KS3 Religious Education Spring Term

Key Terms
• Jew – Someone who follows the
Jewish religion

• Jewish – Relates to the Jewish

religion or culture

• Judaism – The Jewish religion

• Covenant – a special agreement

between the Jews and God
Who was the founder of
Judaism?
The first Jew was Abraham,
who lived in the Middle East
more than 4,000 years ago and
he was called the father of the
Jewish people.
He belonged to a group of
wandering people called
Hebrews and believed that
there was only ONE GOD. The
original name for the people
we now call Jews was
Hebrews.
 He spoke to God
and made a
covenant with Him
promising to
worship and obey
Him.

In return, God
promised to make
Abraham and his
family his Chosen
People.
 JUDAISM
• Religion of Jewish people.
• First Jews were called
HEBREWS
• Originate from the Middle
East.
• 14 million Jewish people in
the world today.
• TANAK: Jewish Bible written
in Hebrew
• Jewish people worship in a
SYNAGOGUE
 HISTORY OF JUDAISM
• Jewish leader: Abraham
• Jewish people believe that
around 4,000 years ago God
appeared to Abraham.
• God promised that if
Abraham’s family lived good
lives he would look after
them and give them a land
of their own.
• This was the Promised Land
which is now modern day
Israel.
HISTORY OF JUDAISM
• Jacob: one of Abraham’s
grandsons was known
as ISRAEL.
• People who are
descendants of Jacob
are known as Israelites
or the children of Israel.
• Jacob’s family led 12
ISRAELITE tribes who
lived in the Promised
Land until famine struck
 EXODUS
• Jacob led his people
to Egypt where they
settled and prospered
for many hundreds of
years.

• But when a new

Pharaoh arose in
Egypt he treated the
Israelites as slaves.
 EXODUS
• To control the
Israelites numbers, he
gave orders that all
Israelite boys should
be killed at birth
• One child was found
hidden in a reed basket
on the river. He was
adopted by the
Pharaoh's daughter and
was called Moses.
MAP OF ISRAEL AND EGYPT
 EXODUS
Moses went to see the
Pharaoh and warned
that disasters would
happen to the
Egyptians if the Jewish
people were not freed.

The Pharaoh refused to

free them because he
did not want to lose his
slaves.
 • God told Moses
EXODUS that every
Israelite family
• In punishment, God should smear
lamb’s blood over
sent the 10 plagues
their door so
of Egypt, which
their sons would
included locusts, not be killed.
frogs, boils, water to
• The Angel of
blood and darkness.
Death ‘passed
• The final plague over’ these
brought death to homes and this is
every first born son why Jewish
in an Egyptian people celebrate
family Passover.
 EXODUS
• The Pharaoh was overwhelmed by the
catastrophe and agreed to free the
Israelites.
• However once they had gone he
changed his mind and sent an army
after them.
• The army caught up with them at the
Red Sea but Moses parted the water to
let the Israelites through.
• The Egyptian army who tried to follow
were drowned.
 EXODUS

• When the
Israelites reached
Mount Sinai,
Moses received
the Torah and the
Ten
Commandments
from God.
 EXODUS
• A special container was
built for the Torah
called the Ark.
• The Jewish people
travelled with it for 40
years until they
reached the Promised
Land, just after the
death of Moses.
• In the city of Jerusalem
they built a temple and
placed the Ark inside it.
 You have about 1 minute to
Task: remember what you can!
Who is the founder of What do Jews believe?
Judaism? Jews believe that there is a
Jewish history begins with the single God who not only
covenant established between created the universe, but
God and Abraham around with whom every Jew can
1812 BC. Abraham is have an individual and
considered as the father of personal relationship.
the family of Jews.
Holy book
The Torah.
Who is Abraham?
Abraham is the father of
the Jewish people. Jews Main Branches
see Abraham as a symbol (Denominations) today
of trusting and obeying Orthodox, Reform and
God. Conservative.

