Judaism-World Religions

Judaism-World Religions

2021

Introduction

• ^{In the Jewish faith there is only ONE god}

• ^{2000 B.C Abraham left his home (Ur) in Mesopotamia for Canaan, led by his god}

• ^{God promised Abraham and his descendants the "promised land"}

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyEaAcPGAhA

The Origins

• Canaan- Modern day Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

• Abrahams grandson Jacob had 12 sons, each son led the 12 tribes of Israel names the Israelites

Multiple Choice

Judaism is considered to be a ________religion because they believe only in one god.

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

Multiple Select

Important religious figures that are mentioned in the Jewish faith are

• Moses

• Abraham

• Jose

• Jesus Christ

Place of Worship

• _{The Jewish word for god is Yahweh.}   

• _{Jews worship in synagogues (sin-uh-gogs).}

• _{Men and women usually sit separately}

• _{Men are required to cover their heads with a hat called a yarmulke (yam-moo-ka)}

• _{The Jewish spiritual leaders are called rabbis (rab-eyes).}

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Multiple Choice

The place of worship a person of the Jewish faith would go to practice is called a...?

• synagogue

• church

• temple

Inside of a synagogue in New York .

The Great Synagogue (Czech: Velká Synagoga) in Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic is the second largest synagogue in Europe.

Followers World Wide

• Jews were largely concentrated in North America (44%) .

• Middle East-North Africa region (mostly Israel)

• Remainder of the global Jewish population is found in Europe (10%) and the Latin America-Caribbean region (3%).

• As of 2010, there were about 14 million Jews around the world,

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Open Ended

3-2-1

List three things you learned, 2 things you found interesting and 1 thing you still have a question about related to Judaism.