The Religion of Judaism

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The Religion of Judaism
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Judaism

• The Mogen David, or Star of David, is the central
  symbol of Judaism. The star is the sign of the
  house of David, the family that produced the
  kings of Biblical Israel.

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Basics

• The followers of this religion are called Jews.

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Religious Figures

• Abraham Founder of Judaism
• Moses Most important prophet. Jews believe
  that God gave Moses the Torah

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Holy Book

• Their holy book is called the TeNaKh.
• Contains the Old Testament
• It is in written Hebrew.
• This book has three parts
• Torah The most important part of the book. It
  contains stories of ancient Hebrews and Hebrew
  law.
• Neviim History of Hebrew prophets
• Ketuvim writings including psalms, or prayers
  written in song or poem form.

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Beliefs

• Key Beliefs
• The Sabbath Day is holy. Rest and pray Friday
  evening to Saturday evening.
• Hebrew is the sacred language
• There are 613 commandments or laws
• Live a good moral life

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Worship Services

• Services are held in a synagogue on Friday, PM
  and Saturday AM
• A Rabbi leads the service

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Holy Cities

• Jerusalem is sacred to Judaism because it was the
  location of the Temple of Solomon. Now all that
  remains is the West Wall, or the Wailing Wall.

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Practices and Rituals

• Fast during the holiday of Yom Kippur to atone
  for bad acts.
• Give to the needy
• Jews should eat Kosher foods.
• They cannot eat tref. This includes pork,
  shellfish. And meat prepared with dairy products.
  
• Rosh Shoshanna
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After Death

• Afterlife
• Salvation and or damnation

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Jews in the World today

• There are approximately 19 million people who
  practice Judaism in the world today.

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Spread and Origin

• This is the oldest religions.
• Judaism originated in the Middle East and has
  spread throughout all parts of the world because
  of both voluntary migrations and forced exile.

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Sects

• Orthodox VERY Strict
• Conservative Strict
• Reform Not as strict

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