1. Judaism

2. Judaism Judaism was founded in the Bronze Age (around 3000 BC)
Judaism’s greatest prophet was Moses.
Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.
Star of David

3. Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God

4. Place of worship: Synagogue

5. A Rabbi leads the prayers in a Synagogue

6. The Jewish religious text is the Torah

7. Key Beliefs in Judaism
The Jewish people are the chosen people of God (Yahwey in Hebrew).
Sabbath: religious observance and abstinence from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
The Messiah (Chosen One of God) has not yet come.

8. Practices in Judaism
Men wearing the Kippah (to show respect to Yahwey when entering a synagogue or when reading the Torah).
Eating food that is kosher (food that is fit to eat according to Jewish tradition; pigs are seen as unclean so they aren’t kosher)

9. Men wearing a Kippah

10. Main Religious Holidays in Judaism
Passover is the celebration of when the Jewish people were liberated by God from slavery in Egypt.
It is also a celebration of how they founded their nation with Moses.
In North America, Jewish Passover happens in the spring.

11. A table set for Passover

12. Main Religious Holidays in Judaism
Hanukah is the celebration of the re-consecration of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC.
Hanukah lasts for eight days.
It involves lighting the menorah, making traditional foods, etc.