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• God as benevolent


  ”And these words which i command you this day shall be in your heart”
• God as omnipotent


  “For nothing will be impossible with God”
• God as omniscient


  ”God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything”
• God as transcendent


  ”God said, ‘Let there be light’, and light came into existence”
• Pikuach Nefesh

  • Setting aside of mitzvot to save a life
  • Why euthanasia is valid as it is ending someone’s pain and suffering and helping them die a painless death
• Sanctity of life

  • Emphasis on life, not death
  • Torah described as ‘Tree of life’
  • “Respect life and live to the full”
• What piece of scripture supports God‘s omnipotence and transcendence?


  God said ”let there be light” and light came into existence
• Where does the belief of sanctity of life come into scripture and what does it mean?


  When God said “Let us make man in our image” this means when you look around, every human life has been created from the image of God
• Q4 DONT:

  • lack of engagement with the statement
  • question and describe different perspectives on it
  • rant and give unsubstantiated knowledge of the topic to argue it’s validity
• Q4 DO:

  • argue in a discursive way
  • show you have considered more than one point of view
  • show clear and well supported judgements
  • thorough discussion of the statement
  • use of religious language
• What commandment does not support euthanasia?

  ”You shall not commit murder”
• Where does it say that Judaism is a monotheistic religion?


  The first commandment:

  • ”You shall have no other God’s beside me”
  • God is the only one being worthy of worship
• What supports the Messiah as an age?


  “Peace will come with the dawn of the Messianic age”

  Olam Ha-ba
• What supports the Messiah as a person?


  Messiah in Hebrew means

  ‘anointed one’, one as in a person

  The messiah will be a descendent of David
• What quotes support God’s omnipresence?


  “The earth shone with his glory”

  Shekinah
• Q3 DON’T:

  • describe
  • misread question
  • not have enough time to explain two different POV’s
• Q3 DO:

  • use religious language
  • sources of authority
  • two religious perspectives
  • use quotes from scripture