Beliefs
There are five major Beliefs in which the Jewish believe in:
Observance-Based Divisions
There are many branches/ divisions in the Judaism religion they are:
Orthodox Judaism- these are the traditional Judaism. One of the practices they believe in is that the service should be conducted in Hebrew and by a male rabbis.
Conservative Judaism- origins comes from Germany, but it took strong roots in the United States among Jews who wanted modern change.
Reform Judaism- it also began in Germany in desire for Jews to leave ghetto life completely and enter the mainstream of European culture. An early influence on this movement was Moses Mendelssohn; he was a major thinker and writer.
Reconstructionist Judaism- this is the newest and smallest branch of Judaism. The founder is Mordecai Kaplan a Lithuanian who came to the United States as a child. The see the notion of God from a pragmatic viewpoint as "the Power which makes me follow ever higher ideals."
Links:
http://www.strobertchs.com/teachers/dchan/world%20religions/S16B3A53A.19/Kosher-cow-diagram.jpg
Molloy, M. (2008). Experiencing the world's religions: Tradition, challenge, and change (6th ed.). Boston: -McGraw Hill Higher Education.
- Belief in God. God is one, formless, all knowing, and eternal. God is the master of the universe as it creator and judge. God is both loving and just.
- Belief in the words of the prophets .
- Belief that God gave the laws to Moses.
- Belief that Messiah, will comes someday.
- Belief that there will be a resurrection of the good in the world to come.
- Having a dietary diet is one of the practices Jewish people follow. Food consumption and food handling is done according to religious laws. The term for thier diet is kosher which means ritually correct. For example all meat should be drained before the meat is cooked and eaten. This is because blood gives life and blood is sacred to God.
- Another practice is how they have their own Holy Days. One of the holy days is Rosh Hashanah which is New Year's Day. The jewish holidays begins at the end of harvest season, when all of the debt have been paid off.
- Lastly, another practice is Sukkot which comes during late-harvest festival. Temporary outdoor shelters were once used as a way of protecting crops in the fields. Families still construct them, eat in them, and sometimes sleep in them. In the modern times they are constructed in backyards or porches. The festival recalls the wandering of the early Hebrews.
Observance-Based Divisions
There are many branches/ divisions in the Judaism religion they are:
Orthodox Judaism- these are the traditional Judaism. One of the practices they believe in is that the service should be conducted in Hebrew and by a male rabbis.
Conservative Judaism- origins comes from Germany, but it took strong roots in the United States among Jews who wanted modern change.
Reform Judaism- it also began in Germany in desire for Jews to leave ghetto life completely and enter the mainstream of European culture. An early influence on this movement was Moses Mendelssohn; he was a major thinker and writer.
Reconstructionist Judaism- this is the newest and smallest branch of Judaism. The founder is Mordecai Kaplan a Lithuanian who came to the United States as a child. The see the notion of God from a pragmatic viewpoint as "the Power which makes me follow ever higher ideals."
Links:
http://www.strobertchs.com/teachers/dchan/world%20religions/S16B3A53A.19/Kosher-cow-diagram.jpg
Molloy, M. (2008). Experiencing the world's religions: Tradition, challenge, and change (6th ed.). Boston: -McGraw Hill Higher Education.