Judaism
by:Grace Curtis

where and when it started

• When-3,000 years ago.
• Where-Mesopotamia

Followers world wide

• There are more than 13 million people.

Days And places to worship

• Places-Synagogue
• Days/Sabbath-First days of the week.

Important figures in faith

• Abram/Abraham-He is a person who changed his name to ''high father''.
• Moses-He is important because he saw a slave being abused by it's owner and than he killed the slaves owner.
• Elijah-He got mad because god told him to challenge people who believed in a diffirent god

Symbols of faith and meaning

• The chai symbol-This is mostly worn on jewelry and it is worn by jewish people.
• The Menorah-This is a lighted candle holder used to celebrate hannukiuh.
• The Hamesh hand-It represents God the one who will protect all those who come upon them.

major holy days

• Hanukkiah-That means ''dedicate'' it is important because thousands of years ago there was a war and then found a container of holy oil and it burned for eight days instead of one.
• Sukkot-In 586 B.C.E Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jursalem. They celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in booths, temporary little shacks,because of their ancestors lived in booths when they left Egypt.
• Shavout-This is a day of singing and dancing! Why is is important is because Moses recieved the ten commandments seven weeks after the Isrealites left.

Important practices

• When a child is born his father has to bless him at a ceromony.
• The Jewish synagouge that is a house prayer.
• Rituals are usually preformed in jewish synagouges.

Important beliefs

• Spritual jews-Believe that a jew can be with a non-jew.
• God judaism-They believe that there is only one God
• Orthodox judaism-People who observed religious codes and behaviors.