Building on Tradition » tradition http://www.buildingontradition.org Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:16:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 How did the christmas tree tradition take place? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-did-the-christmas-tree-tradition-take-place http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-did-the-christmas-tree-tradition-take-place#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:39:28 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-did-the-christmas-tree-tradition-take-place Well i was putting up my christmas tree and while i was doing it I started to wonder how this tradition start, for what reason, and who started it.

it was a pagan worship

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-did-the-christmas-tree-tradition-take-place/feed 3 Origins of the tradition of birthday candles and how it came to north america? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/origins-of-the-tradition-of-birthday-candles-and-how-it-came-to-north-america http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/origins-of-the-tradition-of-birthday-candles-and-how-it-came-to-north-america#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:33:24 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/origins-of-the-tradition-of-birthday-candles-and-how-it-came-to-north-america Continue reading →]]> I was wondering where the origins of birthday candles came from. But, I am especially interested in how the tradition came to Canada and the United States. Help!

To the African and Aborigines and cavemen keeping track of a boys age is where that tradition actually came from for in ancient time when a boy became 12 or 13 and sometimes as young as 11 years old is when a boy trial and his tribulation and transition into manhood started………. So it was very important for them to keep track of that boys age………………………… And later on in history the Europeans change that tradition to include everyone………….

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/origins-of-the-tradition-of-birthday-candles-and-how-it-came-to-north-america/feed 2 What is the tradition behind boys wearing dresses to be baptized? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-behind-boys-wearing-dresses-to-be-baptized http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-behind-boys-wearing-dresses-to-be-baptized#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:43:46 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-behind-boys-wearing-dresses-to-be-baptized Continue reading →]]> This is something I just got word off and it sparked a curiosity. Believe it or not, Scrubs, the tv show, was the first place I learned of boys wearing dresses to be baptized. Why did this tradition come about?

Not a dress, a gown, in imitation of the simple baptismal gowns of the early Christians.

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-behind-boys-wearing-dresses-to-be-baptized/feed 6 What wedding tradition jumps over string tied to two chairs? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-wedding-tradition-jumps-over-string-tied-to-two-chairs http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-wedding-tradition-jumps-over-string-tied-to-two-chairs#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:37:25 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-wedding-tradition-jumps-over-string-tied-to-two-chairs Continue reading →]]> My grandma found a picture of a wedding party with the bride and groom about to jump over string tied about hip height to two chairs. I have googled and hunted to see what wedding tradition this is but can not figure it out? I know about the jumping over the broom, but haven’t ever seen this one. Thanks for any help to figuring this out!

Maybe they didn’t have a broom so improvished with string instead

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-wedding-tradition-jumps-over-string-tied-to-two-chairs/feed 2 Why is tradition and prioritizing hard work so important to the GOP? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/why-is-tradition-and-prioritizing-hard-work-so-important-to-the-gop http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/why-is-tradition-and-prioritizing-hard-work-so-important-to-the-gop#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:52:24 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/why-is-tradition-and-prioritizing-hard-work-so-important-to-the-gop Continue reading →]]> I find them both highly illogical, tradition is ignorance generating, and prioritizing hard work above all else is counterproductive. "Why do things the smart way when you can work hard?", "Thinking is for elitist professors who don’t know anything.", "Work harder, not smarter."
I have to applaud you, 10th amend. You actually kept the rebuttal civil, unlike most of the people here.

They lack intelligence and have to rely on hard work.

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/why-is-tradition-and-prioritizing-hard-work-so-important-to-the-gop/feed 11 What causes the Hebrew People to stop oral tradition and start to write things down? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-causes-the-hebrew-people-to-stop-oral-tradition-and-start-to-write-things-down http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-causes-the-hebrew-people-to-stop-oral-tradition-and-start-to-write-things-down#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:07:18 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-causes-the-hebrew-people-to-stop-oral-tradition-and-start-to-write-things-down Continue reading →]]> What causes the Hebrew people to stop oral tradition and start to write things down?

Thanks!

In addition to the written scriptures we have an "Oral Torah," a tradition explaining what the above scriptures mean and how to interpret them and apply the Laws. Orthodox Jews believe G-d taught the Oral Torah to Moses, and he taught it to others, down to the present day. This tradition was maintained only in oral form until about the 2d century C.E., when the oral law was compiled and written down in a document called the Mishnah.

