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believe that there's a single god who created the universe

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every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship with their god

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they keep god's laws and seek to bring holiness into every aspect of their lives

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God appointed Jews to be his chosen people to set an example of holiness and ethical behavior to the world

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God is omnipresent (everywhere, all the time) omnipotent (can do anything at all) and beyond time (always has and will exist)

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full, written version of Jewish law and notes on how to properly follow it

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- first part of the jewish bible

- written in Hebrew, language of Judaism

- includes teachings, instruction and law of Judaism

- believed the Torah was given to Moses 50 days after the Jewish left Egypt in a mass exodus

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- main connection between god and the Hebrews (Jewish) as he received the Torah from God

- led the Jews out of Egyptian slavery and took them to Holy Land that God promised them

- also received the 10 Commandments (set of teachings and guidance for how the people should live)

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- history of Jewish people began over 3500 years ago when God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great people if he did as God told him too

- the first person to teach that there's only one God

- important figure to both Christianity and Islam too

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Allows for gradual change in the law and practice if the change is in line with Jewish tradition.

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Progressive form of Judaism that aims to bring Judaism and modernity together. They apply Judaism’s religious and cultural tradition in the framework of modern thinking and morality.

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In Reformed Judaism, services are no longer conducted only in Hebrew but in a mixture of Hebrew and English in order to communicate with more people. In addition, in the synagogues, women are able to sit with the men, actively participate in public worship, and can become rabbis.

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Orthodox Jews follow the legal precedents and principles that were given to Moses the most closely and strictly. An example of a practice they follow is not using electronics all day Friday and Saturday

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- their place of worship
- prayer and services are led by the rabbi (can be male or female)

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The Jewish holy day of the week is called Sabbath, occurs on Saturday
This is when most Jewish go to synagogues to pray and worship

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Jewish men will traditionally wear a yarmulke when attending synagogue, praying, or celebrating a festival/holiday as a sign of devoutness

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They must eat kosher, which means that the food has to be seen as fit to eat. Foods that are kosher to eat are cows and cow products, chicken and chicken products, fruits, vegetables, etc. However, something that is absolutely restricted and that you can't eat are pigs and pig products.

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- Jews celebrate the Feast of Passover to commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egypt by Moses. The story of Passover is told in the Book of Exodus.

- Children of Israel were slaves in Egypt for 210 years. God promised he'd release them, but Pharaoh refused their release. In response, God had 10 plagues to demonstrate his power. Only the Egyptians were effected by the plagues, and not the Israelites (Jews)

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The water of the Nile River was turned to blood.

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Egypt was overrun with frogs.

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Dust was turned into lice which crawled on people/animales.

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Swarms of flies flew everywhere

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All the animals belonging to the Egyptians died

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Festering boils broke out on the Egyptian people

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The worst hail storm ever hit Egypt

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Locusts swarmed and ate anything left growing after the hail.

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Egypt became totally dark for three days.

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- An avenging angel went from house to house killing the first-born son. So that the angel would know which houses were the Jewish homes, they had very specific instructions to slaughter a lamb and brush the blood of the lamb on the door frame. This would alert the angel that it was a Jewish home and to “pass over” it.

- The Pharaoh freed the Israelites after this and instructed Moses to take his people out of Egypt immediately.

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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival that commemorates the creation of the world. It is also seen as a judgement day in which Jews believe God judges their good deeds of the past year against their bad deeds and decides what the next year will be for them. God records His judgement in the Book of Life where he sets out who is going to live, who is going to die, who will have a good time, and who will have a bad time during the next year.