JUDAISM

Beliefs in GodAttributes and Stories of

RevelationSalvific Event

Several times during the course of the year, before taking the Torah out of the Ark during the Shachrit service, the congregation sings with gusto, Adonay, Adonay, El Ruchum v’Chanun ………, the Thirteen Attributes of God.

GOD’S ATTRIBUTES Chief Rabbi Hertz’s

commentary on them, as found in his Chumash, which is

abbreviated to:GOD OF MERCY(BEFORE A MAN COMMITS A SIN)

GOD OF MERCY(AFTER A MAN

COMMITS A SIN)

ALMIGHTY LORD OF THE UNIVERSE, RULER OF NATURE,

AND MANKIND

FULL OF AFFECTIONATE SYMPATHY FOR THE SUFFERING

AND MISERIES OF HUMAN FRAILTY

ASSISTING, HELPING, AND

CONSOLING THE AFFLICTED AND RAISING UP THE

OPPRESSED

LONG SUFFERING AND

SLOW TO ANGER

ABUNDANT IN GOODNESSi.e. granting his gifts beyond the deserts of man

TRUE TO HIMSELF AND

SPEAKING THE TRUTH

IN LOVE

REMEMBERING THE GOOD DEEDS OF THE ANCESTORS

FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS

BEARING WITH

INDULGENCE THE FAILINGS

OF MANMAN’S EVIL

DEEDS SPRINGING FROM

MALICE AND REBELLION

AGAINST GOD

MAN’S SHORTCOMINGS

DUE TO HEEDLESSNESS

AND ERROR

HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE GUILTY TO PASS UNPUNISHED BUT VISITS THE

INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND

FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE HIM

STORIES OF REVELATIONS

Revelation, from the word “reveal,” refers to the traditional

belief that three months after leaving slavery in Egypt, while

the Israelites were assembled at the base of Mt. Sinai, Moses

ascended the mountain to receive the Torah from God.

SALVATION

As you have heard, we as Christians attain salvation if we accept Jesus as our lord and savior.In Judaism, they can only attain salvation if they repent on God, as long as they will to (free will).Also, they said that they don’t need Jesus FOR them to HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

KERYGMAProclamation of the Faith

Creed

Ancient Judaism, therefore, had no symbolic books, no articles of faith. No one was permitted to swear to symbols, no one was called upon to swear to articles of faith; nay, we have no conception of what are called adjurations of religious belief, or test-oaths, and we must consider them as inadmissible, according to the spirit of true Judaism.

No Creed?

‘‘’’

Mendelssohn in his Jerusalem

"Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one."

SHEMA YISRAEL

Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad

RABBI MOSES BEN MAIMON

Sheloshah-Asar IkkarimMaimonides

PRINCIPLESOFFAITH13

Distilled from the Taryag mitzvoth

(613 commandments) of the Torah

Sheloshah-Asar IkkarimGod Alone is the Creator01

02 God is Unique and One

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God is Incorporealand Incomparable

God is First and Last

We are to Pray to God AloneThe Words of the (Hebrew)Prophets are true

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Torah cannot be changed

God knows All ThingsGod Rewardsthe Righteous

The Messiah will ComeThe Dead will beResurrected

The Torah has beenDivinely Preserved

Moses is theChief Prophet

DIAKONIAConcepts and Practices related toSocial Justice and Common Good

JUDAISM BELIEFSAt the heart of Judaism, there exists only an

eternal God. God is eternal and transcendent, knowing

everything.God revealed his law (Torah) to the Jews as an right example for the world.

Abraham, the biblical Patriarch, was the first to express his faith.

The essence of Jewish faith is contained in the Biblical ‘Shema.’

JUDAISM BELIEFS cont’d

Traditionally, the Jewish life is guided by 613 Godly Commandments derived from

Torah.

The Talmud and the Shulchan Aruch are highly specific about individual and community conduct.

JUDAISM PRACTICES

Judaism remains relatively constant in terms of practices.

Shema is recited every morning and evening.All males should be ritually circumcised at an age of 8 days

old.A devout Jew should pray 3 times. During morning,

afternoon, and evening. Preferably with a quorum or Minyan of ten Jewish males.

JUDAISM PRACTICES

Additional morning service during Sabbath and Festivals.

Some Jewish have their heads covered with a skullcap. Tallit or prayer shawls fringe the four corners of the room.

Jewish people affix a Mezuzah or a small parchment scroll.

LIETORGIA Prayers, devotions, rituals

While, according to tradition, women

are only required to pray once daily, as they are generally

exempted from obligations that are

time dependent.

LIETORGIA

Most prayers and blessings can be found in the Siddur,

or prayer book.

In general, Jewish men

are obligated to pray three times a day.

