RS Judaism Beliefs Quotes

Quote about god as the creator

‘I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil’ - Tanakh

Quote about oneness of god

‘Hear, O Israel: the lord our god, the lord is one’ - Shema prayer

Quote about god giving the ten commandments to Moses - god as lawgiver & judge

‘God gave Moses the two tablets […] inscribed with the finger of god’ - Torah

Quote about life after death & judgement after death

‘Those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, others to reproaches’ - Tanakh

Quote about how life after death isn’t that important in Judaism

‘Be like servants who serve their master not for the sake of receiving a reward’ - Talmud

Quote about ressurection

‘The dead shall live, their bodies shall rise’ - Tanakh

Quote about what the messianic age will be like

‘nation shall not take up sword against nation, they shall never again know war’ - Tanakh

Quote about the Abrahamic covenant

‘I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you’ - Torah

Quote about the jewish people being chosen by god

‘Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the lord has chosen you to be his treasured posession’ - Torah

Quote about circumcision (brit milah) and its symbolism

‘You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you’ - Torah

Quote about God saving the Jews from slavery

‘It was because the lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he […] redeemed you from the land of slavery’ - Torah

Quote about justice and righteousness

‘Let justice roll on like waters, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream’ - Tanakh

Quote about loving others

‘Love your neighbour as youself’ - Torah

Commandment about not killing

‘You shall not murder’ - Ten commandments

Quote about sanctity of life and how only god can give/take life

‘The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away’ - Tanakh

Quote showing how important & sacred humans are as they were created in God’s image

‘God created mankind in his own image’ - Torah

Quote about free will and following the mitzvot

‘The blessing, if you obey the commandments of your God […] and the curse, if you do not’ - Torah