Judaism

By: Colisa, John, and Aaron

Table of Contents1. People pg.32. Living pg.43. Rituals pg.54. Customs pg.65. Holy Days pg.76. Pictures pg.87. History pg.98. Holocaust pg. 109. Subdivision. 11.10.Pictures pg. 1211.Beliefs pg. 13

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12. Worship pg. 1413. Texts pg. 1514. Ethics pgs. 16-1715. Pictures pg. 1816. Reference pg. 19

People The most important people in the religion of

Judaism. Abraham-the Jews regarded Abraham as the

first Patriarch of the Jewish people. David-was the first king in Jerusalem whose reign was later looked back on as a golden era.

Isaiah-was the prophet he was thought to have lived in Jerusalem, have access to the royal court and to have been well-informed about affairs of the state.

Joseph-was sold into slavery but managed to become a advisor to the Egyptian Pharaoh because of his gifts for interpreting his dreams.

Living The Jewish community in the 21st century a

report published by the institute for Jewish policy research in MAY 2007 gave new insight in the complexity of Britain’s Jewish community and destroyed some popular myths about Jewish life.

Eruvs- an eruv is an area within which observant teuvs can carry or push objects on the Sabbath without violating Jewish laws.

Hone-schooling in the Jewish community home education is becoming more widely accepted within the Jewish community.

Rituals Jewish baby rites-Jewish baby rites differ

for male and female babies. The Brit Milah Circumcision ceremony is

an important initiation rite for Jewish boys .

Jewish wedding rites-There are many laws and traditions associated with the Jewish wedding and rituals take place in the weeks leading up to the big day.

Customs Sabbath-every week religious Jews observe the

Sabbath, the Jewish holyday, and keep its laws and customs.

Tefilliin-are cute black leather boxes with leather straps that orthodox Jewish men wear on their heads and on their arm during weekday prayer.

Kippah/Yarmuke-orthodox Jewish men always cover their heads by wearing a skull caps known in the Hebrew as a kippah.

Holy Days The Jewish calendar is a combined moon

and sun calendar.

The Jewish calendar stars each day in the evening. Days of repentance the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur everyone gets a chance to repent.

History Jewish history begins during the Bronze Age in the

Middle East. The birth of the Jewish people and the start of Judaism

are told in the first 5 books of the Bible. Around 290B.C the kingdom fell apart, and the Jewish

people split into groups. Around 600B.C the temple was destroyed, and the

Jewish leadership was killed. The Jewish Grew in strength throughout the next 300

years B.C. In 175 B.C the king of Syria desecrated the Temple

and Implemented a series of laws aiming to wipe out Judaism in favor of Zeus worship.

HOLOCAUST The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-

sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

"Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire."

The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.

During the era of the Holocaust, German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived "racial inferiority":

Subdivision Although they reject God and the supernatural,

Humanistic Jews put a very high value on the place of Hebrew language, Jewish history, lives culture and the ethics and values of Judaism in their.

The story of the Jews to be found in the Bible and the Talmud contains kernels of truth overlaid with myth and legend.

They see these festivals as a way of commemorating the shared history, memories, and culture of the Jewish people, and as a way of sharing togetherness with the Jewish community.

 

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Beliefs The Jews believe that there is a single god who

not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship.

Becoming a Jew is not just a religious change: the convert to the Jewish faith, but becomes a member of the Jewish people and embraces their culture.

Worship Jews, like many other people of faith, pray in many

different ways for many different reasons. They pray so their hearts can reach out to god, express and exercise their beliefs, share in the life of a community of worship, and obey Gods commandments. They also pray 3 times a day; morning, afternoon, and evening.

Synagogue: Jewish place of worship; used as a community center as well; In orthodox synagogues men and women sit separately and every one, except young girls, has their heads covered.

Texts The Talmud is the comprehensive written

version of the Jewish oral law and the subsequent commentaries on it.

The Torah is the first part of the Jewish bible. It is the central and most important document of the Judaism and has been used by Jews throughout the ages.

Ethics Abortion- Judaism does not forbid abortion, but it does

not permit abortion on demand. Abortion is only permitted for serious reasons.

Animals- Judaism teaches that animals are part of God's creation and should be treated with compassion.

Capital punishment- Someone who reads the Old Testament list of 36 capital crimes might think that Judaism is in favor of capital punishment, but they'd be wrong.

War- Judaism does not regard violence and war to promote justice as always wrong. It accepts that certain kinds of war will be ethically justified.

Ethics Contraception- Contraception, including artificial

contraception, is permitted in Judaism in appropriate circumstances.

Euthanasia and suicide- The Jewish tradition forbids doing anything that might shorten life. However, it does not require doctors to make dying last longer than it naturally would.

Genetic engineering- Jewish experts have thought particularly hard about genetic engineering, partly because their community has a particular genetic disease.

Organ donation- In principle, Judaism supports and encourages organ donation in order to save lives.

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