SIDDURMEN

WOMEN

Three daily prayer services01 Shacharit

02 Mincha

03 Arvit

LIETORGIA cont’d

“morning light”

named for the flour offering that accompanied sacrifices at the Temple in Jerusalem.

“nightfall”

According to Rabbi Jose b. Haninaeach of thePatriarchs institutedone prayer.

SYNAGOGUE Hebrew: בית כנסת beth knessetmeaning "house of assembly“)

A synagogue is usually also a beit midrash, a house of study. It is normally has a well-stocked library of sacred Jewish texts for members of the community to study.

AS A HOUSE OF STUDYHebrew: מדרש beit midrash בית

meaning "house of learning“)

A synagogue, also spelled synagog, is, at a minimum,

a Jewish house of prayer.

Tallit  (prayer shawl) is traditionally worn during all

morning services.

(phylacteries) are a set of small cubic leather boxes

painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with

verses from the Torah.

Tefillin

Individual prayer is considered acceptable, but a minyan is the most highly recommended form of prayer.

ATTIRE DURING PRAYERS

JEWISH OBSERVANCES AND RITUALS

Mikveh “Menstrual purification”Jewish law prescribes that women immerse themselves in the waters of the mikveh following their menstrual periods or after childbirth in order to become ritually pure.

Circumcision“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” Genesis 17:10Bar mitzvah

When a boy comes of age at 13 years old, he recognized by Jewish tradition as having the same rights as a full grown man.

Dietary laws (Kashrut)The body of Jewish law

dealing with what foods can and cannot be eaten and how

those foods must be prepared.

Kosher

KOINONIAFellowship and gathering of

believersFestivals and celebrations

CHANUKAH

MAR23

MAR24

BEGINS ENDS

Work permitted

Shabbat(Jewish sabbath)

EXCEPT

Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.

PURIM

DEC6

DEC14

BEGINS ENDS

Work should be avoided

Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.

PASSOVER

APR22

APR30

BEGINS ENDS

April 23 - 24April 29 - 30

Passover (Pesach) celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.

NO WORK PEMITTED WORK PEMITTEDApril 25 – 28

with certain restrictions

ROSH HASHANAH

OCT2

OCT4

BEGINS ENDS

No work is permitted

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of God as king.

COMMUNITY Structure, leadership and ministry,

membership Initiation and Code of Conduct

JUDAISM MINISTRYSince the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, there has been no single body that has a leadership

position over the entire Jewish diaspora.

RABBI

SPECIAL ROLESA rabbi is simply a teacher, a person sufficiently educated in halakhah (Jewish law) and tradition to instruct the community and to answer questions and resolve disputes regarding halakhah.

PRIEST

CHAZZAN

A chazzan (cantor) is the person who leads the congregation in prayer. A professional Chazzan’s important duties includes teaching young people to lead all or part of a Shabbat service and to chant the Torah or Haftarah reading, which is the heart of the bar mitzvah ceremony.

GABBAI A gabbai is a lay person who volunteers to perform various duties in connection with Torah readings at religious services. A gabbai may do one or more of the following:choose people who will receive an aliyah

(the honor of reciting a blessing over the Torah reading)stand next to the person who is reading from the Torah, checking

the reader's pronunciation and chanting and correcting any mistakes in the readingread from the Torah

JEWISH INITIATION

B’RIT MILAH

This is a religious rite performed eight days after the boy’s birth. It symbolises the covenant or agreement that Abraham entered with God. When a boy is circumcised, it is a sign that he is entering the Jewish community - the community of the descendants of Abraham.

Covenant of Circumcision

PIDYON HA-BENIn traditional Jewish families, if a baby is matamua (the first-born son), thirty days after his birth he is dedicated to the service of God. In the old days this ceremony took place in the Temple where five silver coins would be given to the priests so that the boy would be released from his duty of serving the Temple. Today the money is given to charity.

Redemption of the son

JEWISH INITIATION

BAR MITZVAHA Jewish boy has his Bar Mitzvah in a synagogue on the first Saturday after his thirteenth birthday.

A son of the CommandmentsBAT MITZVAH

In the synagogue, the girl says a special prayer on the Sabbath after her twelfth birthday.

A daughter of the Commandments

Jews believe that when a boy turns thirteen and a girl turns twelve, they are old enough to

understand and obey the Ten Commandments. These are the most important rules of Judaism

JEWISH CODE OF CONDUCT

The word "halakhah" is usually translated as "Jewish Law”.

HALAKHAH

Halakhah increases the spirituality in a person's life, because it turns the most trivial, mundane acts, such as eating and getting dressed, into acts of religious significance. Halakhah is made up of 613 mitzvot (commandments from God) from the Torah as well as laws instituted by the rabbis and certain customs.

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