The main connection between God and the Hebrews (the Jewish) as received the Torah from God

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

Moses receive Torah from God and the ten Commandments (teachings and guidance for how to live)

History of the Jewish began over 3500 years ago when God promised Abraham he would be the father of great people

Abraham was the first person to teach there is ONLY one God

An important figure in both Christianity and Islam

Place of worship: Synagogue which is led by the rabbi (male or female)

Holy day: Saturday and called Sabbath

Praying or celebrating a festival/holiday Jewish men will wear yarmulke as a sign of devoutness.

Judaism must eat kosher (food has to be seen as fit to eat)

• EX:  cows and cow products, chicken and chicken products, fruits, vegetables, etc

• You CANNOT eat pigs and pig products.

Plague of Blood: The water of the Nile River was turned to blood.

Plague of Frogs: Egypt was overrun with frogs.

Plague of Lice: Dust was turned into lice which crawled on people/animals.

Plague of Flies: Swarms of flies flew everywhere

Plague on Livestock: All the animals belonging to the Egyptians died

Plague of Boils: Festering boils broke out on the Egyptian people

Plague of Hail: The worst hail storm ever hit Egypt.

Plague of Locusts: Locusts swarmed and ate anything left growing after the hail.

Plague of Darkness: Egypt became totally dark for three days.

Plague of Firstborn: An angel went from house to house killing the first born sons, the angel would know this was a Jewish home and then this would alert the angel that it was a Jewish home and to "pass over it".

The Jewish New Year festival celebrates the creation of the world.

Also a judgment 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.

God records his judgment in the Book of Life (who is going to live, who is going to die, who will have a good/bad time during next year)