ORIGINS OF RELIGION

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ORIGINS OF RELIGION

• JUDAISM
• CHRISTIANITY
• ISLAM

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ORIGINS OF RELIGION

• JUDAISM
• CHRISTIANITY
• ISLAM
• EACH OF THE RELIGIONS BEGAN IN ISRAEL

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JUDAISM (JEWISH)

• Judaism, religious culture of the Jews
• one of the world's oldest continuing religious
  traditions
• The Torah- book of rules to live by
• Do not believe Jesus is the son of God

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HANUKKAH

• Festival of Lights
• Celebration of the determination of the Jewish
  people to freely practice their religious beliefs
• Menorah - represents the 8 days the lamp stayed
  lit while the Jews held off the Syrian Soldiers
  at the Temple in Jerusalem

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HANUKKAH TRADITIONS

• LIGHT ONE CANDLE ON MENORAH PER DAY FOR 8 DAYS
• RECEIVE A GIFT EACH OF THE 8 DAYS
• CHILDREN RECEIVE GELT- REAL COINS OR CHOCOLATE
  CANDY COINS WITH GOLD PAPER
• LATKES ARE FAVORITE HANUKKAH FOOD
• DREIDEL- GAME USING A TOP WITH SYMBOLS

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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
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CHRISTIANITY

• FOLLOWERS BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THEIR SAVIOR.
• THEY BELIEVE HE WAS BORN 2 MILLENNIUM AGO
• FOLLOWERS LIVE BY THE BIBLE

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

• CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST ON DEC.
  25th EACH YEAR.
• RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS
• TREE DECORATED
• GIFTS ARE GIVEN

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ISLAM (MUSLIM)

• BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD
• FOLLOWS THE KORAN- THE LAWS OF GOD.
• BELIEVE THAT MUHAMMED WAS THE LAST PROPHET OF GOD

ONE PAGE OF THE KORAN.
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RAMADAN

• RAMADAN- HOLIEST MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR.
  (NINTH MONTH OF ISLAMIC CALENDAR)
• FAST (NO EATING) FROM SUNUP TO SUNDOWN FOR ONE
  MONTH
• AT THE END OF THE MONTH FEAST AND PRESENTS.