judaism

• healing the world (longer quote)


  "it is not upon you to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it"
• healing the world (shorter quote)


  for the sake of repairing the world
• healing the world

  tikkun olam
• charity

  tzedekah
• charity (quote)


  great is tzedakah, for since the day that the world was created until this day the world stands upon tzedakah
• justice (quote 1) : tzedek, tzedek tirdof


  justice, justice shall you pursue, so that you may live and possess the land the lord your god is giving you
• justice (quote 2)

  in righteousness shall you judge your neighbour
• kindness

  the world is based on three things - on the Torah, on G-d, and upon acts of loving kindness
• sanctity of life


  he who destroys one soul... should destroy a whole world, and him who saves one soul... should save a whole world
• G-d creating humanity 


  G-d created mankind in his own image
• covenant

  At the core of Jewish faith is the idea of covenant, the mutual commitment between God and the people Israel.
• what was Abraham's covenant


  to continue the journey to Canaan (the Promised Land) for blessings and children
• importance of covenants


  prove that Jewish people are G-d's chosen people
• what was the Sinai covenant


  ten commandments given to Moses after he sent the message to end slavery to Egypt (ten plagues sent by G-d)
• Messiah


  wonderful counsellor of the mighty G-d, of the everlasting Father, of the prince of peace
• Messiah (longer quote)


  the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the lord
• anointment

  • anointed one : Messiah

  the lord herewith anoints you ruler over His own people
• life after death (belief)

  • heaven: reuniting with G-d, SOME believe in paradise being garden of eden and Sheol where soulds are cleansed
  • some believe judgement is right after death, some believe it is a specific day after coming of Messiah
• life after death (quote - paradise vs sheol)


  many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, others to everlasting abhorrence
• life after death (return quote)


  the dust returns to the ground as it was, and the lifebreath returns to G-d who bestowed it
• shekhinah definition


  divine presence of g-d
• mitzvot examples

  • remember shabbat and keep it holy
  • to give charity
  • judge righteously
  • not to bear a grudge
  • not to oppress the weak
• evil quote

  i am the lord and there is none else, i form light and create darkness, i bring prosperity and create disaster
• creator quote

  when g-d began to create heaven and earth
• shema definition


  Jewish prayer affirming belief in one god (found in torah)
• shabbat definition


  jewish holy day, friday sunset to saturday sunset : day of spiritual renewal
• mitzvot


  Jewish rules or commandments
• Messiah


  'anointed one' : leader of Jewish people, expected to live on earth some time in the future
• Messianic Age


  future time of global peace when everyone will want to be close to G-d , possibly to do with the intervention of the Messiah
• Pikuach Nefesh


  obligation to save a life, even if it means breaking Jewish law
• Talmud


  commentary on the Torah made by rabbis (consists of Mishnah and Gemara)
• Tenakh


  canonical collection of Jewish texts, comprising three parts: Torah, Nevi'ism, Ketuvism
• Shema prayer


  • Hear, O Israel, the Lord our G-d, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your G-d with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength
  • These Commandments I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit down and when you walk on the street, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them to your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates
• what are tefillin


  small boxes with shema scrolls inside that you attach to your hands and forehead with leather straps during prayer
• what are mezuzah


  boxes with shema scrolls inside, attached to doorframes and have to be permanently attached and checked every seven years