JUDAISM

JUDIASM

• Judaism is monotheistic.
• Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world that still exists today.

MAIMONIDES IS CALLED RAMBAM

• HE WAS A JEWISH PHILOSOPHER AND WROTE MANY BOOKS ABOUT THE JEWISH FAITH
• He died December 13,1204 in Fustat,Egypt.

FUSTAT,EGYPT

MAIMONIDES THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES OF FAITH

• God exists
• God is one and unique
• God is incorporeal (not composed of matter)
• God is eternal
• Prayer is directed to God alone and nobody else
• The words of the prophets are true
• Moses' prophecies are true, and Moses was the greatest of the prophets

THE REST OF THE THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES OF FAITH

• 8.The Written Torah (first 5 books of the Bible) and Oral Torah (teachings now contained in the Talmud and other writings) were given to Moses
• 9.There will be no other Torah
• 10.God knows the thoughts and deeds of men
• 11.God will reward the good and punish the wicked
• 12.The Messiah will come
• 13.The dead will be resurrected

KIPPAHS

• A kippah a brimless cap, usually made of cloth, worn by Jews to fulfill the customary requirement held by orthodox halachic authorities that the head be covered at all times.
• Men usually wear the Kippahs,woman usually don't.

HANAKUAH

• Hanukkah is celebrated on different days each year. In last year it started on December 6 and last until December 14.
• It lasts eight days.The first candle of the menorah is lit at nightfall of the first date.

SYNAGOGUE

• King Solomon built a magnificent Temple, dedicated to God, in Jerusalem.It consisted of three rooms: an entryway; an oblong room containing the menorah, incensealtar, and table of twelves loaves of bread; and an inner sanctum, called the Holy of Holies, which contained the Ark of the Covenant in which, according to tradition, the Torah brought down Mount Sinai by Moses was kept.

JERUSALEM