Information compiled by: Hanessa Nijjer edited by: Hanessa Nijjer

Group members:Jaya ShridharHanessa NijjerBrittany Barrell

Samantha Encarnacion

Humanities 8O’SheaWorld religions

Judaism

HistorySamantha EncarnacionDesigned by: Hanessa Nijjer.

Historical Background Information

Jewish Founding Story The history of Judaism begins with

Abraham, who came to believe in one Supreme Being, his son Isaac, Isaac's son Jacob, later called Israel, and Jacob's 12 sons who founded the twelve tribes of Israel

God often guided the Jewish people. For it is said that they were supposed to be his example to the world

Historical Background Information

Important Hebrews Abraham: (Patriarch) God told

Abraham to leave his home and in return he would have a personal relationship with God, land and lots of descendants. These descendants later founded Israel

Moses: God gave Moses a set of rules known as the 10 commandments for all of the Jewish people to follow. Moses also parted the red sea and led the children of Israel out of Egypt where they were enslaved

King Saul, David and Solomon built the first great temple and became powerful people

Joshua: Successor of Moses, Joshua was a great warrior from the bible. Who brought back the Promised Land.

Historical Background Information

The Holocaust The founder and leader of the Nazi’s

was Hitler. began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler

came to power in Germany and ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers.

It was Hitler's goal to eliminate and kill the Jews

From the mid-1930s some children were sterilised and were later rounded-up and incarcerated. Many of those sterilised underwent the procedure without giving their permission. the Nazi’s targeted the younger

generation of Jewish children to stop the religion from existing.

The Nazi’s then put down laws against the Jewish people.

In 1938 Jewish children were expelled from German schools.

Where not allowed to go to public places and activities like swimming where prohibited

Historical Background Information

Belief SystemSamantha EncarnacionDesigned by: Hanessa Nijjer

Basic Belief System

God exists There is only one God God alone created the universe God is omnipresent God is everywhere all the time

God will always exist God can do anything God punishes the bad God rewards the good God is just, but he is also merciful God listens to each individuals

prayers and answers them in unexpected ways

God is forgiving to those who mess up

The Ten Commandments The Ten

Commandments are ten rules devote Jews and Christians follow as a way of life and to please God.

Basic Belief System

Role of WomenHanessa Nijjer

Role Of Women

Role of Women

1. The role of women in the Jewish religion is of high responsibility and importance

2. God has no gender; pure being. Referring to God with masculine idioms is for convenience.

3. Women are thought to have a greater sense of “Binah:”intuition, understanding, intelligence

4. Women have no obligations to marry, and conceive children

5. Women are looked at as equal to, or superior than men.

Role of Women: 3

Man and woman were created together, then separated into, male and female roles.

Role of Women

According to traditional Judaism, women have a higher degree of "binah" (intuition, understanding, intelligence) than men.

Woman was "built" as apposed to "formed“ and the Hebrew root of "build" was derived from the word "binah."  

Role of Women: 4

Men have obligations to marry, and have children, as apposed to women having these rules

Role Of Women

Though to have children, a female is necessary, women do not have these duties

Jewish Holidays, Celebrations and Rituals Brittany BarrellDesigned by: Hanessa Nijjer

Jewish Holidays, Celebrations and Rituals

Tisha B’av: Is held on the ninth of Av to remember a series of unfortunate events all to fall on this day

Including: The destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem in about 586 BCE

The destruction of the second temple by the Romans

World war 1 and the beginning of the Holocaust

Yom Hashoah is the day to remember the Holocaust

Purim: When the Jewish people lived in Persia they where saved by a brave woman known as Esther

Purim is a day to remember this

Passover: A great feast to remember and celebrate there freedom from when Moses led them out of Egypt

Sukkot: Tells of the years that the Jews spent in the dessert traveling to the Promised Land under Gods guidance

Sukkot means hut to show how they had to live in the desert and so many celebrate Sukkot by building and living in a hut for the time of this holiday

Jewish Holidays, Celebrations and Rituals

Rosh Hashanah: Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year it is however not the only Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah is the day that Adam was born it is not however the day the beginning of the world

The first of Nisan is the Jewish new year for the counting of the pilgrim festival

