Humanities Presentation : Judaism

1. Humanities Presentation : Judaism By Hesky and Jessica 10.1 Humanities

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3. The Thirteen Principles of Jewish faith(Jews Core Belief) 1. Belief in the existence of the Creator, who is perfect in every manner of existence and is the Primary Cause of all that exists. 2. The belief in G-d's absolute and unparalleled unity. 3. The belief in G-d's non-corporeality, nor that He will be affected by any physical occurrences, such as movement, or rest, or dwelling. 4. The belief in G-d's eternity. 5. The imperative to worship G-d exclusively and no foreign false G-ds. 6. The belief that G-d communicates with man through prophecy. 7. The belief in the primacy of the prophecy of Moses our teacher. 8. The belief in the divine origin of the Torah. 9. The belief in the immutability of the Torah. 10. The belief in G-d's omniscience and providence. 11. The belief in divine reward and retribution. 12. The belief in the arrival of the Messiah and the messianic era. 13. The belief in the resurrection of the dead.

4. Who am I? A Jew is someone who is born from Jewish mother or someone who choose to become a Jew The Jew were first called Hebrew which is also known aschildren of israel. They descended from Jacob which changed his nameto Israel. Israel means struggle with G-d.

5. Why Am I Here? Judaists believe that when they do the commandments that G-d gave to them, the world would be a better place for everyone.

6. What Is My Purpose In Life? To worship and honor G-d because he is the creator and had created all things perfectly.

7. What Defines right and wrong? The Torah defines the right and wrong because Jews believe that the Torah shows how G-d wants the Jews to be like.

8. What prompts my moral behavior? What prompts Jews is that in Torah, it is written that whoever follows gods ways, will be rewarded and whoever does not will be punished.

9. (What is death? What happens after I die?) Jewish can grieve freely, it’s normal for all men, women and children to cry openly. Death is the end of life Jewish believes in afterlife but they don't really care about it because they only care about the life that they are living now and living to the fullest. Jewish also believe in heaven and hell but if the person goes to hell, they are still in the “Cleaning Process”. After finishing the cleaning process, Jews believe they will end up in heaven.

10. Jew’s G-d There is only 1 G-d G-d created everything and no one helped him "In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth." it is not stated how G-d was created. G-d isn't male nor female (no physical form) G-d is everywhere and knows everything that we are doing or going to do. G-d is father and all of us is G-d's children.

11. Food (Practice) There are some foods that Jews cannot eat. The food that Jews may eat is called “Kasher” which mean proper or right and the food that Jews cannot eat is called “Tref” it means “torn” it comes from the idea of strangling animal which Jews are not allowed to do. Kasher foods are: plants, meat (cow, sheep, goat), Poultry (Domestic bird that eats grain such as chicken, duck, turkey), fish(fish that has scales and fins such as cod, plaice and mackerel), eggs(only from kasher bird) and milk from kasher mammal

12. Time (Practise) Jews can pray any time and anywhere but it’s better if they pray together. There are morning, afternoon and evening service every day and extra service after the morning service on Sabbath day and the festivals.

13. Events(Practise) The 2 pilgrim festivals Sukkot Pesach

14. Sukkot(Event) Sukkot is Jewish Autumn Festival. During Sukkot, Jewish families and communities build a sukkah and live there for over a week. From building and living in sukkah jewish will feel what their ancestors felt in the wilderness for forty years and they will learn something from it. Sukkah

15. Pesach(Event) Pesach is Jewish Passover. They commemorate the release of Jewish people from bondage in the land of Egypt. This event takes 8 days and the four days in the middle are referred to as CholHamoed or the weekdays of the festival.

16. Jews clothing Married women have to wear hats to show respect to God. Unmarried women need to wear hats when they get old. When men want to pray, they must wear hats. Men usually wear tallit when they pray to God. Tallit Jewish Hat

17. Conclusion The history of Christianity is Judaism Before Jesus came into the world, the Israelites were Jews. Jesus Himself was a Jew. After Jesus’ life, some people remained Jewish as they did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

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