JUDAISM 510

JUDAISM IS THE OLDEST RELIGION OF THE ABRAHAMIC

RELIGIONS, WITH MORE THAN 15 MILLION FOLLOWERS. THE
JEWS BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, YAHWEH, AND FOLLOW THE
TEACHINGS OF THE TORAH. JUDAISM HAS A RICH HISTORY
AND CULTURE, AND HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES

THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF JUDAISM

INCLUDE:

• MONOTHEISM: BELIEF IN ONE GOD, YHWH,

CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE.

• TORAH: THE TORAH, OR THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS

OF THE HEBREW BIBLE, AS THE BASIS OF FAITH
AND JEWISH PRACTICE
.
COVENANT: THE BELIEF IN A SPECIAL COVENANT
BETWEEN GOD AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE, BASED
ON OBEDIENCE TO THE TORAH.

• PROPHECY: THE BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF

PROPHETS THROUGH WHOM GOD COMMUNICATES
WITH HIS PEOPLE.

• RESURRECTION: THE BELIEF IN THE

RESURRECTION.

JEWISH PRACTICES ARE BASED ON THE OBSERVANCE OF

THE LAWS OF THE TORAH, WHICH INCLUDE:

• KASHRUT: THE DIETARY LAWS

THAT REGULATE WHAT CAN AND
CANNOT BE EATEN.

• TEFILÁ: THE PRAYER, WHICH IS

PERFORMED SEVERAL TIMES A
DAY.

• STUDY: THE STUDY OF THE

TORAH AND OTHER JEWISH
TEXTS.

• CELEBRATIONS: THE
CELEBRATION OF JEWISH
FESTIVITIES SUCH AS PASSOVER,
ROSH HASHANA AND YOM KIPUR.