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Jewish Beliefs
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Beliefs in God, education, justice, and
obedience anchor Jewish society
Jewish beliefs are listed the Torah, the Hebrew
Bible, and the Commentaries
The ideas of Judaism have helped shape later
culture
Belief in one God
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Monotheism
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God: YHWH
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First to worship one GOD
Education
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Teach children basics of Judaism
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Older boys study with professional teachers
Justice & Righteousness
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Justice: kindness & fairness
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Give aid to poor & sick
Righteousness: doing what is proper
Obedience
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Follow their laws
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Ten Commandments
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Mosaic Law
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How to pray & celebrate
Forbid them to work on the Sabbath
(Saturday)
Cant eat shellfish or pork
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Kosher: fit to eat
3 set of Jews
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Orthodox Jew
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Reform Jews
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Follow Mosaic law
Don't follow ancient law
Conservative Jews
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Combine Orthodox & Reform Jews beliefs
Text & Beliefs
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Torah: most sacred text
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History of Judaism
Synagogue: house of worship
Hebrew Bible
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Also called the Tanach
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3 parts
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Torah
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Prophets: receive messages from God
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Books of Songs, poetry, stoires, lessons &
history
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Proverbs
Commentaries
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Jews have written these to understand the
Torah & Jewish Laws
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Talmud
Dead Sea Scrolls
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Writings by Jews 2000 years ago
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Prayers
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Commentaries
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passages