Torah

The book of Genesis is one which is located in the Torah within the Tanakh among four other books: Exodus, Leviticus, Number, and Deuteronomy. In accordance with the dominant Jewish view, one which prevailed in earlier times, and one particularly common among Orthodox Jews, the Pentateuch has Mosaic authorship. In the present day, this view is typically rejected as commentators have noted that several points in Genesis indicate that the narrator lived well after Moses. In regards to the…

Both these books don’t stem from the same source. Torah has undergone many changes, whereas Quran is still the same and hasn’t been changed at all. Quran was received by Prophet Muhammad in Islam to teach the countrymen of Saudi Arabia. The main teachings of Judaism are to live a good life and make a connection…

Israel learned to remember “Community,” what YHWH did. The legacy of community, a calendared community, sanctified community and worshipping community. At the Sinai, the people of God received the Law of God (Torah), the Ten Commandments. However, it is important to mention that the Torah is the center of the communion of Israel with YHWH, and it is the center of the…

Jewish Meditation - Kabbalah Jewish meditation is a set of meditation techniques practiced by the Jewish people ever since the Tannaic times. It includes contemplation through visualization, prayer and other forms of spiritual practices for attaining wisdom and spiritual enlightenment. There are a wide variety of meditation approaches which cater to your goal, your emotional makeup and the effects you want to achieve through regular practice. History Of Jewish Meditation This meditation is…

I decided to attend the Jewish temple Shalom during Saturday morning service for my cultural field assignment. I chose this event because I feel a student’s religion is also important to understand just as much as their language. Understanding another religion other than a religion that I practice will help me connect with students of other faiths. I am not very familiar with the Jewish faith nor do I know a lot of people who practice Judaism. That is why I chose this cultural event to observe…

Throughout history, there have been many religions that have been challenged. None more so than Judaism. Over many centuries, they as a religion and people have been excavated and thwarted out of their homeland, and forced to scatter across Europe and the Middle East in search of a new home. After being forced out of Judea, a group of rabbis banded together and founded Rabbinical Judaism. This variation was much keener on keeping the religion alive, with an established central text and local…

Prior to taking Professor Klein’s very compelling twentieth century U.S history class, the most memorable moment I’ve had would have to be learning about the Holocaust (HaShoah, in Hebrew) and Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was the pioneer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He started rightist arrangements that prompted to World War II and the passings of no less than 11 million individuals, including the mass murder of an expected 6 million Jews. He endorsed the development of slaughtering squads…

righteous religion. After they die they believe they will be resurrected. They don’t have any rituals in the religion, but they do go worship in the synagogue. They believe in the Torah and no other documents. There are three different types of Jews: Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. Orthodox Jews believe everything in the Torah. They still keep all of its laws and teachings. Conservative Jews don’t discard or change tradition like Reform Jews but don’t think tradition is immutable like…

Moses is undoubtedly one of the most important scriptural figures in Judaism, and his influence has been felt through every generation of the religion. In fact, Moses’ prophetic narrative and heroic actions were so far-reaching that they transcended his own era and established Jewish traditions that are carried on this day. According to tradition, Moses received both written instruction from God in the form of the Ten Commandments and oral teachings from God at Mount Sinai and Mount Horeb.…

The importance of Judaism's sacred texts extends way beyond their religious connotation. These Ancient documents exemplify not only Judaism's religious precepts, but also the historical, cultural and social heritage of the Jewish people. Jewish stories and ideas of the sacred texts are evident in a lot of Israel’s modern culture today, which draws on the inheritances of the past even as it gives voice to the issues and concerns of the present. The Judaism religion started around 4000 years with…