Public acts of Worship Flashcards
Significance of worship in the Tenakh
I will fulfil my vows to the Lord in front of all his people.
Psalm 116:14
Torah reminding Jews to pray three times a day
Evening, morning and noon, I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
Psalm 55:17
The Shema is from the Torah
Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. (Deuteronomy 6:4).
Good Sowa for praising God
You will eat and you will be satisfied, and bless Hashem, your God for the good Land that He gave you
Deuteronomy 8:10
The Torah talks about the more the merrier
a multitude of people is a king’s glory (Proverbs 14:28)
The Ner Tamid and God’s everlasting light/presence
Keep the lamps burning before the Lord.
Exodus 27:21
Brit Milah
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac at the age of eight days old as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:4
Mourning
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days
Genesis 37:34
Shabbat
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because on it He abstained from all. His work which God created to make,
Genesis 2:3
Shabbat 2.0
You shall not kindle fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day
Exodus 35:3
Rosh Hashanah
You are to have a day of Sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do not do any of your ordinary work.
Leviticus 23:24–25
Festivals
Everything has its season, and there is a time for everything under the heaven[…] a time to weep and a time to laugh
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Fasting for 25 hours before Yom Kippur
‘Deny themselves’ Leviticus 16
List of foods Jews can and cannot eat
Deuteronomy 14:3 for instance, pig
Torah
If a man has acquired a good name, he has gained something which enriches himself; but he has acquired words of the Torah he has attained afterlife.
Perkei Avot ch2:8 [Ethics of the Father] set of ethical teachings within Mishnah