Over the next few centuries, additional commentaries elaborating on the Mishnah were written down in Jerusalem and Babylon. These additional commentaries are known as the Gemara. The Gemara and the Mishnah together are known as the Talmud. This was completed in the 5th century C.E.

There are actually two Talmuds: the Jerusalem Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. The Babylonian Talmud is more comprehensive, and is the one most people mean if they just say "the Talmud" without specifying which one.

There have been additional commentaries on the Talmud by such noted Jewish scholars as Rashi and Rambam. Adin Steinsaltz is currently preparing a new edition of the Talmud, with his own commentary supplementing the Mishnah, Gemara, and Rashi commentaries.

The Talmud is not easy to read. It reminds me of someone else’s class notes for a college lecture you never attended. There are often gaps in the reasoning where it is assumed that you already know what they are talking about, and concepts are often expressed in a sort of shorthand. Biblical verses that support a teaching are often referenced by only two or three words. The Talmud preserves a variety of views on every issue, and does not always clearly identify which view is the accepted one.

The Mishnah is divided into six sections called sedarim (in English, orders). Each seder contains one or more divisions called masekhtot (in English, tractates). There are 63 masekhtot in the Mishnah. Approximately half of these masekhtot have been addressed in the Talmud. Although these divisions seem to indicate subject matter, it is important to note that the Mishnah and the Talmud engage in quite a bit of free-association, thus widely diverse subjects may be discussed in a seder or masekhtah.

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-causes-the-hebrew-people-to-stop-oral-tradition-and-start-to-write-things-down/feed 12 When did the tradition start of lighting their houses up for Christmas? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/when-did-the-tradition-start-of-lighting-their-houses-up-for-christmas http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/when-did-the-tradition-start-of-lighting-their-houses-up-for-christmas#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:29:18 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/when-did-the-tradition-start-of-lighting-their-houses-up-for-christmas Continue reading →]]> Just like lighting a Christmas tree sometime people got the idea for stringing lights up on their houses for the holiday season. Taking the decoration to the outside. Using multicolored lights or one simple color for a dramatic light show. Now, it has evolved into blow up animals and snowglobes, but I never have known where the whole lights- on- the- house- thing started. Is it just an extention of lights on a Christmas tree or was it a tradition all its own?

1895.

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/when-did-the-tradition-start-of-lighting-their-houses-up-for-christmas/feed 1 What is the tradition of the candy cane? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-of-the-candy-cane http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-of-the-candy-cane#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:02:28 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-of-the-candy-cane Continue reading →]]> I have been wondering what the tradition of the candy cane is because I know that it has an interesting story behind it. I just don’t know what the story is exactly. I was just curious about it so please let me know if you have any info about it. Thank you !

The cane shape
The distinctive "hook" shape associated with candy canes is traditionally credited to a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany, who, legend has it, in 1670 bent straight candy sticks into canes to represent a shepherd’s crook, and gave them to children at church services.[5] The shepherd’s staff is often used in Christianity as a metaphor for The Good Shepherd Jesus Christ. It is also possible that, as people decorated their Yule trees with food, the bent candy cane was invented as a functional solution.[6]

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/what-is-the-tradition-of-the-candy-cane/feed 2 How is the Persian Wedding Tradition? From start to finish? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-persian-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-persian-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:52:29 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-persian-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish Continue reading →]]> Can anyone help me? I need a full detailed Wedding Tradition on Persian weddings. Can someone send me a link or type me out something that happens before, during and after the Persian Weddings?

Come on dude! It’s as long as a novel. how can I explain it to you.
go search some Persian/Farsi pages about it. and then translate it.

]]> http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-persian-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish/feed 3 How is the Isreali Wedding Tradition? From start to finish? http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-isreali-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-isreali-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.buildingontradition.org/tradition/how-is-the-isreali-wedding-tradition-from-start-to-finish Continue reading →]]> Can anyone help me? I need a full detailed Wedding Tradition on Isreali weddings. Can someone send me a link or type me out something that happens before, during and after the Isreali Weddings?

You have the internet at your fingers.

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