Judaism Quotes

• Abrahamic Covenant

  ''I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come'' (Genesis)
• Mosaic Covenant

  By keeping the covenant, God told the Israelites that they would be his ''treasured possession'' and ''A kingdom of priests and a holy nation'' (Exodus)
• Almighty as One

  ''You shall have no other gods before me'' (Exodus)
• Almighty as a Creator

  ''In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth'' (Genesis)
• Almighty as a Law Giver

  ''They are not just idle words for you, they are your life'' (Deutronomy)
• Almighty as a Judge

  The Tenakh states ''The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king'' (Isaiah)
• Shekhinah

  ''Whenever ten are gathered for prayer, there the shekhinah rests'' (Talmud)
• Messianic Age

  ''With righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth'' (Isaiah)
• Mitzvot

  The Talmud states that ''The mitzvot were given for the purpose of refining people''
• Pikuach Nefesh

  ''You shall not stand by the blood of your fellow'' (Leviticus)
• Sanctity of Life

  Genesis states that humans are made in the image of God and Jews believe that only god has the right to give or take life.
• Life after death

  ''But your dead will live, Lord: Their bodies will rise, let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy''
• Environmental

  ''The earth is the Lord's and everything in it'' (Psalms)
• Animal Rights

  ''Good people take care of their animals, but wicked people are cruel to theirs'' (Proverbs)
• Animals for food

  ''All the animals, birds and fish will live in fear of you. They are all placed under your power. Now you can eat them, as well as green plants: I give them all to you for food'' (Genesis)
• Shema

  ''Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one'' (Torah)
• Amidah

  19 blessings, petitions, thanksgiving.
• Shabbat

  ''Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy'' (Exodus)
• Rosh Hashanah

  ''On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts'' (Leviticus)
• Yom Kippur

  The Lord said to Moses, ''The tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement'' (Leviticus)
• Sukkot

  ''On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the Lord's festival of tabernacles begins'' (Leviticus)
• Pesach

  ''The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month'' (Leviticus)
• Kosher

  ''Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk'' (Deutronomy)
• Marriage

  The Lord God said ''It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him'' (Genesis)
• Sexual relationships

  ''Be fruitful and multiply'' (Genesis)
• Adultery

  Adultery breaks the 7th commandment and even coveting another man's breaks the 10th.
• Contraception

  The Torah forbids the ''spilling of seed''
• Homosexuality

  ''You shall not lie with a male as with a woman: it is an abomination'' (The Torah)
• Family

  ''Honour your mother and father'' (Decalogue)
• Circumcision

  ''This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep. Every male among you shall be circumcised. You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and you'' (Genesis)