Judaism

HUM/130 (Name)

Relationship
God

Torah

YHWH (Yahweh) Only one God or G-d Eternal Just and merciful All knowing (Omniscient) All-powerful (Omnipotent) Perfect King

Means teaching Written Torah: Oral Torah

History of Key Sacred Texts

Hebrew Bible (Tanakh or Torah) Written Torah: -Five Books of Moses (Chumashe Torah) -Prophets (Nevi'im) -Writings (Ketuvim) Oral Torah -Passed from down from generations -Was written -Gemara -Talmud

Ten Commandments
1) Don't pray to any god except Me.

2) Don't make statues or pictures of gods to pray to. 3) Do not take the Lord's name in vain. 4) Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 5) Honor your father and your mother.

6) Do not kill. 7) Do not commit adultery. 8) Do not steal. 9) Do not bear false witness (do not lie). 10) Do not wish for your neighbor's wife, nor his donkey, nor anything that is his.

Different Sects of Judaism

Orthodox Judaism Conservative Judaism Reform Judaism Reconstructionist Judaism Humanist Judaism

Jerusalem

Holiest city in the world Jewish were exiled by Romans Mount Moriah Synagogues Mount Zion

The Nation of Israel

Medinat Yisrael (official name) Homeland of Jews Boarders expand during war Tension between Palestinians and Israelis

The Holocaust
Mass murder of Jews Approximately. 11 million people killed (6 million Jews) Concentration Camps Non-Aryans Restrictions Auschwitz May 9, 1945 (Victory Day)

Sacred Practices and Holidays

Shabbat: The Sabbath Days of Awe Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights Pesach: Passover Purim Rosh Hashanah: Jewish New Year

Judaism today
13-14 million Jews-World Majority live in Israel and America Jewish are descendants from Abraham Still has the same common practices

References
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