Principal Beliefs
Judaism is an immanent religion meaning that has the belief in a supernatural being. Making this a monotheistic religion essentially the belief in One G-d. Jewish people believe that G-d has always existed and always will exist. They also believe that G-d is an Omnipresent (everywhere), Omnipotent (all powerful), Omniscient (all knowing) and Genderless entity.
Jewish Law commonly known in Hebrew as Halakhah is a set of laws give to Jews to live by. Kalakhah can also be referred to as mitzvah (plural form: mitzvot). The word "mitzvah" is frequently used in a casual way to refer to any good deed performed. There are 613 mitzvot, this is further divided to two groups 248 "positive" mitzvot and 365 "negative" mitzvot. A positive mitzvot as the word implies are commandments to do. For example, To learn Torah and to teach it. A negative mitzvot however, are commandments that Jewish people should not do. E.g. You should not murder anybody.
A covenant is an agreement between two parties. There are two types of covenants: conditional and unconditional. A conditional covenant is an agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfilment. Both parties agree to fulfill certain conditions. If either party fails to meet their responsibilities, the covenant is broken and neither party has to fulfill the expectations of the covenant. An unconditional covenant on the other hand is an agreement between two parties, but only one of the two parties has to do something. Nothing is required of the other party. A significant point worth mentioning is that Abrahamic Covenant was unconditional. Jews regard this covenant to be of high importance because G-d promised Abraham many promised yet G-d did not as for anything in return.
Judaism is an immanent religion meaning that has the belief in a supernatural being. Making this a monotheistic religion essentially the belief in One G-d. Jewish people believe that G-d has always existed and always will exist. They also believe that G-d is an Omnipresent (everywhere), Omnipotent (all powerful), Omniscient (all knowing) and Genderless entity.
Jewish Law commonly known in Hebrew as Halakhah is a set of laws give to Jews to live by. Kalakhah can also be referred to as mitzvah (plural form: mitzvot). The word "mitzvah" is frequently used in a casual way to refer to any good deed performed. There are 613 mitzvot, this is further divided to two groups 248 "positive" mitzvot and 365 "negative" mitzvot. A positive mitzvot as the word implies are commandments to do. For example, To learn Torah and to teach it. A negative mitzvot however, are commandments that Jewish people should not do. E.g. You should not murder anybody.
A covenant is an agreement between two parties. There are two types of covenants: conditional and unconditional. A conditional covenant is an agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfilment. Both parties agree to fulfill certain conditions. If either party fails to meet their responsibilities, the covenant is broken and neither party has to fulfill the expectations of the covenant. An unconditional covenant on the other hand is an agreement between two parties, but only one of the two parties has to do something. Nothing is required of the other party. A significant point worth mentioning is that Abrahamic Covenant was unconditional. Jews regard this covenant to be of high importance because G-d promised Abraham many promised yet G-d did not as for anything in return.
Sacred Texts and Writings
- Torah in the narrowest sense refers to the first five books of the Bible.
- In the broader spectrum of things, Torah includes all Jewish law and tradition.
- Torah was given to Moses in written form with oral commentary.
- The oral component is now written in the Talmud.
- The Jewish do not have the Old or New Testaments as Christians do. However the Old is basically the Torah which can also be called the Tanakh.