The first of Elvl to be the new year for the tilting of the animals

Tu B’Shevet is the new year for trees

Shavuot: One of the Jewish harvest

festivals 7 weeks after passover Hanukkah The festival of lights  

o The day of repentance or the day of awe

o 10 day period people are given to repent for their sins

o They must however not just apologize to God for it is not his right to forgive them

o Instead they must apologize to all they have wronged

o Many also do good deedso During this time there was also a

ceremony known as Tashlich to cast away their sins. In it they throw bread into a river and say the proper prayer

o Yom Kipper –the Day of Atonemento Brings the days of repentance to a

closeo Sabbath:o The Jewish holy day to keep laws

and customs happens ones a week o Starts on the night fall on a Friday

night and lasts till the night fall on a Saturday night

o God commands the Jewish to observe Sabbath and keep it holy as the forth of the Ten Commandments

Jewish Holidays, Celebrations and Rituals

Places of WorshipBrittany Barrell designed by: Hanessa Nijjer

Places of Worship

Most of the Jewish prayers are done by reading aloud from the writing services in the Synagogue

The Synagogue is their place of worship

Synagogue services were led by a rabbi, a cantor or a member of the congregation

A Minyan or quorum of ten men where required for traditional Jewish worship

Everyone except unmarried women wore hats and even they took up the tradition after they reached a certain age during these services

Adults being men over 13 often wear a Tallit or prayer shawl for Morning Prayer as well

Types of Synagogues There are a few different types of

Synagogues In an Orthodox synagogue the

service is conducted in ancient Hebrew, and the singing is unaccompanied

Few British Synagogues have a choir, but they are more common in the USA

The most relaxed of the Synagogue services in my opinion comes from a progressive (formal, Liberal) Synagogue. There the service will be at least partly in English and there may be a choir and instruments, Men and women are allowed to sit together.

Every Synagogue will have an ark The Ten Commandments will usually

be written somewhere above it The chest that held the stone

tablets of the Convent which god gave to Moses is the inspiration behind the arches name

An Eternal light called Ner Tamid hangs above the ark

It is always burning to symbolize God’s presence and is also representative of the pillar of flame that guided the Jewish people on there early journey

Places of Worship

The platform and the desk for Torah readings are called the Bimah and an Orthodox Synagogue is in the center of the building (in a Reform Synagogue the Bimah is usually close to the ark

At the proper moment in the service the Ark is ceremonially opened and the Torah scroll is carried in procession to the reading desk

During these times that the Ark is open it is expected for all to remain standing

Places of Worship

DemographicsJaya ShridharWith help form: Hanessa NijjerDesigned by: Hanessa Nijjer

Demographics

Origin of Judaism Judaism began in Israel until many Hebrews fled

Israel because of famine. Many Hebrews traveled to Egypt and settled there until they were enslaved by Egyptians. When Jewish faith states God sent Moses to save Hebrews he parted the Red Sea long enough for them to get past and the Egyptian army drowned. Following Hebrew escape, God sent the 10 commandments to Moses which were the basis of mosaic faith. In time, the Hebrews returned to Israel but were conquered by several other cultures. Today Hebrew's are predominantly in America and Israel.    

Demographics

Map of the World

Demographics

Sacred symbols, texts and placesJaya ShridharWith help from: Hanessa NijjerDesigned by: Hanessa Nijjer

Sacred symbols, texts and places

Sacred Scriptures Tanakh: consists of books similar to the Christian

testaments. Torah: the first five books of tanakh. Nevi'im (prophets) : consists of 21 books of narrations

and prophecy Ketuvim (writings): 13 books of the Ketuvim. Includes

wisdom literature, prophecy, and stories Talmud: collection of rabbinical writings that

explain/interpret the Torah scriptures Midrash: largest body of rabbinical material  Zohar: literature of Jewish mystical thought

Sacred symbols, texts and places

Sacred symbols, texts and places

Jewish house of prayer, synagogues have a large hall for prayer, and can have smaller rooms for study; socialization, and work.

The Star of David is the symbol of Judaism, and is on the Hebrew flag. The star consits of two triangles, the one pointing upward is said to represent God, and the triangle pointing down wards represents Hebrews.

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