Judaism Flashcards
Yahweh (8)
he's their God, they don't say the word yahweh. believe his invisible and immaterial not made of stuff and can't be seen loving forgiving compassionate righteous
Jew demographics
18 million jews in the world
over half of them live in the US
Torah
First five books of the bible
Located in the tanakah
Tanakha
Talmud
the oral Torah
rabbi’s interpretations of the torah
Nebi’im
the prophets
Amos, micah, jerimih
The Ketuvim
The Ketuvim
the wisdom literature
book of job; esther, psalms, proverbs
Hebrew History
Hebrew History -know the story of Abraham has to move from his hometown to the promiseland jacob -his twelve tribes moses -the exodus stories
Meaning in Genesis
- need to know what they teach us about God
- creation and humans
- teach us what the jews believe about humans and creation
- know that jews believe that they are good.
- even though they are good they are not perfect
- they are limited things, but they’re not bad
- humans are also pretty good they mess up but they’re not bad
Orthodoxy/Orthopraxis
- ortho means straight; correct; right doxy; belief
- orthodoxy means right or direct belief
- orthopraxis means right action
- jews care more about your right action
- what you do matters more than what you believe
Purim
Purim- has to do with the book of esther
she convinces the king not to kill her people
they drink around this time and eat triange shaped cookie
Haman who was the bad guy and Morteki who was the good guy
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana first day of the jewish calendar starts off the period of judgement God decides whose going to be saved or not apples, honey, challah
Sukkot
Sukkot
means booth or tent or temporary dwelling
it represents the forty years wandering the desert
need to be able to see through the roof to the night sky
Hanukkah
Hanukkah
they have the manora represents the candle that burned for 8 days when it was only supposed to last for one
Shabat
Shabat
friday at sunset until saturday at midnight
a day of rest not work
time meant to be spent with your family
Kiddushin
Kiddushin
jewish weddings
chuppah represents the home you are going to build together
they break a plate to represent the destruction of the temple
Reform
Reform
do not believe that the torah was written by God
they believe that it was written and can be interpreted by God
Conservative
Conservative
a middle ground between reformative and orthodox
balance modern culture with traditional values
Orthodox
orthodox
most conservative believe the torah was written by God
they take it literally
How Jews find meaning in..
History
How jews find meaning in …..
history
reminds them where they come from
shows them how god has acted in history
How do jews find meaning in suffering
Suffering
suffering
through their suffering they value things like freedom
suffering is a great teacher on how to value the little things
How Jews finding meaning in
Messanism
Messianism
belief in a messiah
someone who is going to come and bring the jews back to the homeland
reverse the Diaspora (dispersal of the jewish people)
Zionism
Zionism
belief in a political homeland for the jewish people
The state of israel
why was it created?
what problems arised because of it?
It was created because they wanted to have land for themselves. They were always in territories dominated by other religions and they wanted a place of their own.
War between the people already living there.
