jews how to think and feel about life and death. There are two parts of the Torah, the oral part, and the

written part. The Talmud, is the supreme source book of law for the Jewish People, it takes rules from the Torah

and explains how to apply them to different circumstances. It is used to decide all matters of Jewish Law. The Mishna

is the Holy Book that preserves all of the Jewish laws, because without it, all of the laws would have to be said

orally. The Haggada is a book that all Jewish People read on the first night of Passover, on the two first nights outside

of Israel. It tells the story of Jews in slavery in Egypt and all of the miracles that he made happen during the Exodus.

The Zohar is a commentary on the Torah, it is for the Jewish People that have already achieved high spiritual degrees.

The Midrash is used to soften up, or helps interpret difficult areas of the Torah and the Talmud.

Jewish Holidays

Some of the important Jewish Holidays are, The Sabbath, Hanukkah (the festival of lights), Passover, Purim,

Jewish New Year, Festival of Booths, Tu B'Shevat, and the Days of Awe.

First, the Sabbath is the day when Jewish People rest and set aside all of their weekly concerns and thank god

for such a precious day, which is Saturday. This day is to remind the Jews about the world's creation, and the deliverance

from slavery in Egypt. Sabbath means "rest" and many Jewish People relax, study, reflect, and just do stuff with their

families on this special day.

Next, Hannukah, or The Festival of Lights is the celebration of the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian

Greek rulers of Jerusalem. It is totally coincidental that this dates around Christmas, and this is NOT the Jewish

Christmas. Hannukah is celebrated for eight days on the 25th of December. There is a small and basic ritual to this

holiday, it is the lighting of the candles on the Chanukkiah. The total number of candles on the Chanukkiah is nine,

and the middle candle is used to light all of the other candles. On the first night, one candle is lit, on the second night

two are lit and so on until all eight are lit and a Jewish Blessing is said and afterwards everyone celebrates with fried foods

and games of Spin the Dreidal.

Passover is the last Jewish Holiday I will explain, if you would like more information on these holidays you

can use this link. Passover is a spring holiday that celebrates the Exodus, of Egypt. Many of its observances are found

in the chapters 12-15 in Exodus in the Bible. It is also an agricultural day that signals the beginning of harvest season

Passover begins on the 15th day of September and ends on the 22nd, it is a joyful time for families and friends but

has very strict rules and rituals to go along with it. The Passover's name comes from the last of the ten plagues put upon the

Egyptians by Jesus, or Yahweh for Jewish People, because the emperor of Egypt did not let the Jews go when

Yahweh asked. The last of the ten plagues was the killing of every first born male child, and to prevent this from happening

to the Jews, they had to smear goat blood on the frame of their doors.

Jewish Customs/Rituals

The Mitzvot, Rabbinic Law and The Synagogue are some of the many rituals or customs used in Judaism.

First, the Mitzvot is the holder of 613 commandments unto the Jewish People. This book is a huge part of

life for Jewish People, they must follow every commandment or be punished in the lake of fire. But this was what

Yahweh wanted for these people, in one of the verses it states, "Be ye a separate people". These commandments are

what makes Jews so much more different than the surrounding cultures.

Next, Rabbinic Law, all rabbis must follow these laws that are set for rabbis, the punishment is less than severe

for not obeying the laws of the Mitzvot. The Rabbinic Law is a binding of all rabbis to the Mitzvot, for life.

In addition, The Synagogue, is a replacement for sacrifices. Before the synagogue, many animal, scent, and blood

sacrifices were made. But Yahweh, made a simple change to the reading of the Mitzvot and the holy texts instead.

Jewish Dress/Clothing

Jewish men wear slacks, long sleeves, and a kippah, while women where a dress that covers everything, and

their hair is covered if they are married. Men do not shave and women do not cut their hair.

Hierarchy

• Rabbi
• Preacher
• President
• Council
• synod, or presbytery