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Judaism Beliefs Flashcards

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Jewish Bible

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Tenakh. Cosists of…
-Torah: written law, the first 5 books of old testament (genesis … ect)
-Nevi’im: prophets e.g. Jeremiah
-ketuvim: writings e.g. psalms

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Monotheistic

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Judaism is monotheistic meaning it has only one God

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Shema

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A Jewish prayer which affirms belief in the one God.

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G-d as one means…

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G-d is one, he created everything, he is eternal, he’s beyond understanding, only G-d can be worshipped, all beliefs come from him

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Ultra-Orthadox

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Very strictly follow laws and practices in the Torah

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Orthadox

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Strictly follow practices in the Torah

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Reform Jews

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Believe Jewish laws and practices should be reformed to suit modern life

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Omnipotent

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G-d is all powerful

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Omniscient

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G-d is all knowing

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Omnipresent

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G-d is everywhere

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The creation story

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Same as the christian one: G-d creates the world in 6 days and rests on the 7th. Reform Jews take it as myth and tend to accept science, while ultraorthadox and orthadox take it as fact.

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Creation story day 1

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G-d created day and night.

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Creation story day 2

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G-d created the sky

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Creation story day 3

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G-d created earth, sea and plants

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Creation story day 4

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G-d created the sun, moon and stars

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Creation story day 5

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G-d created fish and birds

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Creation story day 6

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G-d created animals and human beings

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Creation story day 7

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G-d rested

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Did G-d create evil?

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As G-d created everything, technically yes. However, G-d did just give us free will and we choose to misuse it, meaning evil comes from humans

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G-d created everything including evil quote

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“I am the Lord… I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster.” -Isaiah 45:6-7

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G-d the sustainer

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G-d sustains the universe and provides everything needed for life. Humans have interfered with the distribution of resources making it unequal. Jews who help those in need contribute to G-d’s plan.

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The mitzvot

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The 613 Jewish laws which strongly influence Jewish lives. The first ones are the ten commandments.

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Ten commandments

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  1. Worship no God but me
  2. Do not worship idols
  3. Do not use my name for evil purposes
  4. Keep the sabbath day holy
  5. Respect your father and mother
  6. Do not murder
  7. Do not commit adultery
  8. Do not steal
  9. Do not lie
  10. Do not be jealous
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Mitzvot and free will

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Following the mitzvot makes it impossible to disobey G-d. Freewill gives us the option to follow the mitzvot.

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G-d as judge

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Jews are judged on how well they follow the mitzvot once a year at Rosh Hashanah and after death. Good actions lead to favourable judgement and bad ones bring us further from G-d.

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Shekhinah

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Means ‘God’s divine presence’ coming from Hebrew word ‘shocken’ which means to dwell or settle. G-d focuses his presence in a certain place where, for example, people are praying. He’s not actually present but there is a strong connection.

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Heaven

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(Gan eden) The good who follow the mitzvot go here, some jews (Orthadox and Ultra) will consider it a real place while others could consider it a state of conciousness.

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Sheol

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A bit like purgatory where souls are cleansed of sin before going to heaven.

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Resurrection

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Isn’t supported by all Jews, but some believe that one day the dead will live again.

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Messiah

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“Annointed one” and people like kings. Priests and prophets were annointed in Jewish scriptures. In history annointing with oil was used to give divine tasks.

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Messianic age

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Earth filled with good, messiah sent by G-d

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Characteristics of the messiah

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Will be born with the autority of G-d, will be a peaceful ruler and introduce a time of peace that’ll last forever, will sit on a throne in Jerusalem, will rule justly over the world.

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The temple

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Centre of Jewish worship in Jerusalem where G-d “lives”. Was destroyed by the romans in 70CE and one wall remains.

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King David

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Philistines (enemies of Israelites)
One of them (Goliath) challenges an Israelite(David) to fight
David won and becomes king of the Jews, each of his decencants could’ve become messiah.

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Reform beliefs about the messiah

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Won’t be a person, there’ll be a time of peace and harmony, everyone must work together to do this.

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Orthadox beliefs on messiah

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Every generation has a decendant of king David and each one could become the messiah, when he comes he’ll rebuild the temple.

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Abram’s covenant

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God’s covenant to the Jews: the promised land (Canaan), to specially bless and favour the Jews (chosen people)
Jews covenant to God: to worship God alone, to follow the covenant and God’s commands/laws, circumcision

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Quotes on the covenant with God

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“The Lord chose you to be his treasured”
“I will make you the father of a great nation and I will bless you”

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The Sinai covenant

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Made between God and Moses (on behalf of the Jews). Jews believe it is still binding and is the reason they believe they’re God’s chosen.
God promised to protect the Jews and they promised to follow God’s laws

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Negative interpretation of the Sinai Covenant

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Some interpret it as Jews believing they’re superior; this isn’t the case. They focus on the idea of responsibility of being chosen by God

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Key moral principles

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Justice, Healing the World, Kindness to Others

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Justice

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The brining about of what is fair, according to the law. God wants us “to do justice and to love goodness”. This can be done by following the laws of the Torah and treating the poor as well as we treat the rich.

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Healing the world

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Drawing people closer to God through maybe charity work and creating social justice. Some believe it also includes everyone obeying the Mitzvot. This can be done through charity work, obeying the Mitzvot and prayer.

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Kindness to others

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Avoiding murder, adultery, theft ect and doing good instead, as is encouraged in the Torah. This can be done through following the Torah’s laws and we should “love your fellow as you love yourself”

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Sanctity of life

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Judeo-Christian teaching that life is holy and precious because it comes from God. Therefore, all life should be cared for and protected. Only God should end and create life; not humans.

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Pikuach nefesh

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Allows most Jewish laws to be broken in order to save a life.

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Talmud

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A Jewish book in which Rabbis give explanations of laws in the Torah. Should be read alongside the Torah to fully understand it’s meaning.

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Shabbat

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The sabbath, sunset on friday until sunset on saturday. Jews aren’t supposed to work on this day, however, Pikuach Nefesh allows them to do some things considered work if it would save a life.

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Talmud teaching on preserving life

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“He who saves one life… saves the world”

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