Torah

is one of the world 's oldest living religions, in addition to being the first religion based on monotheism, or a belief in one God, and would later become the driving force behind Christianity, the primary religion of the West. According to the Torah, a general term used to

is the great epitaph marking a grave in the city of Tiberius in the holy land. Moses Maimonides is regarded by many as the greatest Jewish philosopher ever, and his influence on the Jewish people approaches the influence of the first Moses (of the Torah or Old Testament). As a rabbi, Halachist, Physician, religious scholar, communal leader, and commentator on the art of medicine, his influence has spanned centuries and cultures. He was born Moshe ben Maimon, in March of 1138 in Cordoba Spain; in Hebrew

The Hebrews are a Covenant oriented demographic. Their holy book is the Torah and as defined by God for the Torah there are six Covenants to follow these would include: Abrahamic, Mosaic, Priestly, Davidic, and the New Covenant. The main question pertains to the fact of how faithful were the Hebrews And God to these Covenants. Another thought is to how did these Covenants separate the Hebrews from their surrounding neighbors? Can these covenants be applied to daily life and resound on a personal

headings. The most important is the Torah, which means “devine instruction and guidance.” Torah is also known as the Five Books of Moses; the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The second portion is the Nevi’im meaning writings of the Prophets. The third section of Tanakh is referred to as Kethuvim or “the Writings.”      By the late Middle Ages, there was a distinction between what is known as Written Torah, the Tanakh, and Oral Torah. Oral Torah consists of commentaries and

What's Judaism What's bar mitzvah Judaism is a monotheistic based around their sacred text called the torah which consists of the 5 books of Moses that god gave to Moses on mount Sinai. The key beliefs of Judaism are rules and knowledge about there one god that they believe in these are They believe that god rewards the good and punishes the bad, there god is not male or female, he can never die and has always existed, god is everywhere any time and he communicates with everyone in different

Jewish strongly live upon meaning that there is only one God and the he is eternal. God is unique and indivisible. He is the ultimate source of all of creation and the most powerful. Just like Christians and the Bible, the Jewish follow and study the Torah which guides them to approach and respond to moral questions appropriately. God supplied the Jews with a

daily routines, finances, and politics in a manner entirely different from other Jewish denominations (Wertheimer, 2014). The largest following of the ultra-Orthodox consist of Hasidism. Orthodox Judaism believes that both the Written and Oral Torah are of divine origin, thereby representing the

One of the many decisions that has to made in life is what, if any, religion they will practice. Christianity, the belief in God, and Jesus as his son, or Judaism, to follow the direction of the Torah are some of the major religions that a person may choose. This decision may be one of the biggest decisions of a person’s life, and each religion has similarities and differences, and pro’s and cons. Two of the major religions, Judaism and Christianity, are alike in their inspiration of sacred texts

recognize that god is our leader who ultimately created us and that decides whether we are inscribed into “the book of life.” The torah is the most holy writing that the Jewish people have. It was treated with the respect and care that it deserves. As we talked in class, the torah is stored in an ark. The torah is removed from the ark during the torah service. The torah readers used a

service over the last couple of weeks. I had some conflicts with the times and there were also a couple of Jewish holidays happening during the months of September and October, such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. I became aware that services may change location and style during the high holidays depending on the congregation. High holidays do not fall on the day each civil calendar year; the Jewish calendar is based on a 12 month lunar cycle with an extra