Judaism beleifs

Question 1

What does God as one mean?

Answer 1

• God is single,whole, indivising being
• God is the only being praised and worshiped
• everything has been created by God
• God is the source of all Jewish morality,beleifs and values

Question 2

Where is the beleif in one God expressed?

Answer 2

Shema fommed from deuteronomy

Question 3

Whats a quote saying theres one God?

Answer 3

“Hear O Isreal the Lord is our God. You should love your heart with all your soul”

Question 4

Whats the Jewish bible called and first five books called?

Answer 4

• Tenakh
• Books are Torah

Question 5

How did God create the universe?

Answer 5

1) God took 4 days to create universe
2) 2 days to create all creatures
3) Rested and made 7th day holy called Shabbat

Question 6

Whats Orthodox views on God creating the universe?

Answer 6

• The events happened 6000 years ago and reject scientific theories

Question 7

Whats other Jews views on Genesis creation stories?

Answer 7

• Still beleive story but accept the universe is much older

Question 8

Why did God give people free will?

Answer 8

• Wants people to choose to do Good

Question 9

What does the existence of free will explain?

Answer 9

• worlds resources are distribuited unevenly. And free will lets people who are unfortunate

Question 10

Whats a mitzvot?

Answer 10

613 laws and how people should behave and form basis of Halakah

Question 11

What do Jews beleive about Mitzvots?

Answer 11

• God judges them on how well they follow these laws based on actions and behaviour

Question 12

What are the two main times God judges people?

Answer 12

1) Festival of Rosh Hashannah
2) Judged after death

Question 13

What is the Shekhinah?

Answer 13

The presence of God on earth

Question 14

In early Judaism what was the Shekhanah?

Answer 14

The tabernacle as it was a portable temple and after canan was conqured Tabernacle was replaced with Solomon’s table

Question 15

What were Jews views on Life after death?

Answer 15

They don’t have much information on it as Jews are not too concerned about the afterlife. They think it’s more important to focus on the present

Question 16

What is Gan eden?

Answer 16

Where Jews beleive they’ll go if they follow their faith

Question 17

What do Jews beleive about Sheol?

Answer 17

If you don’t beleive about Sheol or heaven your souls are cleansed and don’t beleive eternal punishment

Question 18

Whats Ecclesiastes?

Answer 18

Beleive Jews will be judges as soon as they die

Question 19

Whats the coming of the messiah?

Answer 19

Youll be judged on day of judgement

Question 20

Where was the mesiah originally used?

Answer 20

Used in Tenakh and refers to King of Israel

Question 21

Who was king of Israel and the story?

Answer 21

Saul and annointed with oil by Samuel to show he was chosen by God.

Question 22

What will the future of Messiah do?

Answer 22

• Rule over humanity with kindness
• Uphold the law of the Torah
• Rebuild the temple in Jerusalem
• Bring world peace

Question 23

What do reform Jews beleive about the Messiah?

Answer 23

Reject mesiah and mesianic age

Question 24

Story of Abraham and Promised land?

Answer 24

• Born in the city of Ur
• People worshiped statues back then
• Abraham beleived worshiping statues was wrong and only one God
• Abraham tried to stop people
• Abraham and his wife decided to leave Ur
• God told Abraham to travel Canan
• Once Abrahm reached Canan he reached the promised land

Question 25

Whats a covenant?

Answer 25

An agreement between God and an individual person
Now many covenants are made

Question 26

What did God promise?

Answer 26

• To make Abraham the father of many nations

Question 27

What was required of Abraham?

Answer 27

To agree to walk in My God’s way and be blameless

Question 28

How was covenant sealed?

Answer 28

• Through circumcision

Question 29

Explain escape from Egypt?

Answer 29

• After 400 years the covenant was made Jews were forced as slaves
• God chose Moses to lead their escape
• Moses asked for them to be released
• After God semt plague Pharoh released
• Jews were wondering in desert to find Canan
• Moses climbed Sinai
• God then gave 10 commandments

Question 30

What are the 10 commandments?

Answer 30

Form foundation of Jewish laws and how to have good relationship with God

Question 31

Whats Justice?

Answer 31

• Bringing what is right and fair and making up for what you done wrong.
• laws in torah give guidance on how to treat poor and vulnerable

Question 32

Whats healing the world?

Answer 32

• Taking actions to help God’s work in sustaining the world
• Contribute to social injustice for example help in world jewish releif

Question 33

Whats Kindness to others?

Answer 33

• By showing positivity,caring actions towards living things
• Laws of Torah give guidance on how to be kind

Question 34

Where did sanctity of life come from?

Answer 34

• Genesis 2 tells how God breathed life into Adam
• Life is therefore valuable and sacred
• God gave humans so he can only take it

Question 35

What do Jews beleive about sanctity of life?

Answer 35

• Not do anything to quicken a natural persons death. Euthinasia nd murder is wrong

Question 36

Whats pikuash nefesh?

Answer 36

• Save a persons life if they can

Question 37

What does a mitzvot do?

Answer 37

Give guidance on how to use free will correctly

Question 38

Whats Mitzvot between man and God?

Answer 38

• Tell you how to improve relationship with God
• Worship,sacrifice and observance
• First 4 10 commandments

Question 39

Whats Mitzvot between man and a man?

Answer 39

• How Jews improve relationship with other people
• Shows Jews should love other people
• Cover areas such as treatment for workers and other things