GCSE RE: Judaism

GCSE RE: Judaism

Beliefs
1. Evil and suffering
  1. moral evil - the acts of humans which are considered to be morally wrong
  2. natural evil - natural disasters, such as earthquakes or tsunamis
  3. Suffering is the bearing or undergoing of pain or distress. Suffering is often a result of evil.
    1. Causing Suffering is wrong
2. God and truth
  1. Jews believe in the oneness of God. This is seen in one of the most important prayers for Jews, the Shema which begins with: Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. Deuteronomy 6:4
    1. Jews believe that all existence in heaven and on Earth comes from God, and that God alone should be worshipped.
  2. They write G-d
3. Revelation
  1. Revelation is when something that was hidden becomes known. For many religious people, revelation comes from God and reveals something about God.
4. Sources of authority
  1. scripture
    1. Tanakh
      1. Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim
5. Life after death
  1. While Judaism has long taught that there is a life after death, the details of this are unclear and long-debated.
  2. humans have a soul which will one day return to God.
6. Jews are theists.
  1. someone who believes that God exists. Theists do not necessarily believe they can prove God's existence.
Worships and practices
1. Worship
  1. Worship is considered to be a response to God's love for his people. It is not about receiving things from God, but giving him thanks and praise.
  2. Jews do not make symbolic images of God as that would be considered idolatry.
  3. Jews do not usually write out the name of God in case someone defaces it. This is why Jews often use 'G-d' instead.
  4. It is an important part of Jewish life
  5. The most important prayer is the Shema. The opening line is recited twice a day and reminds Jews of their monotheistic belief: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One (Deuteronomy 6:4).
2. Practices
  1. Jewish men wear three diffrent aids to prayer.
    1. The tallit
      1. It has 613 long fringes that remind Jews of God's laws.
      2. Prayer Shawl
    2. The tefillin
      1. They are small capsules with handwritten scripture passages.
    3. kippah
      1. The kippah is like a hat
      2. It reminds them that God is always with them and that they must keep God's laws.
Rituals and festivals
1. Festivals
  1. Pesach
    1. Also known as Passover
    2. Jews remember how the Israelites left slavery behind them when Moses led them out of Egypt more than 3000 years ago.
      1. The ten plagues were:
        blood, frogs, gnats, flies, blight of the livestock, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the death of each first-born child.
    3. Seder plate - on the first night of Pesach, a special service called a Seder takes place over a family meal in the home.
  2. Yom Kippur
    1. They attend the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the only day of the year with five services.
  3. Rosh Hashanah
    1. Rosh Hashanah is a day for judgement, when Jews believe that God considers a person's good and bad deeds over the last year
  4. Sukkot
    1. Sukkot is the Jewish harvest festival.
    2. Jews build sukkot in their garden with their families.
2. Rituals
  1. Shabbat
    1. Shabbat is the weekly period of rest from Friday evening until Saturday night.
      1. Time is spent together praying, socialising and reading from the Torah
By Samuel Houghton

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