Jewish beliefs Flashcards
Shema
A very important Jewish prayer included in the Torah.
Tenakh and torah
Tenakh and Torah are both names for the Jewish bible. Tenakh stands for Torah (“Teaching”, also known as the Five Books of Moses), Nevi’im (“Prophets”) and Ketuvim (“Writings”
Shabbat
The 7th day of the Jewish week where you are not allowed to work, it is the day god rested when creating the earth.
Mitzvot
Mitzvots are Jewish commandments of which there are 613 of them, Jews are supposed to abide by these laws.
Shekhinah
Shekhinah is the presence of god on earth or his manifestation.
Rabbi
The Jewish religious leaders, most Jews go to rabbis for advice.
Messiah
A descended of the Davidic line who is supposed to be the Jewish chosen one who will bring about a messianic age.
Messianic age
A age of peace and prosperity.
Monotheism
Belief in one god.
Talmud
The Jewish book on law, it is where the mitzvots are derived from.
Pikuach nefesh
The belief that life is the most important thing next to god himself. The idea that saving a life should come in front of other Jewish laws.
Rosh hashanah
Is the Jewish new year. On this day Jews believe they are judged by god.
Sheol
Jewish version of hell. They describe hell as a place where the soul gets cleansed.
Covenenant
A agreement the Jews made with god. It is marked by circumcision.
Two people who had a covenant with god in the tenakh
Abraham and god, and Noah and god/the entire world.
One way the Jews sealed the covenant with god
Circumcision
God gave the Jews a promised land called
Israel. River of Egypt to the Euphrates river.
God sent the 10 plagues because
The Egyptian king was not following Moses word and releasing the Jews from slavery.
The Israelites were rescued from slavery by
Moses
What do omnipotent, Omnibenevolent, and omniscient
Omnipotent means all powerful, omnibenevolent means all loving and caring, omniscient means all knowing
How many mitzvot are in the Jewish bible
613
When are Jews judged.
Judgement day(death) and during rosh hashanah
On death Jews believe that
The good will go to heaven, the bad will go to Sheol.
Orthodox Jewish belief about the messiah
He will come and fight for the Jews returning them to the promised land.
Reform Jewish beliefs about the messiah
The messiah is metaphorical and describes a messianic age.
Jews belief about the divine presence (shekhinah)
It’s the feminine version of god,
The shekhinah dwells in a person when they are deep in prayer.
