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Christmas instead of Hanukkah and Easter instead of Passover.They
also ate different foods, such as pork, that were forbidden to Jews.
Jewish children sent to live in hiding with Christian families or
in orphanages could not honor their own culture and heritage for
fear that they would stand out as being Jewish.They had to be careful
not to utter common phrases or blessings that could betray their true
A blessing is said as the candles are lit for the Jewish Sabbath. To avoid
detection, young Jews who were sent to live with non-Jewish families
had to abandon familiar beliefs and customs (such as the traditional
Sabbath ritual).
