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Judaism Beliefs Flashcards

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What is the torah

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Written law (first 5 books e.g. genesis)

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What is the Nebi’im

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Prophets teachings and lives of the prophets, through whom God spoke

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What is the ketium

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Writings which contain poetry and stories

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What does it mean if someone is an orthodox Jew

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They strictly follow laws and practices in the torah

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What does it mean if someone is a Reform Jew

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They believe Jewish laws and practices should be re-interpretated to suit modern life

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What is monotheism

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The belief that there is only one God

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What is a covenant

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A solemn promise. God made a covenant with Abraham

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What are israelites

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Abraham’s followers who accepted his belief about there being one God

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What are the Jews

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What Abrahams descendents are know as

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What is the promised land

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Land promised to Abraham and his followers by God

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What is Caanan

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The name of the land promised to Abraham and his followers

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Who do the first 4 commandments refer to

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God and man

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Who do the last 6 commandments refer to

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Man and man

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First 4 of the 10 commandments

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1.worship no other God
2.do not worship idols
3.do not use God’s name in the wrong way
4.keep the sabbath day holy

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Last 6 of the ten commandments

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5.honour thy father and mother
6.do not kill
7.do not commit adultery
8.do not steal
9.do not lie
10.do not cheat

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What are the mitzvot

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The commandments given to the Jews by God

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What is a mitzvah

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A single commandment

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How many mitzvots are there

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613

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Where were the Jews given the mitzvot

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Mount Sinai- Moses had a covenant with God.

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What did God and Moses promise at the Sinai covenant

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God re-stated his promise that the Jews were his chosen people and Moses promised on behalf of all Jewish people to obey God’s commandments

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What are the first 10 of the 613 commandments called

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The ten commandments-the most important ones

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What was the ark

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The place which housed the stone tablets which the commandments were on on the Jews way to the promised land

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How were the Jews led to the promise land

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There was a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night hovering above them which led them to caanan

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What did the Jews do with the ark on the way to the promise land whenver they camped

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It was placed in a different room, a sacred tent, called the tabernacle where they worshipped God

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What is a messiah

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Leader of the Jewish people, expected to live on earth. Promised by God repeatedly in the Tenakh.

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Why do Jews not believe that Jesus was the Messiah

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He didn’t see the Jewish laws as important and he wasn’t a great warrior

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Difference in Judaism and Christianity

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Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah whereas Jews believe the Messiah is yet to come

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Orthodox Jewish beliefs on the messiah

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-every generation a descendent of King Daivd is born who was the potential to be the messiah
-He will bring about world peace and rule over all humans with kindness and justice
-he will be the ultimate teacher of the Torah (law)
-he will rebuild the temple in Jerusalem

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Reform Jewish beliefs on the messiah

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The messiah will not be a person. Instead, there will be a ‘messianic age’ a time of global peace and harmony

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What will the time period called when there is a messiah

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Messianic age

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What are the three moral principles

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-justice
-healing the world
-kindness to others

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What is the meaning of the moral principle justice

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Bringing about what is right and fair or making up for a wrong doing

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What is the meaning of the moral principle healing the world

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Being involved in God’s work to sustain the world

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What is the meaning of the moral principle kindness to others

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Positive, caring actions that should be shown to all living things

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How can the moral principle justice be put into practise

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Living their daily lives correctly and following the torah

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How can the moral principle healing the world be put into practice

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Doing charity work

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How can the moral principle kindness to others be put into practice

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Encouraging acts of kindness

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What is shabat

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The Jewish holy day

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When is it shabat

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Sunset on friday to sunset on saturday

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Why is shabat important

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It is a day to rest, enjoy family life and worship God it is also a celebration of creation

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What is the sanctity of life

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The belief that life is sacred and precious as it comes from God

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How does the sanctity of life influence Jews

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They are against murder, abortion, capital punishment and war.

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Two ways Jews can show their belief in the sanctity of life

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-Donating blood
-Agreeing for their organs to be donated once they die

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What is the Talmud

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Jewish book in which rabbis give detailed explanations of the 613 laws.

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What is Pikuach Nefesh

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It allows Jewish laws to be broken in order to save life. For example driving someone to hospital on shabbat

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What is the shema

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Jewish prayer which affirms belief in one God

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What does God as one mean

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-God is single
-God is whole
-God is indivisible
-God is infinite
-God is eternal
-God is beyond the understanding of human

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Shema prayer

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“Hear, O Israel! The lord is our God,the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and all your might

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Orthodox Jewish beliefs on creation

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They believe that God literally made the world in six days-they reject the big bang and evolution

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Reform Jews beliefs on creation stories

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They believe that they are symbolic and that God created the world through using the big bang and evolution

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When do Jews beleive they are judged

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  1. Once a year at Rosh Hashanah
  2. When they die
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What do orthodox Jews believe following the Mitzvot do

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Makes it impossible to disobey God

53
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What does God as Shekhinah mean

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God can ‘focus his presence’ in certain places (e.g. the synagogue)

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How in the bible is shekhinah shown

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Forming a pillar of clouds at day and pillar of fire at night to lead the israelites to canaan

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