JEWISH BELIEFS AND HOLY DAYS

BELIEFS

• No formal set of beliefs.
• Rambam's thirteen principles of faith
• God exists
• God is one and unique
• God is incorporeal

BELIEFS

• God is eternal
• Prayer to be directed to god alone
• The words of the prophet are true
• Moses prophecies are true
• Moses was the greatest of the prophets

BELIEFS

• The written Torah and the oral Torah were given to Moses
• There will be no other Torah
• God knows the thoughts and deeds of men
• God will reward good and punish the wicked
• The messiah will come and the dead will be ressurected

HOLY DAYS

• Rosh Hashanah
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkot
• Shemini Atzeret
• Simchat Torah

HOLY DAYS

• Chanukkah
• Tu B'shevat
• Purim
• Pesach
• Lag B'omer

HOLY DAYS

• Shavu'ot
• Tisha B'Av
• More holidays than Christian.
• All holidays begin at sundown

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