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The land  has been ruled by many empires and kingdoms including the Babylonians, Persians, Greek, and the Ottoman Empire

The Dead Sea and the kingdoms of Edam and Moab bordered Israel in the south 

Israel is about the size of New Jersey 

2 things that Surprised Me

1. Israel is the size of  New Jersey 
2. The Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth —1300 feet

One Question I still have

1. Isn’t the bottom of the ocean lower than the Dead Sea?

]]> 2019-03-11 16:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340060819 avredman https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340112548 1. The pharaoh of Egypt asked Joseph to interpret a puzzling dream. Joseph warned the pharaoh to store food during seven years of good harvests so that the people of Egypt would have food during the famine.
2.When Moses was born, his mother placed him in a basket to prevent him from being killed under the pharaoh’s order.
3.When he grew older, God spoke to Moses through a burning bush, commanding him to lead the Israelite's out of slavery in Egypt to
freedom in Canaan, the land of his forefathers.

2 Things I learned
1. The pharaoh of Egypt asked Joseph to interpret a puzzling dream. Joseph warned the pharaoh to store food during seven years of good harvests so that the people of Egypt would have food during the famine.
2. A later pharaoh grew concerned over the number of Israelite's living in Egypt and enslaved them.

1 Question I still Have
1. Why did the Hebrews enslave the Egyptians. The Egyptians came to the Hebrews for help?]]> 2019-03-11 18:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340112548 avredman https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340131003 1. Some laws describe rituals or practices for all Jewish people,
including daily prayers, Sabbath observances, and dietary rules.
2. The Ten Commandments remind Israelite's that God ended their enslavement in Egypt and outline the essential laws for how Jewish people should worship God and treat others.
3. The rituals and ethical requirements of the ancient Israelite's became the foundation of Judaism, a religion that has survived and flourished for over
3,000 years.

2 Things that Surprised Me
1. The rituals and ethical requirements of the ancient Israelite's became the foundation of Judaism, a religion that has survived and flourished for over
3,000 years.
2. The Israelite's did not just establish a religion.

1 Question I still have
1. What else did the Israelite's establish besides there religion?]]> 2019-03-11 19:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340131003 avredman https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340136572 1. Ruth was not born an Israelite, but was from the land of Moab. She married the son of an Israelite woman named Naomi.
2. When both of their husbands
died, Ruth chose to return with Naomi to Bethlehem in the area of the tribe of Judah so that the two could rebuild their lives together.
3. Naomi eventually found another Israelite husband for Ruth, and Ruth’s grandson would become the great King David.

2 Things that Surprised Me 
1. She served as judge around 1100 BCE and successfully stopped an invasion by Jabin, the king of Canaan.
2. According to the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible, she kept her religion and heritage a secret until Ahasuerus was convinced by his adviser, Haman, to kill all Jewish people in Persia.

1 Question that I Still have
1. How come America gave women rights way after the Jewish people did in BCE?! ]]> 2019-03-11 19:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340136572 avredman https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340144997 1.The Jewish religion and tradition is rooted in sacred writings. Muslim rulers often called their Jewish subjects “People of the Book,” a term that emphasized the importance of holy texts to the Jewish people.
2.The Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, consists of many
books written from approximately 1200 to 200 BCE.
3. Jewish religious leaders, or rabbis, count 613 laws, called mizvot in Hebrew, in the Torah. These laws include 248 positive commandments, or things that one must do and 365 negative commandments, or things that one must not do.

2 Things that Surprised Me
1. Jewish religious leaders, or rabbis, count 613 laws, called mizvot in Hebrew, in the Torah. These laws include 248 positive commandments, or things that one must do and 365 negative commandments, or things that one must not do.
2. Various branches of Judaism have different beliefs about how to observe the Sabbath, but there are many common practices.

1 Question I still have
1. I wonder why the same religion would celebrate the same thing but have completely different practices done?]]> 2019-03-11 19:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340144997 avredman https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340148492 1. The religion of the ancient Israelite's began to evolve into Judaism, with some of its familiar observances and practices, during the Jewish exile in Babylon and the two centuries under Persian rule after they returned to Jerusalem.
2. In 332 BCE, the Persian Empire was conquered by a Greek army under the leadership of Alexander the Great. Most of the peoples conquered by the Greeks embraced Greek culture.
3. In 132 CE, a second Jewish revolt broke out. After four years, it was crushed by the Romans.

2 Things I Learned 
1. Most of the peoples conquered by the Greeks embraced Greek culture.
2. The small Jewish army decided to take on the whole entire Roman Empire

1 Question I still have
1. Why didn't the Jewish people just except the fact that they were not going to beat any of these Empires and just go with there cultures? ]]> 2019-03-11 19:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/avredman/oyu0qx185lfy/wish/340148492