Jewish beliefs and teachings1 Flashcards
Importance of shekinah
its Gods almighty prescence in the world , shekinah inspired the Mitzvot , Shows Gods prescence is so holy so they only say G-D , they believe shekinah is in jeruselem and mount zion
3 jewish beliefs on the messiah
One belief is that he will unite all people of the world and will rebuild the temple of God and he will make everyone aware of gods presence
They believe he is a descendent of king david and he will be a human not divine and he will be a man close to God
Importance of belief in the messianic age
its part of the 13 principles to pray for the coming of the messiah 3 times a day
it helps give jews a reason to make the world a better place orthodox believe that he will come when all jews observe all mitzvot
Reasons to obey pikuach nefesh - life being sacred
dictates abortion and contraception and shabbat laws may be broken for this belief
its part of covanent at sinai and the mitzvot from God Bc shekinah
SOW for pikuach nefesh
LEVITICUS- ‘do not do anything that endangers your neighbours life ‘
Beliefs about life after death in Judaism
most Jews believe in resurrection because its in the 13 principles
Jews and many Rabbis believe in the immorality of the soul
some jews believe the resurrections will happen during the messianic age , others believe only the righteous will be resurrected
God will end and raise the world
God will decide on the afterlife based on how people have lived their life
words for heaven and hell in Judaism
Heaven - Gan Eden
Hell - Gehinnom
Why is belief in life after death important for jews
Teachings in Torah straight from God so must follow
Taught in Talmud - they also believe to be inspired to be from God
part of Thirteen principles
Life after death - where people are judged
Maimonides taught that all good people will go Heaven
