JUDAISM

GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN

• Judaism began in-Jerusalem

JUDAISM BELIEFS

• Monotheistic- believe in one god
• Rambams 13 principles of faith- Existence of the creater, who is perfect in every way, belief in resurrection of the dead
• 10 commandments- keep the sabbath day holy- sabbath day- day for rest and worship

BOOK OF TEACHINGS

• Holy Books- Bible (The Old Testament)
• First five books were called Old Testament, are especially important to Torah

HOLIDAYS Celebrated-HANUKKAH

• Holiday of celebration
• Each night a candle is lit on a menorah
• Gifts are exchanged
• Lights represent an ancient miracle (Jews had won an important victory)

HOLIDAYS CELEBRATED-ROSH HASHANAH

• Jewish New Year
• Means “first of the year”
• Apples and honey: Jews eat apples dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah

HOLIDAYS CELEBRATED-SABBATH

• Celebrated every weekend
• Starts Friday evening
• Pray and avoid work until following evening
• Involve prayer in a synagogue

HOLIDAYS CELEBRATED-YOM KIPPUR

• Most important Jewish Holiday
• The day of Atonement (A person tries to make up for bad things they did)
• Jews gather at a synagogue for a special pray
• Not supposed to eat or drink during Yom Kippur

RELIGIOUS/FOUNDER LEADERS-ABRAHAM

• A prophet named Abraham- founders of Judaism
• worshiped one god
• Believed to have came from Mesopotamia
• Believed his god told him to move to Canaan

FOUNDERS/LEADERS-MOSES

• Prophet named Moses
• Tried to convince the Egyptian king to release the Israelites from slavery

INFLUENCE IN TODAY’S WORLD

• Hanukkah- a well known winter celebration called the Festival of Lights
• Judaism responsible for a religious revolution based on a single god
• Contributions include: Music, art, literature, science, and other fields
• Major influence on western civilization

INFLUENCE IN TODAY’S WORLD

• Yom Kippur- the most important Jewish holiday
• Happened thousand of years ago
• Ancient Jewish people were lead by Moses from their enslavement
• New country/nation started by Abraham as called upon God
• New country/nation called Israel created by Judaism

RESOURCES

• Newsela-Holy Land-Rise of the 3 Faiths.pdf
• Ohio and Its Neights- Judaism.pdf
• Judaism Book
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/beliefs/beliefs_1.shtml?sc...
• https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/332555/jewish/Maimonides-13-...

RESOURCES

• https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/topics/ten-commandments-list
• Judaism-Hanukkah by Readworks- PDF
• A History of Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year by Newsela-PDF
• APEX- Major World Religions 2-Judaism
• http://www.u.arizona.edu/~shaked/Judaism/Judaism.html