Component 3: Jewish Beliefs Key Quotes

Question 1

God as one

Answer 1

“The Lord is one” Shema prayer
“Worship one God” 10 commandments
Synagogues contain no pictures or statues (only God should be worshipped)

Question 2

God as creator

Answer 2

“formless and void” Genesis 1, God existed before creation and is transcendent/eterna;
“Let us make mankind in our image” Genesis 26, God created humans, life is sacred, omnipotent
“Let there be light” Genesis 26, God created everything using only his words, omnibenevolent

Question 3

God as Law Giver

Answer 3

the 10 commandments eg “Do not covet” “Keep the Sabbath day holy” “Honour your mother and father”
The 613 Mitzvots
Torah means ‘law’

Question 4

God as judge

Answer 4

Noah’s flood, God will punish those who do not live good lives
Rosh Hashanah, weigh peoples good deeds against their bad
Yom Kippur, 10 days to make up for bad actions
“God will reward good and punish evil” Maimonides

Question 5

Shekhinah

Answer 5

“I will dwell among them” Exodus
“The glory of the Lord filled the temple” Chronicles

Question 6

Rosh Hashana

Answer 6

A shofar is blown “You shall have a convocation and blow trumpets!” sounding shofar is a mitzvot
It remembers creation of the world by god “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” important to bring goodness into the world, god will judge behavior