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Title: JUDAISM


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JUDAISM
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ORIGINS
  • Abraham
  • born under the name Abram in the city of Ur in
    Babylonia in the year 1948 BCE
  • The one true Creator that Abram had worshipped
    called to him, and made him an offer
  • if Abram would leave his home and his family,
    then Abram would be given a great nation and
    bless him
  • Isaac is the son of Abraham and Sarah
  • He was to be sacrificed but at the last moment
    God intervened and saved Isaac (10 test)
  • Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebecca
  • spiritual minded and it is said that he wrestled
    with and angle and was given the name Israel (the
    one who wrestled with God)
  • Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
  • They founded the religion

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GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
  • Judaism is practiced most every where
  • Exceptions would be in predominantly Islamic
    nations
  • founded in 1500 BCE
  • 18 million followers
  • less than 1 of the worlds population

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The Torah
  • The Torah is the holy book of Judaism. It
    consists of several sections, the first three of
    which are composed of the first 5 books of the
    Old Testament of the Bible. Additionally, it
    contains allegories, historical narrative,
    poetry, genealogy, and the exposition of various
    types of law

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The Major Beliefs Of JudaismRambams 13
Principles of Faith
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The Major Beliefs Of JudaismRambams 13
Principles of Faith
  • Judaism is the worlds first monotheistic
    religion.
  • Their major beliefs are
  • God exists.
  • God is one and unique.
  • God is incorporeal.
  • God is eternal.
  • Prayer is to be directed to God alone.
  • The words of the prophets are true.
  • Moses was the greatest prophet, and his
    prophecies are true.
  • The Torah was given to Moses.
  • There will be no other Torah.
  • God knows the thoughts and deeds of men.
  • God will reward the good and punish the wicked.
  • The Messiah will come.
  • The dead will be resurrected

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Other Key Principles
  • The Jewish People believe the land of Israel was
    part of the promise to the Jewish people made on
    Mt Sinai.
  • The Jewish people believe that the messiah will
    come from the family of King David. They do not
    believe that Christ was the Messiah.
  • The Jewish people believe in a strict set of
    (commandments) of which the Ten Commandments are
    the Hightest.

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The Afterlife
  • Judaism, being focused more on life than
    afterlife, leaves the ultimate fate of the soul
    up to essentially what is an individuals
    interpretation.
  • The typical Orthodox Jew believes that the souls
    of the rightous deceased go to a place similar to
    the Christian heaven.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE
...In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the
month, you shall afflict your souls, and you
shall not do any work ... For on that day he
shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you
from all your sins before the LORD. -Leviticus
1629-30
  • YOM KIPPUR
  • (day of atonement)
  • Most serious of the Jewish holidays
  • Yom Kippur is a complete Sabbath
  • no work can be performed on that
  • you are supposed to refrain from eating and
    drinking (even water)
  • 25-hour fast beginning before sunset on the
    evening before Yom Kippur and ending after
    nightfall on the day of Yom Kippur
  • The Talmud also specifies additional restrictions
    that are less well-known
  • washing and bathing
  • anointing one's body (with cosmetics, deodorants,
    etc.)
  • wearing leather shoes

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A Day In The Life Cont.
  • Most of the holiday is spent in the synagogue,
    in prayer
  • In Orthodox synagogues
  • services begin early in the morning (8 or 9 AM)
    and continue until about 3 PM
  • People then usually go home for an afternoon nap
    and return around 5 or 6 PM for the afternoon and
    evening services, which continue until nightfall
  • The services end at nightfall, with the blowing
    of the tekiah gedolah, a long blast on the shofar
  • It is customary to wear white on the holiday,
    which symbolizes purity and calls to mind the
    promise that our sins shall be made as white as
    snow (Is. 118).

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Works Cited
  • Basic Beliefs of Judaism. About.com. 8 Jan.
    2009. 8 Jan. 2009 lthttp//judaism.about.com/?od/?
    abcsofjudaism/?a/?beliefsbasic.htmgt
  • http//www.jewfaq.org/holiday4.htm
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