5- Orthodoxy

Question 1

What did Orthodox Jews believe? Name 3

Answer 1

1) God exists and is all powerful. He created humanity and the world
2) god gave both the written and oral Torah
3) all commandments from the written and oral Torah are binding (mandatory) on the Jews

Question 2

What was Jewish law (Hallachah) made up of?

Answer 2

Laws from the Torah
Talmudic laws
Takanot
Respons

Question 3

How was the Talmud written? 5 steps

Answer 3

1) sofrim
2) zugot
3) tannaim
4) ammoraim
5) saboraim

Question 4

How did Jewish law develop after the Talmud? 3 groups of people

Answer 4

1) gaonim (Head of the scholarly academics in Babylonia, scholarly giants)
2) rishonim (sages, leaders in the Babylonian Jewish community)
3) achronim (everyone after the commandments and people today.)

Question 5

Who was Samson Raphael Hersch?

Answer 5

He started modern Orthodox Judaism. He needed to name a new movement to compete with reform