What do all of these people

have in common?

They are all Jewish

By the end of the lesson we need to be able to answer this question:

What is a Jewish God

like?Recap…Recap…What do you know about a

Christian God?

For Jews, God is…

…divine

…creator of the worldFor Jews, God is so special that no other gods or statues must be worshipped.Jews believe that God made a covenant (a promise) with them…

…called YAHWEH

God promised…

•To look after the Jews.

•To make them his chosen people.

•To give them a land of their own.

The Jews promised…

•To love G_d, and be faithful to him

•To keep his 614 commandments/laws

Everybody needs a piece of scrap paper…

On the paper you need to describe yourself in 11 words – you must not write your name!

Can we guess who people are from their 11 words

description?

How did it feel like to describe yourself in only 11 words? Did you feel like you could describe all aspects of your personality?

What Jews believe about God is very simple…It’s only 11 words long!It’s a creed, called the ‘Shema’, which is the Hebrew word for ‘Hear’.In 11 words, it sums up the main Jewish belief about God:

‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.’

It tells us some key things about what Jews believe about God…What 2 names is a Jewish God given?Is Judaism monotheistic or polytheistic? How do you know?Can you sum up what Jews believe about God in less than 11 words?The Shema is originally written in Hebrew:

‘Shema Yisrael, Adonia Elohenu, Adonai Echad.’

It is the first Hebrew that a Jewish child learns & it is meant to be the last thing that a Jew says before death.The Shema is part of the Jewish holy book – what is it called?

Copy this paragraph into your books, by filling in the gaps.

What Jews believe about God is very simple…It’s only _____ words long!It’s a _______, called the ‘______’, which is the Hebrew word for ‘_______’.In __ words, it sums up the main Jewish belief about God:

‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our ___, the Lord is ___.’

The key thing that it tells us about what Jews believe is that they believe there is only ___ God, meaning that Judaism is a ___________ religion.The Shema is originally written in _______:

‘Shema Yisrael, Adonia Elohenu, Adonai Echad.’

It is the first Hebrew that a Jewish ______ learns & it is meant to be the last thing that a Jew says before ______.

Who can give me some details to answer this question:

What is a Jewish God

like?Beliefs about God that we have studied can be summed up using

these numbers: 39911

Explain!