Sources of wisdom

• God as one


  “Hear O Israel… The Lord is one”

  Deuteronomy, beginning of Shema
• God as creator

  “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” Genesis 2:7
• Shekhinah in the Torah


  “Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire” Exodus 19:18
• Messianic Age


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• Covenant at Sinai


  “I will also make you a light for the gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the whole earth” Isaiah 49:6
• Abrahamic Covenant 


  “You must keep my covenant… for the generations to come” Genesis 17
• Sanctity of life


  “that he shall live by them, and not that he shall die by them” Talmud
• Moral principles and the mitzvot


  “So God created man in His own image” Genesis 1