JUDAISMThe origins, and beliefs

origin

Judaism began about 3800 years ago.

Its started with one mans vision of a single unique god of all creation.

origin

Jewish history comes from the scriptures known collectively as TaNAKh.

TANAKh is often referred as the Hebrew bible.

About 1200 B.C.E after 400 years of slavery the Jews won their first freedom and escaped from Egypt.

They left under the leadership of Moses through the Sinai desert.

Essential beliefs of Judaism in early scriptures

For centuries the Jews believed that the earliest book of the bible described the creation of the world.

Essential beliefs of Judaism in early scriptures The Jews believed in a single caring god that demanded

obedience , and gives out reward and punishments fairly. A god of history, whose powers affects the density of

individuals and nations. A community rooted in divinely chosen family and ethnic

group. A specific “promised” geographical homeland. A legal system to guide proper behavior: religious,

familial, sexual, commercial, ethical, and ritual. The introduction to this code was the Ten

Commandments revealed as the heart of the revelation to Moses at Mount Sinai.

Jewish religious leaders reconstituted earlier polytheistic celebrations of nature into a calendar of national religious celebrations.

JEWISH CELEBRATIONS

A spring festival of renewal was incorporated into Passover, the commendation of the exodus from Egypt.

An early summer festival of first harvest was subsumed into a rejoicing in the revelation of the ten Commandments at Sinai.

A early fall harvest became part of Sukkoth a remembrance of the year of wandering in the dessert.

All these festivals were to be celebrated if possible by pilgrimage to the central national temple in Jerusalem.

Celebrations of nature, history, and national identity were fused together.

What not to do

To ground their mystical beliefs they issued in the name of god forbade intermarriage with outsiders.

It prohibited eating animals that do not have cloven hooves and chew their cud.

They also prohibited eating fish that do not have scales or fins.

Animal sacrifices were to be offered, but only by the hereditary priest and only in a single national temple in Jerusalem.

MAJOR TURNING POINTS IN THE JEWISH RELIGION

Jews changed from idolatry to monotheism, also from biblical to rabbinic

The Torah was retranslated throughout history

Because of their belief in the Torah it effected how they act

Jews do not believe Jesus as the ‘Messiah’

Also when they were exiled from Judea

JEWS CHANGED FROM IDOLATRY TO MONOTHEISM, ALSO FROM BIBLICAL TO RABBINIC

This means that the Jews changed their belief to only one loving, caring god

Changing to rabbinic means that the have a Rabbi, not a minister or priest as the Catholics or Christians do. Ministers and priest use the bible unlike

the Rabbi who use the TaNAKh.

THE TORAH WAS RETRANSLATED THROUGHOUT HISTORY

When the emperor of Judea decided to take the Torah or Five books of Moses this change the Jewish religion drastically It changed because he not only copied but

he changed some translation in the scriptures

This kept going throughout the generations.

BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEF IN THE TORAH IT EFFECTED HOW THEY ACT

What this means is that in the Torah, when the Jacob was tricked into marrying Rachel’s sister Leah, effects their marital ceremonies They now unveil the bride during the

wedding.

JEWS DO NOT BELIEVE JESUS AS THE ‘MESSIAH’

This is really important, because this separates the Christians and Catholics from them. They believe this because he did not meet

Jewish requirements according to the TaNakh

ALSO WHEN THEY WERE EXILED FROM JUDEA

When they became exiled from Judea they changed what they thought of those people. It didn’t effect their religion much, but it

did start many stereotypes about Jews

THE MODERN JEWISH RELIGION

The Jewish Holidays. .Sabbath Day-the day(Saturday) were people of the jewish

religion go to the synagogue and worship God..Days of Awe

.Hanukkah-an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC .

.Passover-Liberation of the hebrews from slavery in egypt.

.Rosh Hashanaah-The jewish New years

.TuB’Shevat-giving thanks to the earth and all the plants and fruit God gave.

THE MITZVOT

The Mitzvot is the Hebrew commandments and there are 613 1.Know there is a God Ex.20:2 2.Not to entertain thoughts of other Gods besides him Ex 20:3 3.To know that he is one Deut 6:4 4.To love him Deut 6:5 5.To fear him Deut 10:20 6.To sanctify his name Lev 22:32 7.Not to profane his name Lev 22:32 8.Not to destroy objects associated with his name 9.To listen to the prophet speaking in his nameDeut18:15 10.Not to test the prophet Deut 6:16 11.To emulate his ways

THE SYNAGOGUE

The synagogue is the jewish house of woriship. The synagoguepredates destruction of the second temple,but it became central to religious life after the temple was lost.

JEWISH EXPECTATIONS

Jews are expected to recite three prayers daily and more on the Sabbath day and Jewish holidays.

While solitary prayer is valid attending synogogue to pray with a minyan(a quorum of 10 adult males)is considered.

Males are expected to wear dress hats yarmulke(kippah)

KOSHER Kosher Permitted Rittauly slaughtered beef,

sheep, goats and deer with no flaws.

Chicken, turkey and qual,geese

Salmon, tuna, carp,herring and cod

Meat eaten spereatly with diary

Wine or grape juice made under jewish supervision

Soft cheese and koshr hard cheese

Trayf Foribidden Pork,

camel,rabbit,rodents,reptiles and any animals that died of natural causes

Eagle,hawk,vulture Crab, lobster, octopus,

clam,swordfish,sturgeon Meat with diary cheese burger

with milkshake chicken cordon blue, wiener schnitzel

Any other wine or grape juice Most hard cheese