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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are Christians (plain vanilla Protestants, not Evangelicals) and we attend church on a weekly basis.  We have many Jewish friends who are devout in observing Jewish Holy Days, yet they rarely go to Shabbat services otherwise (though they do, of course, attend many services in conjunction with Bar/Bat Mitzvahs).  Is this generally true of Jews or is it just the folks we know?

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Not the OP. Many Jewish families celebrate Shabbat at home on Friday evenings by lighting the candles and saying the blessings over wine and challah and having dinner together. Going to services every week isn't emphasized as much. Most of the services are conducted in Hebrew and all the "hymns" are in Hebrew. I think many Jews don't feel the same spiritual connection from services that a Christian person might from hearing and understanding prayers and hymns in English.

Also, Jewish kids attend religious school. Not just Sunday school, but Hebrew school. As the kids get older, this is usually 3 days a week every week.[/quote]

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