Judaism Quotes for Beliefs and Teachings

Question 1

What are three quotes for The Almighty?

Answer 1

1) ‘Hashem is our God, Hashem is the one and only.’ (Shema Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
2) ‘Hashem is our Judge Hashem is our Lawgiver Hashem is our kings’ ( Isaiah 33:22)
3) ‘Hashem God formed the man of dust from the ground,’ (Genesis 2:7)

Question 2

What are some quotes for Shekinah?

Answer 2

1) ‘If two sit together and the words between them are of the Torah, then the Shekinah is in their midst.’

(Rabbi Hananiah)

2) ‘Whenever ten are gathered for prayer, there Shekinah rests.’ (Talmud)

Question 3

What are some quotes for Olam Ha-Ba? (Messianic Age)

Answer 3

1) ‘He will rebuild the Temple and re-establish worship there’ Jeremiah 33:18
2) ‘Behold days are coming […] a king will reign and prosper and he will administer justice…’ Jeremiah 23:5-6

Question 4

What were some key quotes for the covenant at Mount Sinai?

Answer 4

1) ‘For you are a holy people to Hashem your God;’ Deuteronomy 7:6
2) ‘The entire people responded together and said “Everything that Hashem has spoken we shall do!”’ Exodus 19:8
3) ‘The 10 Commandments’ Exodus 20:3-14

Question 5

What about the covenant with Abraham?

Answer 5

1) ‘I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing.’ Genesis 12:1-4
2) ‘An everlasting covenant to be a God to you and your offspring’ Genesis 17:7

Question 6

What are the two quotes for Sanctity of Life or Pikuach Nefesh?

Answer 6

1) ‘You shall observe My decrees and My laws, which man shall carry out and by which he shall live- I am Hashem’ Leviticus 18:5
2) ‘And a man- if he strikes mortally any human life, he should be put to death’ Leviticus 24:17-18

Question 7

What is the one quote for Mizvot? (moral principle)

Answer 7

1) ‘I present before you today a blessing and a curse’ Deuteronomy 11:26-28

Question 8

What are quotes to back up Jewish belief of life after death?

Answer 8

1) ‘Thus dust returns to the ground, as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.’ Ecclesiastes 12:7
2) ‘Many of those who sleep in the dusty earth will awaken: these for everlasting life and these for shame, for everlasting abhorrence’ Daniel 12:2-3