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Judaism
Terms
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Jewish Teacher Rabbi
House of Worship Synagogue
Son of the Commandments Bar Mitzvah
Jewish Prayer Shema
Wise King Solomon
Psalm writer David
One God monotheism
Ten Commandments Mt. Sinai
Jewish State Israel
Scattering/displacement Diaspora
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Day of Atonement Yom Kippur
New Year Rosh Hashana
Sacred text Torah
Patriarch/father of Isaac Abraham
Led the Jews out of Egypt Moses
Most traditional branch Orthodox
Dates
• When studying Christianity, often times
people will use the timeline that includes
BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini
“the year of the lord”). When studying nonChristian religions, it is best to use the
terms BCE ( before current/common era)
and CE (Current/common era) BCE=BC
CE=AD
Reading review
• As you read, take notes, underline, put
question marks.
• Discuss with a partner your essential
learnings.
Judaism
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Date founded c. 1900-1300 BCE
Place founded-Mesopotamia/Canaan
Founder- Abraham
Adherents- 14 million
Main location- Israel, Europe, and USA
Major sects- Reform (least traditional),
Conservative, and Orthodox (most traditional)
• Sacred text- Tanakh (Torah plus other books)
with the Talmud
• Original language -Hebrew
• Spiritual leader - rabbi (rebbe in Hasidism)
• Place of worship -synagogue ("temple" in
Reform Judaism)
• Day of worship-Saturday (Shabbat/Sabbath)
• Theism-monotheism
• Ultimate reality - One God (YHWH)
• Human nature- created good
• Purpose of life- obedience to God
Q.O.D. 11-27-12
• Thinking back to the reading that you
completed a while back, tell me three
things that you learned about Judaism.
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Jewish population 1930’s
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U.S. 5,000,000
Poland 3,000,000
Soviet Union 2,525,000
Romania 756,000
Germany 500,000
Hungary with 445,000
Czechoslovakia 357,000
Lithuania 155,000
Jewish Population Today
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1 Israel 5,996,000
2. United States 5,500,000
3 France 483,000
4. Canada 413,00
5. U.K. 292,00
6. Russia 205,000
7. Argentina 182,000
8. Germany 119,000
Judaism Illustrated Timeline
• After reading the Judaism timeline, choose
twelve events that seem important to you,
and create an illustrated timeline. Please
include at least four different illustrations to
accompany your events. Finished
products should be neatly completed.
Q.O.D. 11-29-12
• Tell me three things that you learned from
completing your illustrated timeline of
Judaism.
The Shema
• Observant Jews consider the Shema to be
the most important part of the prayer
service in Judaism, and its twice-daily
recitation as a mitzvah (religious
commandment). It is traditional for Jews to
say the Shema as their last words, and for
parents to teach their children to say it
before they go to sleep at night.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is
One.
Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom
for ever and ever.
And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all
your might.
And these words that I command you today shall
be in your heart.
And you shall teach them diligently to your
children, and you shall speak of them when you
sit at home, and when you walk along the way,
and when you lie down and when you rise up.
And you shall bind them as a sign on
your hand, and they shall be for
frontlets between your eyes.
And you shall write them on the
doorposts of your house and on your
gates.
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Mezuzah
Tefillin