Appointed Jewish people as His chosen people

Fully written version of Jewish law

Includes notes on how to follow it

most important

first part of Jewish Bible

written in Hebrew (language of Judaism)

Includes:

• teachings

• instruction

• laws

believed to be given to Moses 50 days after Jewish people left Egypt

main connection between God and Hebrews (the Jewish)

obtained the Torah from God

obtained the Ten Commandments from God

led the Jewish people out of Egyptian slavery to the Holy land God promised them

1st to teach there only being one God

important in Christianity and Islam

promised to be the father of great people if acted as told by God

allows gradual change in law & practice

• only if change is aligned with tradition

progressive

strives to combine Judaism and modernity

• applies Jewish tradition (religious & cultural) ⬇️

• through modern thinking & morality

holds services in both Hebrew & English

comply with precedents & principles the strictest and closest

women can:

• sit with men in synagogues

• publiclicaly worship

• become rabbis

Jewish place of worship

Prayer & services led by Rabbi

Yarmulke worn by men to show devoutness

Jewish holy day of the week

On Saturday

When most worship and pray

food that is suitable to eat in Judaism

Kosher Foods:

• Chicken (products)

• Beef (products)

• Fruits & vegetables

any pigs or pig products are not kosher and prohibited

celebrates the liberation by Moses of the Children of Israel from Egypt

Story of Passover in Exodus

• Israelites were enslaved for 210 years in Egypt

• The Pharaoh refused to free them

• God sent 10 plagues on Egypt that affected the Egyptians only

Plagues of -

• Blood: The Nile River turned to blood

• Frogs: frogs overran Egypt

• Lice: dust turned into lice that got on people

• Flies: swarms of flies everywhere

• Livestock: Egyptian's animals died

• Boils: Egyptians broke out in boils

• Hail: bad hail storm hit Egypt

• Locust: swarms of locusts ate everything still growing after the hail

• Darkness: Egypt was completely dark for 3 days.

• Firstborn: avenging angel went to each non-Jewish house and killed the first-born son

after the plagues, the Pharaoh freed the Israelites

Jewish New Year festival

• celebrate the creation of the world

Judgement day of Jewish people's actions of the past year by God

• determines how good or bad the person's next year is going to be

• who is going to live or die

• kept in God's Book of Life