The men do nothing. They do no lawn mowing, raking of leaves, or any "man chores". So why are the women "allowed" to do all the cooking and cleaning and "women chores"?
I am not trying to be disrespectful, just trying to understand why some work is not allowed, and yet other work is not only allowed, but expected.
Ok, so if they prepare the food the day before, do they eat it cold?
And they still have to clean up and do dishes after, right?
You are mistaken
Man and women are prohibited from the same types of work.
Why do you think "cooking" is "women’s work"?
Note – cooking is only permitted on holidays not on Sabbath.
In our house, I do any cooking that needs to be done during the holiday.
Before refrigerators and supermarkets, most of the work having to do with food on the holiday was actualy more "male work" in the sense that it was most likely the man who had to slaughter the cow or sheep for the holiday meal.
My grandfather used to catch the chickens, kill them, pluck them, gut them… prepare them to the point you see them in the supermarket. Then my grandmother used to make the soup.
My grandfather also did all the baking in their house.
Today in many very traditional Jewish houses the specificaly pre-Shabat prep of food is likewise male in that the preparation of Chulent (special Shabat stew) is in many families regarded as something the man does.
As to cleaning – you are mostly mistaken — the majority of work necessary for cleaning is forbidden.
And again – why do you think cleaning is women’s work?
As to why certain "work" is permitted –
The things prohibited on the holidays are Melakha. Certain things defined as work in English are not Melakha.
On the other hand, certain thing that we would never think of as work in English ARE Melakha.
For example – I can move a heavy table inside my house on Shabat, but I would be violating Shabat if I kept my handkerchief in my pocket outside, or if I fliked the light switch.
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@> Ok, so if they prepare the food the day before, do they eat it cold?
I never realised it was women’s work to take food out of the fridge and put it on the hot plate.
> And they still have to clean up and do dishes after, right?
Never realised it was women’s work to do dishes.
Note: No. Doing the dishes is not allowed on Shabat or holidays. We stack it all for after.
I mean, like, the Jewish New Year has two days off of ALL public schools in the country, while Christmas has an entire week off. Why is this? Do the Chinese or the Muslims have any free days off for their cultural holidays here?
Who cares? If you’re getting a day off because someone’s GOD has a day of meaning, enjoy it. Quit bitchin’ about it.
For example, public schools give off for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah but Catholics don’t get off for Easter. They give a "spring break" but won’t call it Easter Break. I fell like every religion is OK in public schools but once it comes to Catholicism people freak out. What do you think?
They should allow Catholic Christians days off for days of obligations. Besides the Lord’s Day which is celebrated on Sunday, Catholic Christians do have other days of obligations that sometimes fall on weekdays.
Besides that these days should be allowed off by schools companies should also allow employees these days off for their religious beliefs.
But it’s no surprise Catholic Christians are discriminated against.
Read Article 2185 about Holy Days of Obligations in the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1art3.shtml
Just to let you know I am forced to work on Sundays against my choice. Because if I were to refuse to work on Sundays I would lose my job and I have a wife and children to feed, cloth, and provide shelter.
for my personal project, i am going to talk about all of the jewish holidays and the foods we eat and why we eat them, and originally i just thought of doing a booklet. However, i thought now that it may be kind of boring and that there may be some other ways to present this information. any ideas?
Make a poster board with pictures. The bigger the pictures the better. If you can make peoples’ mouthes water you’ll have their attention! 
Hear from the Rabbi and Director about jewish holidays at Duke University.
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Of all the jewish holidays, Pesach is the one most commonly observed, even by otherwise non-observant Jews. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), more than 80% of Jews have attended a Pesach seder.
Pesach begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Shavu’ot and Sukkot). Agriculturally, it represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel, but little attention is paid to this aspect of the holiday. The primary observances of Pesach are related to the Exodus from Egypt after generations of slavery. This story is told in Exodus, Ch. 1-15. Many of the Pesach observances are instituted in Chs. 12-15.
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Well, Jesus celebrated these Holidays is it ok to celebrate jewish holidays if so witch ones???
I like your question, and I used to feel the same way about Jewish holidays. But that was over 30 years ago. Since then I have learned some things from the Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament.
[1] The most common Jewish holiday is the seventh day sabbath (Saturday). In Matthew 28:1 if we look at the original Greek language we see that one era of sabbaths (7th day) came to an end. And a new era of sabbaths (1st day) began. Therefore it is not ok to celebrate the 7th day sabbath anymore.
[2] The next most popular Jewish holiday is probably Passover. Because of the sacrifice of lambs it is no longer ok to celebrate that day either. Doing so would be a clear statement that Jesus Christ (the ultimate sacrificial lamb) never died to make payment for sins. If you are Christian, as you claim, you would definitely NOT want to say that.
Because God’s plan of salvation is not yet complete there are some Old Testament feast days that definitely should be investigated further for spiritual meaning. I will very briefly list three that come immediately to mind.
[1] The Feast of In-gathering (Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:22) This has very definite application to the end of the world when all true believers will be raptured. The ‘year’ is possibly a symbol of the entire history of the world.
[2] The Jubilee Year (Leviticus 25:9 and others) This was to be observed once every 50 years. I’m not certain of the exact year of its beginning, but I do believe Jesus was born in a Jubilee year. And 1994 when God began once again to save a great multitude was also a Jubilee Year.
[3] The Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) Leviticus 23:42 and others. There are scriptures that very definitely characterize the ‘tabernacle’ as a symbol of God’s law (the Bible). The time-line of history published by Family Stations, Inc. places the very last day of this present universe Oct. 21, 2011 squarely into the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles – the Bible).
Joel’s take on the jewish holidays.
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