Judaism: The Nature of God
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- Judaism: The Nature of God
- Monotheism: God as One
- Jews believe that there is one God
- The Shema is an important prayer in judaism
- Central prayer
- affirms the belief that their is only one God
- made of 3 passages from the torah
- is the most important prayer
- "Here, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one"
- A central belief
- Synagogues don't have statues of humans as only God should be worshipped
- God as Creator
- the Torah begins showing how God created the world
- "In the beginning God created heaven and earth"
- He created humans on the sixth day and gave them a special and individual role
- some believe the creation accounts are literal
- others believe they are examples of what could of happened but shouldn't be taken literally
- God is responsible for creating everything in existence
- The world is too complex to not have a creator
- Prayer said in orthodox services: "Blessed be He who spoke, and the world existed
- Shabbbat and Rosh Hashanah celebrate creation
- God as Lawgiver
- God revealed the laws and duties all Jews should follow to Moses
- The 10 Commandments (exodus 20) are the framework of how a jewish society close to God can be established
- God judges how each Jew follows the law
- By obeying the laws Jews are fulfilling what God wants and forming a close relationship with him
- God as Judge
- God is a God of both justice and mercy
- God will Judge each person
- all judgements he makes are just.
- Psalm 5:4: " You are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness"
- God judges each person on Rosh Hashanah
- The talmud describes how God brings out scales to weigh the deeds of each person.
- The 10 days between R.H an Y.K is where Jews can make up for any bad deeds and ask for forgiveness
- Shekina
- The place Where Gods presence rests and can be felt
- derives from shakan which is used throughout the torah to illustrate Gods dwelling on the earth
- Some believe it followed Jews into exile
- some believe it never left the temple
- Monotheism: God as One
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