Judaism

-Belief in one God, central foundation in Judaism
-Many different beliefs in the god.
-Lots of Debate in synagouges.
-Not putting God in any shape or form
-Presence and Being beyond what we can understand-Contract between Jews and God, given the Tora from Mt Sinai.
-First 5 Books of the Old Testament
-Genesis Exodus Duetronomy Numbers Lev?
-Thou shall not kill
-Talmud, the oral tradition and interpretation of the understanding of the law
-Written down and almost incomprehensible
-2 Divisions
-Orthodox
-Reform, Progressive, Liberal
-Reform = Talmud is debatable
-Orthodox = Talmud is from God, with the Tora
-Talmud, has capital punishment-Not observing the Sabbath
-Rebellious Son, death by stoning
-Impossible to be carried out, because of impossible criteria
-Reform: No differences between male and female
-Sabbath = Friday Night till Saturday Night
-Judaism Day = Night to night.
-Othodox, male and females are seperated
-613 Commandments in the Tora
-Fringes on the Prayer Shoal
-Egyptian Exodus revolves around the laws and rules
-TaNaCH
-Torah, Nakim (Phophets), Writings
-Written in a Bibilical Hebrew
-Written without Vowels, TOrah has no vowels
-Prayer, the word Rabbi needs Teacher
-Prayer Quorum is 10 people, 10 adults
-Adults = Older than 13, rite of passage called a Bar Mitsvah
-Tradionally pray 3 times a day
//Dietary Laws
-Jews don't eat pork
-Can only only eat meat, cloven hoof, chew their own cud.
-Fish that Have skin and Scales, Calamari, oysters, Lobsters
-Shark is out, Swordfish
-Birds, emu isn't okay, too close to ostrich
-Slash to the catroid artery
-Kosher = Blood is all drained
-Organic Free Range
-No mixing milk and Blood
-No Coffee after eating meat
-8 Candle Sticks, called the Manora, oil lasting for 8 days with reviving
-Hunnaka is small holiday, Macabies