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Title: Judaism: A Culture and a People


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Judaism A Culture and a People
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Judaism is not just a religion
  • Judaism is a religion, but it is also a culture
    and a people.

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A culture and a people
  • Judaism does not represent any single race,
    belief, or viewpoint, let alone values and
    politics.

4
The Torah
  • Torah means teaching, instruction, or law
    and is commonly known as the Law of Moses.

5
Maps of Israel Over the Years
  • The map of Israel changed many times since
    Biblical Times.

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Most people around Abraham were polytheists
  • Monotheism was a radical break with the common
    philosophical understanding of the Divine at the
    time.

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The Temple in Jerusalem
  • Worship was centered on the temple in Jerusalem.

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The Western (wailing) Wall
  • Though the temple was rebuilt, the religion
    became more and more what it ultimately would
    become, a religion of synagogues, where worship
    consisted of study of Scriptures without
    sacrifices.

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The Bible is divided into three sections
  • The Torah is the first section, and includes the
    first 5 books of the Bible. The Prophets is the
    second section, and the Writings is the third.

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The Messiah
  • An important idea of Biblical Judaism is the
    concept of the Messiah.

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Kabbala Jewish Mysticism
  • Kabbala is based on finding deeper meanings in
    the words and letters of the Torah that point to
    metaphysical realities.

12
The Kabbalistic Tree of Life
  • Kabbala a path of meditation

13
Hasidism
  • Hasidism was a devotional movement that started
    in Eastern Europe through the teachings of the
    Baal Shem Tov (Master of the Good Name).

14
Jewish-Danish Children Smuggled into Sweden
  • The Holocaust has had a profound effect on
    Christian-Jewish relations and dialogue.

15
Orthodox Judaism
  • Orthodox Judaism teaches full following of the
    Law (Torah), and is traditional in theology,
    forms of festival and worship.

16
Reform Judaism
  • Reform Judaism has roots in the German
    Enlightenment, and is liberal in attitude, and
    does not believe in following the Law
    legalistically.

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Jewish Beliefs
  • No dogma is as significant to most Jews as
    participation in the Sabbath worship, festivals,
    customs, and observances traditional to the
    community.

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Moses Maimonides, 1135-1204
  • A conventional touchstone for Jewish belief
    delineation has been 13 principles of faith put
    down by the great medieval thinker, Moses
    Maimonides.

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Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), celebrated
    the holiness in all things and the possibility of
    an intense, passionate relationship between God
    and humans.

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The Sabbath
  • The Sabbath commemorates the Lords day of rest
    after the work of creation, and is intended for
    the rest and refreshment of both body and soul.

21
Rosh Hashana Happy New Year
  • Rosh Hashana is the Jewish New Year and is a
    celebration of the creation of the world. It is
    associated with the sweetness of life,
    symbolized by honey and sweet bread.

22
Passover
  • Passover is a celebration of freedom recalling
    the Exodus, parting of the Red Sea, receiving of
    the law at Mt. Sinai, and entry into the Promised
    Land.

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Chanukah
  • Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the
    Temple in Jerusalem in 165 B.C.E.

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Bar Mitzvah A Rite of Passage
  • The term means son (bar) of the commandment
    (mitzvah). For a girl, the term would be
    daughter (bat) of the commandment (mitzvah).

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A Religion of Action
  • Judaism is a religion of action more than beliefs.

26
Modern Jerusalem
  • In modern Israel, we see some negative issues
    arising.

27
The Letter of the Law
  • On an internal level, the dark side of Judaism
    has been in its focus on the letter of the Law
    rather than the spirit of the Law.

28
Deborah, the Judge
  • On one hand, Jewish women have been celebrated in
    texts and traditions as charismatic luminaries,
    heroines, intellectuals, devoted wives and
    leaders.

29
Tradition
  • It is the role of wife and mother that takes
    center stage for women in traditional Judaism
    most traditions regarding women revolve around
    her role in the home.

30
Jewish Wedding
  • This attitude even comes out in modern weddings,
    where the father gives away his daughter to the
    groom.

31
The Marriage Contract
  • A woman could only get a divorce if the man
    agreed to give her one. Pictured here is a
    traditional marriage contract, called a Ketubah.

32
First Female Rabbi Sally Priesand
  • Today there are women ordained as rabbis and
    cantors in Reform, Conservative and
    Reconstructionist Judaism.

33
Shekhinah
  • Shekhinah, which is feminine, is the spirit of
    God at the Sabbath, also known as the Sabbath
    Bride.

34
Center of Judaism
  • For a long time, Judaism was centered on the
    temple in Jerusalem in the land of Israel.

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