It's also one of the smallest

Judaism originated in
religions, with only about
Israel around 4000
12 million followers around
years ago.
the world.
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The Holy Book in

Judaism in called...

THE TORAH
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Name ONE
denomination of
Judaism

ORTHODOX, REFORM,
CONSERVATIVE
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Judaism is a
monotheistic or
polytheistic religion?

MONOTHEISTIC
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Approximately how
many followers of
Judaism are there?

12 Million
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The name of the

founder of Judaism?

ABRAHAM
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Where is the Torah

kept?

In the ARK
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The Torah is written

on what?

SCROLLS
 WHAT IS THE
MEZUZAH?
• The Mezuzah is a
tiny parchment
scroll which has two
portions of the Torah
written on it by
hand.
• Once the mezuzah is
written, it is placed
into a metal case to
protect it.
•The two portions of the •The Shema is the most
Torah found in the important passage in
mezuzah are the Torah:
a.The Shema Hear O Israel, the
Lord Our God, the
b.The Vehaya
Lord is One. You shall
Both of these passages love the Lord your
come from the Book of God with all your
Deuteronomy. heart, with all your
soul and with all
your strength.”
 Where is the mezuzah placed?

• A mezuzah is placed Jewish people will often

on the right hand touch the mezuzah as
doorposts of all they enter a Jewish
rooms in Jewish home.
homes and
businesses - except
the mezuzah
• The toilet. should
be at shoulder height
in a slightly slanted
position so that the
top is pointing into
the room.
 Why do Jews put a mezuzah on
their door posts?
• In the Torah, God • According to the
commands the Jewish Talmud, keeping the
people to hang a commandment of
mezuzah on their mezuzah brings long life
doorposts. and protection for
members of the home.
• The Shema reminds
Jews that God is always
present in their lives;
they should keep God's
words constantly in
their minds and hearts.
 The mezuzah case
• The mezuzah case is usually made
of metal.
• It will be decorated with Jewish
symbols, such as the Star of
David, menorah or Ten
Commandments.
• It will have the three Hebrew
letters which make up the word
Shaddai (God).
• Shin

• Daled

• Yud
 PERIOD OF THE JUDGES
• AFTER THE RETURN OF THE
ISRAELITES TO CANAAN,
ISRAEL SLOWLY DEVELOPED
INTO A NATION. They were
led by a judge
• Judges are heroes: Samson,
Othniel, Ehud, Gideon,
Deborah, Jephtah.
• Israel vs. Philistines and
other tribes
• Ownership of the land
 • SAUL

KINGS • DAVID = GOLDEN AGE OF THEIR

DEVELOPMENT AS A MONARCHY
AND AS A NATION
• SOLOMON = WISE KING, TEMPLE
OF SOLOMON, PERIOD OF PEACE
• AFTER KING SOLOMON’S DEATH
TENSIONS AMONG ISRAELITES
EMERGED, AND SO THE
KINGDOM AS SPLIT INTO ISRAEL
(10 TRIBES) AND JUDEA (2 TRIBES)
JERUSALEM
 OTHER PERIODS
• PROPHETS
• BABYLONIAN
EXILE
• RETURN FROM
THE EXILE
• (EZRA AND
NEHEMIAH)
• REBUILDING OF
THE TEMPLE (THE
SECOND TEMPLE)
 THE JEWISH SACRED
SCRIPTURE
TORAH NEVIIM
•FIRST •PROPHETS
FIVE •MAJOR /
BOOKS
MINOR
•PENTATEUCH

KETUVIM
•WRITINGS
 Shabbat – Key words
Li: I can make a colourful poster to explain Shabbat

Day of rest Synagogue

Friday
7th day Rabbi
No work Preparations
Prayers
Family time Cleaning
“Shabbat shalom”
Cooking
Wash hands
Special meal
Challah ~plaited bread
Kiddush cup ~wine
Havdalah = the end of Shabbat
Candle ~ plaited
Candles Wine overflows
Singing Spices
prayers