By: Hannah Donnelly, Kristin McFarlane, Ally Barron, and Nathalie Maciel

Gods  Monotheistic  Official name “YHWH”  Pronunciation is unknown  Name is not read aloud; the reader says “Adonai” in its place.  Transcends time, no beginning or end  Has no gender, but referred to as masculine

Religious Practices  God is creator of universe  13 principles of life  Omnipresent  Omniscient  Omnipotent  God will reward the good, and punnish the bad

Practice of religion  Mitzvot: the commandments  The Rabbinic Law  Synagogue: modern Jewish place of worship  Original center of worship= the temple  Prayer  “Keep it Kosher”

Big Rituals  Bar/Bat Mitzvah  Mikvah  Seder  Tallit  Havdalah  Mezuzuah  Circumcision  Yam Kippor  Passover  Rosh Hashanah  Hanukkah

Role of Women  Relatively equal to the rest of family  Having children and taking care of house was main job  Polygamy  Not allowed to enter the inner temple  Arranged to be married to their husbands,  A Childless widow was expected to marry her brother-in-law

Texts and Holy Books  Torah (Also known as Hebrew Bible)  Talmud  Midrash- Commentaries on the Tanakh

Diffusion  Diaspora  Dispersed between Egypt, Babylon, parts of the Middle East, and Judea  In 63 BCE Romans took over Judea and sold Jews as they traveled, putting them in parts of Middle East  Neighboring empires saw their practices  Judea/Israel was captured by Egypt, Persians, Greeks, Babylon, and Assyrians

Contact with Other Religions  Egyptians polytheistic religion  Babylonians and Assyrians polytheistic religion  Greeks polytheistic religion early forms of paganism  Persian pantheon of gods religion  Hellenistic religion

Quotations  “Then you will begin to seek God your Lord, and if you pursue Him with all your heart and soul, you will eventually find Him” (Deuteronomy, 4:29)  “Remain in awe of God, serve Him, cling to Him” (Deuteronomy, 10:20)

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