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The study of Torah is what people say another way of worshiping g-d. It is a way that many Jewish people thank g-d. It is also a way that many people communicate to g-d. Most reading happens in classes or lessons to prepare to read a Torah portion. They're learning is carried out in a large hall called a bet midrash. A study hall. they sit and read to each other and communicate. Unlike a library there is a lot of talking and reading. This is their way to socialize and learn using the same knowledge of both.

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Jews Worship in places called synagogues

Inside they have arks that have torah scrolls that are in the Hebrew language

During services members read from the torah

When a girl turns 12 or a boy turns 13 they read from the torah at their bar/bat (bat for girls bar for boys)

The largest synagogue is in Jerusalem its called the Belz Great Synagogue and it seats more than 5,000 people

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- Shabbat is is another one of many traditional jewish practices.

- Shabbat is celebrated every Friday night at sunset until Saturday at sunset

- According to legend g-d created the world in six days and on the seventh day he rested

- During shabbat you can't do many thiungs such as writing or driving since it is the day of rest

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-The Israelite were ancestors of Jewish people -The father of the Israelite name was Abraham -He lived in Mesopotamia which is the name of present day region of Iraq

-Abraham moved to Canaan which was a small area in southwest Asia

-Canaan is in southeast
Asia

-The origins of Judaism is found in the Torah -The Torah hold the first five books of the Jewish bible -Christians use a version of this as their old testament

-Torah means to teach

-G-d spoke to Abraham and told him to move to Canaan

? and he would

bless the nation

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known as the festival of light, falls between november and december, traditions include making lakhs and playing dreidel

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is known as the day of atonement and is the most solemn holiday in the jewish calendar, when jews ask for forgunvedes, from other people and g-d, people spend the day fasting and praying, a rams horn is blown to mark the end of the fast

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celebrates the jewish new year, and falls in september or october, during the service, a rams horn is blown, to “wake up” the people to make them think how to lead better lives, different foods at Rosh hashanah include apples and honey as symbols of a sweet new year, jews reflect on their action during the past year

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Celebrates g-d freeing the Israelites in Egypt after being enslaved

7 day celebration normally taking place in March or April

Families gather to eat special foods and recite special prayers

Legend has it that the ancient israelites left so quickly that there was no time to let their bread rise before baking

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all Jewish holidays begin at sunset and end the next evening,  the jewish calendar adds an extra month, like the non-religious calendar adds an extra leap ers, therefore jewish holidays  always fall in the same season

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the Israelites believe in only one g-d and even kings had to obey the g-ds laws and teachings, also caring for the less fortunate in a society is the basic value of judaism

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Keeping kosher is one of many traditional jewish practices

Many people only eat foods permitted by the bible (kosher foods)

During major holy-days work is forbidden and they avoid activities such as writing and driving

Keeping kosher means that you can't eat milk and meat and you can't have pork or shellfish.

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Jews are alwas concerned with the moral values of right and wrong, the two most

important values that have influenced many societies includes, equality

and social justice