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Judaism

Judaism. Religion of the Jews. When & How did the Church Begin?. Judaism is the oldest religion still existing today, although the date it was actually founded is unknown. It began as the religion of the small nation of Hebrews.

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Judaism

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  1. Judaism Religion of the Jews

  2. When & How did the Church Begin? • Judaism is the oldest religion still existing today, although the date it was actually founded is unknown. • It began as the religion of the small nation of Hebrews. • Judaism traces its history back to the creation of mankind, but the explicitly Jewish historical origins began with Abraham and the Hebrews • Abraham is acknowledged as the patriarch of the Jewish faith.

  3. What do the followers believe? • They follow the Tanakh, sometimes referred to as the Torah. • Most religious Jews believe in both resurrection and immortality of the soul. • They believe in ONE living God (monotheism), and that God elected them to be the “Chosen People” • They believe Jesus was born of a normal birth and was a false prophet. They do NOT believe Jesus was the Messiah, nor the Son of God.

  4. What do the followers believe? • Basically Jews believe in God. They believe God is indivisible, not represented in the Holy Trinity. • Judaism accepts the Old Testament as its only Holy Book. • Jerusalem is considered a holy city for followers of the Jewish faith. • The Ten Commandments are accepted as guidelines for moral and ethical behavior.

  5. Do Jews have a leader or an authority? • Jewish clergy are known as rabbis. • The Jewish house of worship is a synagogue • Jewish main day of worship is Saturday. • Jewish followers often refer to God as Yahweh.

  6. Where is this religion mainly located, and how many followers are there? • The Jewish followers are mainly concentrated in three major areas: Israel, Europe, and The United States • There are approximately 14 million current followers of the Jewish faith

  7. What kinds of celebrations and holidays do they observe and celebrate? • Chanukah- also spelled as Hannukah or Hannuka, a "festival of lights" in December commemorating the defeat of the Syrian Greeks by the Maccabes in 165 B.C.E and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Miraculously, a tiny container of oil was found in the Temple burned for eight days. In celebrating this festival an eight branch candle stick, or menorah, is used, plus a ninth or Shamash, candle used for lighting each of the other candles, one for each day of Chanukah. Children receive gifts and play a top spinning game.

  8. What kinds of celebrations and holidays do they observe and celebrate? • Passover- A spring festival lasting seven or eight days, recalling the angel of death "passing over" the Hebrews, as the first born of the Egyptians were taken by death of the last of the great plagues brought by God on the Egyptian captors. A home and synagogue ceremonial meal recalls the bitter experience of slavery in Egypt and the haste of the escape, or "Exodus."

  9. What kinds of celebrations and holidays do they observe and celebrate? • Rosh Hashanah- This means literally, the "head of the year," the Jewish New Year. Ushering in a period of high holy days for reflection and repentance. A ram’s horn or shofar is sounded. (the ram is used because Abraham sacrificed a ram instead of Isaac.) • Sabbath- This means of rest each week- the seventh and last day of the week- commemorates God’s rest on the seventh day of Creation. The observance is a reminder of God’s justice and rule on earth, is ordered in the Ten Commandments.

  10. What kinds of celebrations and holidays do they observe and celebrate? • Shavuoth-  This means a "Feast of Weeks" in the spring that celebrates the giving of the law, or Torah. • Sukkoth-  The "Feast of booths," a fall harvest festival, marked by putting up harvest booths. • Yom Kippur- This means "Day of Atonement," and is the most important holy day, the last of the high holy days. It is a time of confessing of sins, atoning or making amends for wrongdoing, and seeking forgiveness, and it comes ten days after Rosh Hashanah. The shofar, or ram’s horn, is sounded at the end of Yom Kippur.

  11. Some interesting info about Judaism: • There are 3 branches of Judaism: Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative • The Orthodox Jews are the strictest. • Orthodox Jews separate men and women from the services • They follow a strict kosher diet (laws about food) • No pork • No crawling seafood • No mixing of milk and meat products

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