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1. 4. What does Judaism Teach?

2. What does Judaism Teach?
• Judaism’s beliefs
• Judaism’s texts
• Judaism’s holidays
• Judaism’s branches

3. Judaism’s Beliefs

4. Rabbinic Judaism
1. Diaspora Religion — A religion that can be practiced in exile without Temple

5. Rabbinic Judaism
1. Diaspora Religion — A religion that can be practiced in exile without Temple
2. Two Bibles — A Religion with an Oral and Written Scripture

6. Temple Destroyed 70 AD
• Sacri
fi
ces stopped
• Priesthood Ended
• Rituals ceased

7. Rabbinic Judaism
Priest Rabbi
Temple Synagogue
Sacri
fi
ces Prayers

8. Traditional Beliefs
• God is One
• God is indivisible
• God is only spirit

9. Traditional Beliefs
• Written Torah (Law)
• Oral Torah (Oral Law)
• 613 Commandments

10. Traditional Beliefs
Unbroken chain of authority
from Moses to the Rabbis

11. God gave on Mt. Sinai
Written Law

12. God gave on Mt. Sinai
Written Law
Oral Law

13. God gave on Mt. Sinai
Written Law
Oral Law
Only to the Jews

14. MOSES
MOSES The PEOPLE
1400 BC 2023 AD
Us

15. MOSES The PEOPLE
1400 BC 2023 AD
How does the Mosaic Law get to us?

16. Unbroken Chain of Authority
MOSES JOSHUA The PEOPLE
1400 BC 2023 AD

17. Unbroken Chain of Authority
MOSES JOSHUA JUDGES The PEOPLE
1400 BC 2023 AD

18. Unbroken Chain of Authority
MOSES JOSHUA JUDGES RABBIS The PEOPLE
1400 BC 2023 AD
Interprets
the Law
To us

19. Interpretation has Divine Authority
MOSES JOSHUA JUDGES RABBIS The PEOPLE
1400 BC 2023 AD
Interprets
the Law
To us

20. God
Bible The Rabbis

21. God
Bible The Rabbis
Inspiration

22. Written Torah
God
Bible The Rabbis
Inspiration

23. Oral Torah
Written Torah
God
Bible The Rabbis
Inspiration

24. Oral Torah
Written Torah
God
Bible The Rabbis Jewish People

25. Oral Torah
Written Torah
God
Bible The Rabbis Jewish People
Divinely Binding
Interpretation

26. Traditional Beliefs
• Heaven (Gan Eden)
• Hell (Gehenna)

27. Traditional Beliefs
Recite Kaddish
For those who died

28. Traditional Beliefs
• Messiah human
• Messiah still coming
• Messiah bring peace
• Messiah regather Jews

29. Traditional Beliefs
• Sin is an Act not a condition
• Judged by our deeds, not beliefs

30. Atonement for Sin
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Righteous Deeds

31. Prayer & Worship

32. The Synagogue
House for worship
Community Center
Place for Teaching
Wilshire Blvd Temple in Los Angeles

33. The Synagogue
The Synagogue replaced Temple
Wilshire Blvd Temple in Los Angeles

34. The Rabbi
Orthodox — Only Men
Other branches — Men or Women
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, New York

35. The Rabbi
The Rabbi replaced the Priest
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, New York

36. The Cantor
Leads the worship service
Azi Schwartz, New York City

38. The Torah Scroll
The First Five Books of Moses
Written by hand on Parchment
No vowels or punctuation

39. The Torah Scroll
Torah is read on Saturday mornings

40. The Torah Ark
The wooden closet where the Torah
is kept. Replaced Ark in the Temple

41. The Siddur
The Jewish Prayer Book
Prayers established around 600 AD

42. The Shema
The most holy Prayer in Judaism
Recited 3 times a day
Recited on death bed

43. The Shema
Prayers Replaced the Sacri
fi
ces
O
ff
ered in the Temple 3 times / day

44. Shema (Deut. 6:4)
Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.
Hear, O Israel! The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
Baruch shem kavod malchuto l’olam va’ed
Blessed be his name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.

45. The Tallit
The four-cornered prayer shawl men
wear over their shoulders on
Saturday morning services

46. The Tefillin
Leather box worn on forehead and
left wrist

47. The Tefillin
These words which I command you today
shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach
them diligently to your children, and shall
talk of them when you sit in your house,
and when you walk by the way, and when
you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You
shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between
your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the
doorposts of your house and on your
gates. (Deut 6:6-9, ESV)

48. The Mezuzah
The box placed the right door post
Containing Deut 6:6-9
Found on most Jewish door posts

49. Shabbat Candles
Lit by the mother at sundown on
Friday night when Shabbat starts

50. Kiddush
The blessing recited over wine
On Friday night

51. Hallah Bread
Braided egg bread
The “Show Bread” priests made in
the Temple

52. Judaism’s Texts

53. Bible
TANAKH (Old Testament)

54. Bible
Torah — the Law
Neviim — the Prophets
Kotviim — the Writings

55. Torah Scroll
The Law
First Five Books of the Bible
Read on Saturday

56. Talmud
Commentary on the Law
Written 400 AD in Babylon

58. Siddur
Jewish Prayer Book