beliefs about god
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Beliefs about God. The universe is governed by God. God is indivisible. Not a physical being. The bible calls God, YHWH (“I am”). a.k.a. The Lord (“ Adonay ”). The Torah. Contained in a Holy Ark. Usually 2 or 3 in a synagogue Written on parchment scrolls. Cannot be touched. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Beliefs about GodThe universe is governed by God.God is indivisible.Not a physical being.The bible calls God, YHWH (“I am”).a.k.a. The Lord (“Adonay”)
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The TorahContained in a Holy Ark.Usually 2 or 3 in a synagogueWritten on parchment scrolls.Cannot be touched.Taken out during services and read.Divided into 54 sections. One section is read each week for the year.
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The Torah
Ark doors opened.
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RabbisA trained scholar, teacher, interpreter of Jewish law, councillor. [Jesus was called Rabbi by his followers.]Conduct services like Bar Mitzvahs, weddings, and funerals.
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Keeping Kosher: KashruthFoods must be prepared according to a set of rules.Out: Pork, rabbit, eagle, owl, catfish, sturgeon, and any shellfish, insect or reptile are non-kosher.Strangled meats are non-kosher.
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Keeping Kosher
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ShabbatSunset Friday to Sunset SaturdayGo to Synagogue for Friday prayersCandles lit to remember creation
Shabbas: Sabbath mealKiddush: Prayer over the wineChallah: Egg bread
Shabbat Meal in Israel Shabbat meal in Israel
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Wine and Challah
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Jewish Festivals: Rosh Hashanah:
Jewish New YearOccurs around the Autumn EquinoxTen day period of repentence. Ends with Yom Kippur: The Day of AtonementThe Shofar is sounded.How to Blow the ShofarHow to celebrate Rosh HashanahCBN The Feast of The New Year 700 Club
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Jewish Festivals: Yom KippurHoliest day in the Jewish Year. Fasting, prayers, abstinence. Day of Atonement for sins.Temple sanctuary when Hebrews were still a wandering people 1250-1050 BCE950 BCE-70CE: The High Priest used to enter the Holy of Holies on this day to pray for the sins of the Israelites. Animals were sacrificed for the sins of the people.
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The Kohen Badol on Yom Kippur
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Pesach/Passover: MatzohCelebrates the Exodus. No leavened food for a week.Eldest son should fast on the first dayThe Sedar:Ritual service and dinner held at home on first night of Passover.
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Passover SederEvents of the Exodus are retold.Learning about Passover with Rabbi Akselrad
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Bar/Bat MitzvahComing of age ceremony at 13.Noam’s Bar Mitzvah.Bat Mitzvah at Boston Temple.
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WeddingsTake place under a canopy called a Chuppah.Drink from a glass of wineCrush a glass under footOrthodox Jewish wedding Brooklyn NY 2005
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DeathCremation is not allowedBurial within 24 hours if possible (like Islam)Shiva: a seven period of mourning. Mourners stay at home.Mirrors are covered.How to sit Shiva
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Types of JudaismOrthodox/ HasidicReformConservativeReconstructionist
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ZionismReturn of Jews to the Promised LandBegan in 1896 with Theodore HerzlAfter the Holocaust, the state of Israel was declared in 1948Conflict has been ongoing. . .