The amish

The Amish

The Amish are a group of people who love the simple life, they live in North America, and spread across 22 states in the United States and the Ontario region of Canada.

Where did they come from originally? 

Originally the Amish is from Switzerland and Germany.

The Amish experienced discrimination in Switzerland and Germany, many emigrated to Alice and Pfalz because there was less discrimination, so most of them came to the United States, settling in the state of Pennsylvania, and later came to other states in North America.

The Amish life and their clothes

The Amish believe in simple life without the use of technology. They use a horse and cart instead of cars. The Amish are known for their usual attire – men wear solid-colored shirts, wide-brimmed hats and similar suits and they grow old but shave the mustache because the amish thinks their mustache is related to the army.

Women need to wear long dresses in muted colors with tiaras – single women wear black tunic and married women wear white.

As part of the women’s modesty, they do not wear jewelry.

Their education

Amish has their own schools.

The kids learn at school until the age of 12-13, then the boys go to work in the field and the girls work in the kitchen.

The religion of the Amish

The Amish holy book is the Bible book, which also has the Old Testament and the New Testament.

new words

1. farming – חקלאות
2. related- קשור
3. horse and cart – סוס ועגלה
4. emigrated -היגר
5. discrimination-אפליה