If you could give me help with even just one of these questions, it would really be appreciated.
1) Where, when, and how did Judaism begin?
2) Who was Abraham? What role did he play in the founding of this religion?
3) What are the core beliefs of this religion?
4) What are some rules that followers of Judaism must obey?
5) What are some customs/traditions of Judaism?
6) Who was Moses? What role did he play in the foundation of this religion?
7) What are the following holidays:
a) Yom Kippur
b) Rosh Hashanah
c) Hanukkah
d) Passover
8) What are some symbols for this religion and what do they symbolize?
9) What are prophets? (At least 3)
10) How many people in the world today practice Judaism?
Thank you so much in advance!
- Kerry
P.S. Hateful comments will be reported, so don't bother.
2006-10-23 10:28:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
See the following links for your answers.
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism
2) http://www.chabad.org/k220
3) http://www.chabad.org/k6729
4) http://www.chabad.org/k1533
5) http://www.chabad.org/109866
6) http://www.chabad.org/k70
7a) http://www.chabad.org/4687
7b) http://www.chabad.org/4644
7c) http://www.chabad.org/chanukah
7d) http://www.chabad.org/passover
8) http://www.chabad.org/8415
9) http://www.chabad.org/15747
10) 14 Million (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism)
2006-10-25 02:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by JudaismExpert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is really long, so i'm just going to be brief.
1) Where, when, and how did Judaism begin? judaism as the modern religion started at mt sinai when G-d gave the torah to moses, imho, but other people might give different starting points
2) Who was Abraham? What role did he play in the founding of this religion? abraham was a very righteous man, so devoted to G-d that G-d chose him specifically to be the father of the jews, he promised to made the "seed of abraham" numerous and populous, give them the land of israel, and made them a "holy nation"
3) What are the core beliefs of this religion? the most core beliefs are that G-d is an absolute unity, that nothing should be worshipped except G-d, and that the torah was given by G-d and is true
4) What are some rules that followers of Judaism must obey? there are 613 laws jews must obey, all of them listed in the torah, but i haven't memorized them all to list them for you, lol
5) What are some customs/traditions of Judaism? well the bar/bat mitzvah traditions, wearing a kippah etc, are traditions
6) Who was Moses? What role did he play in the foundation of this religion? moses was the greatest prophet of judaism... the one who brought the hebrews out of egypt, and the only person who ever met G-d face to face... G-d chose moses to give the torah to and be a great leader to the jews
7) What are the following holidays:
a) Yom Kippur - day of atonement
b) Rosh Hashanah - celebration of the day of creation according to the bible
c) Hanukkah - celebration of the victory of the maccabees to free the jews from hellenistic persecution
d) Passover - celebration of the exodus from egypt
8) What are some symbols for this religion and what do they symbolize? star of david, menorah, etc
9) What are prophets? prophets are people that G-d chose to communicate with, to let israel know his will - joshua, malachi, job
10) How many people in the world today practice Judaism? 14 million
2006-10-23 10:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible, the first 5 books tell the story of the foundation of Judism. Genesis tells of Abraham. Exodus will give you the laws and the full explaination of what God expected. Leviticus will further explain these laws and give you the Holidays and their signifigance. You can find Judaism on a website and it has the symbols. But it is not legal to promote another website here so you will have to ferret it out. God bless.
2006-10-23 10:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by martha d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Judaism started with Abraham (see Genesis)
2) Abraham was the first Jew. (see Genesis)
3) Too much to write here...they pray to the living God (the same God of the Christians)
4) see the 10 commandments
6) Moses (go to www.bible.com) put Moses into the search engine...and you will see plenty!
8) The Star of David..., menorah, prayer shall, (look them up...www.dictionary.com)
9) again, many prophets, Isaiah was one of the many...www.bible.com
Kerry, best wish for your report!
2006-10-23 10:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Checkout www.askmoses.com
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2006-10-23 10:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by Alan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a good place to start: www.aish.com
2006-10-23 10:32:11 · answer #6 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