Jewish beliefs quotations

The Nature of God: as one

“Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one” (Deuteronomy)

The Nature of God: as creator

“Let there be light” (Genesis 1)

The Nature of God: Lawgiver, judge and divine presence

“For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King; he will save us” (Isiah)

“Have them make a sanctuary for me…I will dwell among them” (Exodus)

“The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of fire to give them light” (Exodus)

Life after death, judgement and resurrection

“There is a time to be born and a time to die” (Ecclesiastes)

“Blessed is the true judge” (Blessing when someone dies)

“Judaism is more concerned with how to live than how to die” (Rabbi Benjamin Blech)

The Messiah

“They shall never again know war” (Micah)

“I believe that the days of the Messiah shall come” (Moses Maimonides’s 12th principle)

Covenant with Abraham

“Father of great Nations” (Genesis 12)

“Whose number shall be as great as the stars in the sky”

“Land flowing with milk and honey”

Mt Sinai/ covenant with Moses

“I am who I am” (Exodus)

The Ten Commandments

Key moral principles

“To do justice and to love goodness, and to walk modestly with your God” (Micah)

“Love thy neighbour as thyself” (Leviticus)

Sanctity of life and Pikuach Nefesh

“He who destroys one soul of a human being, the scripture considers him as if he should destroy a whole world” (Sanhedrins)

“Keep my degrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them” (Leviticus)