Judaism

Number of followers worldwide

• 13 million people
• Most Jews live either in Israel or The United States

When and Where it started

• It started in Israel
• In about 2000 B.C.

Name of the Place of Worship\Day

• The Synagogue
• Saturday

Important Figures p.1

• Abraham was important to Jewish history because, he was the first Jew to believe in only one God, at his time people believed in many different gods.

Important Figures p.2

• Moses was an important Jewish figure because, he was considered the greatest of all Jewish prophets (a prophet is a Jew who is believed to have received messages from God).

Important Figures p.3

• Elijah was an important Jewish figure because, he proved the true power of God.

Symbols of faith and their meaning p.1

• The Star of David means, the high of holy days.

Symbols of faith and their meaning p.2

• The Menorah has eight candles to represent the eight days of Hanukkah.

Symbols of faith and their meaning p.3

• The Torah describes the first five books of the Bible.

Major Holy Days p.1

• The Shabbat is the holy day of rest, it reminds Jews of two things: that God rested on the seventh day after he created the world in six days.

Major Holy Days p.2

• Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year "It marks the start of the holiest period on the Jewish calendar."

Major Holy Days p.3

• Yom Kippur is, "A day of prayer and fasting and is the most solemn day of the year, on this day Jews follow the examples of God's angels according to traditional beliefs, do not eat or drink."

Important practices in the faith p.2

• A Bar mitzvah is a coming of age ceremony in which a Jewish boy turns 13 and becomes, "A fully recognized member of the Jewish community" and, "A time when he promises to try to follow all the Torah's laws."

Important practices in the faith p.1

• Prayer is very important to Jews because, they have a special relationship with God.

Important Beliefs in the Faith p.1

• God is a very important belief because, they believe that he created everything.

Important Beliefs in the faith p.2

• The laws of the Torah are an important belief because, those are the rules that they live by.