Judaism Fact Sheet - Girlguiding South West
... where many people were worshipping many gods. God promised to care for Abraham's family and his descendents (later called the Israelites) and in return they promised to obey him. ...
... where many people were worshipping many gods. God promised to care for Abraham's family and his descendents (later called the Israelites) and in return they promised to obey him. ...
Jewish Holidays
... A religious event involving both festivities and serious contemplation Reflection on the deeds of the past year and on the need for redemption • The shofar, ram’s horn, is blown – It produces a solemn tone of warning to remind people that they stand before God • An important symbol of Judaism ...
... A religious event involving both festivities and serious contemplation Reflection on the deeds of the past year and on the need for redemption • The shofar, ram’s horn, is blown – It produces a solemn tone of warning to remind people that they stand before God • An important symbol of Judaism ...
Judaism slideshow 2
... The universe is governed by God. God is indivisible. Not a physical being. The bible calls God, YHWH (“I am”). a.k.a. The Lord (“Adonay”) ...
... The universe is governed by God. God is indivisible. Not a physical being. The bible calls God, YHWH (“I am”). a.k.a. The Lord (“Adonay”) ...
Judaism: Basic Teachings
... Main beliefs ● There is only one God ● God made the world and created Man in his own image ● The Jews are God’s chosen people ● Canaan (Palestine) is the Promised Land that God pledged to the Jews through Abraham in return for adherence to His laws, which were delivered through Moses ● One day a Mes ...
... Main beliefs ● There is only one God ● God made the world and created Man in his own image ● The Jews are God’s chosen people ● Canaan (Palestine) is the Promised Land that God pledged to the Jews through Abraham in return for adherence to His laws, which were delivered through Moses ● One day a Mes ...
Chapter 2, Lesson 4 The Birth of Judaism Judaism
... with God at Canaan Abraham and his wife, Sarah’s, descendents came to be known as the people of Israel, or Israelites, after their grandson, Israel. They also came to be known as Jews. ...
... with God at Canaan Abraham and his wife, Sarah’s, descendents came to be known as the people of Israel, or Israelites, after their grandson, Israel. They also came to be known as Jews. ...
Behar
Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B'har (בְּהַר – Hebrew for ""on the mount,"" the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 25:1–26:2. The parashah is the shortest of the weekly Torah portions in the book of Leviticus (although not the shortest in the Torah), and is made up of 2,817 Hebrew letters, 737 Hebrew words, and 57 verses, and can occupy about 99 lines in a Torah Scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah).Jews generally read it in May. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2027), parashah Behar is read separately. In common years (for example, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2026), parashah Behar is combined with the next parashah, Bechukotai, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings.In years when the first day of Passover falls on a Sabbath (as it does in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2022), Jews in Israel and Reform Jews read the parashah following Passover one week before Conservative and Orthodox Jews in the Diaspora. In such years, Jews in Israel and Reform Jews celebrate Passover for seven days and thus read the next parashah (in 2015 and 2018, Shemini) on the Sabbath one week after the first day of Passover, while Conservative and Orthodox Jews in the Diaspora celebrate Passover for eight days and read the next parashah (in 2015 and 2018, Shemini) one week later. In some such years (for example, 2015 and 2018), the two calendars realign when Conservative and Orthodox Jews in the Diaspora read Behar together with Bechukotai while Jews in Israel and Reform Jews read them separately.The parashah tells the laws of the Sabbatical year (שמיטה, Shmita) and limits on debt servitude.