According to the historical records of the Old Testament, their distant ancestor Abraham (pronounced Ibrahim in Arabic) first lived near the Ur Empire of Sumerians, and later moved to Canaan (now Israel/Palestine).
He had two sons, and the youngest son Isaac became the ancestor of the Jews. According to the Bible and the Koran, the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's eldest son, and Hagar, the maid, are Arabs. So in primitive blood, Jews and Arabs are very close.
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Racial characteristics
1. Skin color: After nearly 2000 years of wandering around the world and intermarriage with local people, the skin color of Jews has become diversified, including white Jews, yellow Jews and black Jews, as well as sub-skin Jews in India and Latin America.
2. Symbolic colors: Blue and white are the colors that symbolize Jews. 1935 Article 4 of the Nuremberg Law enacted by Nazi Germany (1) prohibits Jews from displaying the national flag of the Third Reich or displaying colors symbolizing Germany. (That is, the colors of Nazi party flag, red, white and black) (2) Jews can display colors that symbolize Jews. (i.e. blue and white). Because white is not only the color of the flag of the Third Reich, but also a symbol of Jews, Jews are allowed to make an exception to show white.
3. Contract countries
Circumcision (cutting off the foreskin of a baby boy) is a popular traditional Jewish religious ceremony, which is called "brit" or "brit milah" in Hebrew. Mocher is the executor of circumcision. If the baby boy is not sick or has other health problems, Mohan will circumcise the baby boy on the eighth day after birth.
In the process of circumcision, Mohan will make a speech to announce that the baby boy has implemented the law, and then the parents of the baby boy will make a speech to show that their son has been included in the contract between God and the Jews and officially name the baby boy. According to Genesis17,9-14, God commanded Abram to circumcise himself, his male descendants and his servants as a permanent contract.
According to Halaka, the oral law of Jews in the Middle Ages, those who do not observe circumcision will be regarded as karet, which will lead to the punishment of being isolated from God. For Jews, it is of sacred and special significance for a baby boy to be circumcised on the eighth day after birth.
4. Educational awareness
This nation attaches great importance to knowledge and has been training children in memory since they were one and a half years old. The Jews began to teach their children to read the Old Testament as soon as they spoke. The purpose of Jewish education is to serve the future. Jewish education should cultivate the next generation who can create the Jewish future and realize the Jewish dream. In the eyes of Jews, it is just an overprotection for parents to miss educational opportunities because they are worried that their children don't understand.
In order to plant good seeds for children, Jews let them learn to remember. Therefore, it can be said that Jewish children have consciously carried out memory training since they were one and a half years old. When they were three or four years old, they began to study in private schools. Every child who has just entered the classroom will be warmly applauded by everyone, making him feel that learning is happy; It is said that in every Jewish family, when children are just sensible, the mother will open the Bible, sprinkle a drop of honey on it, and then let the children kiss the honey in the Bible. Then, the mother will tell her children that books are sweet.
Jews believe that the earlier education begins, the better, so children begin to think completely at the age of four. At that time, adults will tell children that there is no right answer in the world, so don't stick to one idea, because there are many other ways of thinking. At the same time, memory training continues. Children should remember all the Old Testaments when they are five years old. The Old Testament is a great classic, and it is very high to remember it all.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Jews