Judaism (uncompleted)

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Created by: Pia Bath
Created on: 30-04-15 13:41

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JUDAISM REVISION
- Torah
  - Contains 1st five books of bible
  - Written in hebrew - Laws
  - Early Histroy
- Pesach
  - Passover meal
    - salt water- tears shed
    - roasted lamb-passing of Angel of Death
    - Bitter herbs - bitter/sour times of slavery
    - Charoset mortar used to build bricks
    - Matzvah:unleavened bread- no time to let it rise
    - Egg; new life
  - remember how jews left slavery behind when lead out of Egypt with Moses
- Brit Milah
  - Circumcision ceremony performed when a Jewish boy is eight days old.
    - Placed on elijah's chair. Performed by mohel while sandek holds the baby
  - covenant and sacrifice for 8 day old boy
  - outward sign of participation. 1st rite of passage
- Moses
  - born during hebrew slavery brought up by Pharoah's daughter as a Prince.
  - needed to tell hebrews who gog was
  - Burning bush and Ten plagues
  - Ten commandments
  - Crossing of the Red Sea. Walk to freedom.
- Abram- Abraham
  - covenant with God for children, great nation,blessing to world
  - father of many nations (new name)
  - Son with Hagar- Ishmael
    - sarai/sarah 99, bore a son-isaac
- Kosher
  - Noah and the food laws.
  - Meat- animals chew the cud, cloven hooves
  - Fish- fins+scales. Poultry: no birds of prey or carrion birds.
  - Teifah: opposite of kosher, means torn
  - obedience to God
- Shema
  - well taught,well remembered, well handed down, part of every-day life
  - Jews observe 613 mitzvot -commandments
- Symbols and signs
  - Tallit- scarf with 4 corners, 613 fringes tzitzit
  - Tefillin - boxes with verses of torah.
  - Mezuzah: verses of shema are kept inside.
- Bar Mitzvah
  - 13th birthday, recites torah father prays barach shepatrani. boy wears tallit and kipper
  - after bar Mitzvah boy must;follow ten commandments,pray often,take part in synagogue and Minyan.
- Shabbat
  - no work, time with family, special meal, study torah and synagogue
  - Friday evening- Saturday sunset
Shabbat
- no work, time with family, special meal, study torah and synagogue
- Friday evening- Saturday sunset