beliefs about them

• An important concept that refers to the special relationship between God and the Jewish people.
• Mutual agreement where God promises to protect and guide the Jewish people in return for their obedience to his commandments and living a righteous life.
• God made the covenant with Abraham, where he promised that his descendants would become a great nation and who would inherit the land of Canaan. Later renewed at Mt. Sinai when God granted Moses with the Torah and 10 commandments.
• The covenant creates the terms for this special relationship. It is a 2-way agreement that many Jewish people swear to abide by for the entirety of their lives. It is an unbreakable bond, an everlasting agreement that has been carried out through a multitude of generations and still exists today.