JUDAISM

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JUDAISM
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Judaism

• About 3500 years old, Judaism is the mother
  religion of Christianity and Islam.
• Monotheism belief in and worship of only one
  god.
• Jews believe they were chosen by God to practice
  and teach monotheism the chosen people.

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Founder

• Abraham was the father of the Hebrew people, and
  Moses was the law-giver.
• The Law refers to the Torah the commandments of
  God to His chosen people.

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Torah Holy Book

• The Torah was originally the Ten Commandments and
  now includes the Hebrew Bible (the Old
  Testament).
• The Torah also includes the Talmud, a very
  complex philosophical text to interpret law and
  discuss all fields of knowledge.

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Temple/Synagogue

• The Law has 613 mitzvoth or commandments to guide
  the Jew through life.
• At age 13 boys participate in bar mitzvah. In
  some types girls celebrate bat mitzvah at age 12.
• Various prayers are to be recited morning,
  afternoon, or evening.

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Dietary Laws

• Three divisions of Judaism Orthodox,
  Conservative, and Reform.
• Many Jews keep kosher, or only eat certain
  foods prepared in certain ways. This would be
  mandatory for Orthodox Jews and voluntary for
  Reform.

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Diaspora

• Destruction of Solomons temple at Jerusalem in
  70 CE (AD) caused the Jewish people to be
  scattered Diaspora.

Western or wailing wall of Solomons temple.
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Holidays

• Days vary because the Jewish calendar varies from
  the Christian one.
• The Sabbath (holy day) commemorates Creation -
  sundown Friday to sundown Sat.

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• Passover (March 15-22) commemorates the Exodus
  from Egypt over 3,000 years ago
• Rosh Hashanah (New Year - early Sept.) - mourning
  the fate of the Jews.
• Yom Kippur (Sept. 10) - Day of Atonement
• Hanukah/Chanukah - Festival of Lights -
  celebrates oil that lasted 8 days.

Draedel
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Rabbi

• The rabbi is the spiritual leader and counsels
  the congregation on law and ritual.
• The rabbi in the picture is wearing the
  traditional white prayer cloth.

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ISRAEL

• Jews did not have a homeland again until Israel
  was founded in the Holy Land in 1948.

Click photo to view sv on Jerusalems history.
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Holocaust

• Hitler blamed Germanys problems on the Jews and
  persecuted them during WWII.
• The Holocaust claimed the lives of around 6
  million Jews in concentration camps.
• There are only about 15 million Jews in the world
  - it is not a missionary religion.

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