Judaism beliefs and teachings (NOT FINISHED)

what is the word for G-d

Hashem

how many laws are there in Judaism

613 Mitzvot

the Ten Commandments

Exodus 20

“I am the Lord your G-d, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” - omnipotent, salvation history

“you shall have no other gods before me.” - explicit monothesism

“you shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your G-d, am a jealous G-d, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and forth generations of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments”

“you shall not misuse the name of the Lord your G-d” - Jews do not write ‘God’

“remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your G-d” - celebrating fact that G-d created the earth and is the creator.

“honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land of the Lord your G-d is giving you.” - if you cannot show respect to the people in your family how can you have that with G-d?

“you shall not murder”

“you shall not commit adultery”

“you shall not steal”

“you shall not give false testimony against your neighbour”

“you shall not covet your neighbour’s house. you shall not covet your neighbour’s wide, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour” - you shall not be jealous and be happy with what God has given you

13 principles of Faith

Maimonides complied and composed the thirteen principles of Jewish faith. he is often compared to Moses and towers above his peers among medival Jewish thinkers and leaders.

the closest that anyone has ever come to creating a widely accepted list of Jewish beliefs is the thirteen principles of faith. these principles, are thought to be the minimum requirement of Jewish belief. they are:

1. G-d is the creator

2. the belief in G-d absolute and unparalleled unity

3. the belief in G-d’s, non-corporeality, nor that he will be affected by any physical occurrences such as movement, or rest, or dwelling (no physical form)

4. the belief in G-d’s eternity

5. the imperative to worship G-d exclusively and no foreign false gods

6. the belief that G-d communicated with man through prophecy

7. the belief in the primacy of the prophecy of Moses our teacher

8. the belief in the divine origin of the Torah

9. the belief in the immutability of the Torah

10. the belief in G-d’s omniscience and providence

11. the belief in divine reward and retribution

12. the belief in the arrival of the Messiah and the messianic era

13. the belief in the resurrection of the dead

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

“hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. these commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. impress them on your children. talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. write them on the doorframes of your houses and on you gates” - Mezuzah - put on door frames which you touch before you step into the room which has the prayer inside

• this shows how there is one G-d and you should love G-d with all your heart constantly. in whatever you do and wherever you go. you should also make sure your children do this too

Exodus 20:11 - creation of world

“for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day”