As Theologists in Year 4, we have been exploring some images of a religious celebration and used our skills of inference and deduction to identify which religion this event is special to and what the celebration may have been about.
From the images, we identified that it was a celebration that is held in the Jewish community by how the gentlemen were dressed in the images and that a special meal was being shared in what appeared to be an outdoor living space.
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- We shared our thoughts and opinions on what the images showed.
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- We began making connections between the images.
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- We identified links similarities within the pictures .
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- We thought the images show people having fun and celebrating.
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- We thought the images show people celebrating Harvest.
Miss Stewart then revealed that the images depicted the traditional Jewish Festival of Sukkot, We then watched a video-clip, whereupon Adam explained what the Festival of Sukkot is and the importance it holds to those who belong to the Jewish community. From this we were able to share the new learning that we had acquired from this lesson…
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- Sukkot takes place in Autumn and lasts for 8 days.
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- A Sukkah is built and special food is eaten.
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- The men sleep in the Sukkah for 8 days.
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- Food is shared with family .
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- The Jewish community ask for God’s mercy and forgiveness.
Differences and similarities between the Christian celebration of Harvest and the Jewish celebration of Sukkot were discussed and we identified that both faiths celebrate a significant event in Autumn; each is a celebration where other people are remembered; both faith communities pray to God and there is a commonality whereby food is shared.
You can copy the link below to find out a little more about the Jewish Festival of Sukkot…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0193b73