RS JUDAISM QUOTES

CREATION

'In the beginning, God created the heaven and the Earth' (Genesis 1)
'And on the seventh day, God ended his work'

MONOTHEISM

'You shall have no other Gods before me'

COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM

'I will make your descendants as numerous as stars'
'every male boy amongst you shall be circumcised'

MESSIAH

Anointed one
'the spirit of the lord will be upon him'
'other nations of the world will look to him for guidance'

LIFE AFTER DEATH

'many of those that sleep in the dust of the Earth will wake, some to eternal life, others to reproaches'

MORAL PRINCIPLES

'the world is built on chesed'
'to do justice and to love kindness'
TIKKUN OLAM
'turn from evil and do good'

PIKUACH NEFESH

'thou shalt not kill'
'he who destroys one soul of a human as if he should destroy a whole world'
'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you'

SHEKINAH

The divine presence of God
'I behold my lord seated on a high and lofty throne'
'My presence will go with you and i will give you rest'

SHABBAT

'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

KASHRUT LAWS

'You shall not boil a kid in its mothers milk'

MOURNING- SHIVA

' Jacob rent his clothes and observed mourning for his son for many days'

PASSOVER

'for seven days, you are to eat bread without yeast'
'I will free you from the labours of the Egyptians'

YOM KIPPUR

'atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins' (Leviticus)

Shema

declaration of faith
MONOTHIESM
the lord is one