Judaism

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Judaism

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Introduction

Judaism is the Jewish religion . According to the Judaism 101 website a set of ideas about the world and the way we should live our lives is called Judaism (Rich , 2006 . Judaism is the monotheistic religion of the nation of Hebrews , which belongs to the world 's most popular religions , along with Christianity . These religions have a lot of similarities as to their geographical origin and theological structure The central religious book of Judaism , the Tanakh , the part

of which was later on borrowed ' by Christians and became the Bible (Rich , 2006

Hebrew people consider that the main founder of Judaism was Abraham though many historians claim that it could be Moses , who received sacred scriptures from the God (Rich , 2006 . Hebrew nation believes that they are special people chosen by God , and have to dedicate their lives to obeying the God 's laws and staying away from of sins (Rich , 2006 Religious scriptures of Judaism consist of the five books of Torah (Pentateuch , the Nevi 'im , the Ketuvim and the Talmud (Rich , 2006 . The latter contains special texts for Judaism , and many historical promoters of Christianity repeatedly attempted to destroy it . Jews pray in synagogues and their spiritual leaders are called rabbi (Rich , 2006 Principal religious holidays for Judaism are Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year , Yom Kippur , Passover (Pilgrim Festival ) and Hanukkah . During eight days after birth , Jewish male babies undergo circumcision (berith milah ) and receive religious names . There are also some special beautiful rituals and traditions , connected with marriage and wedding along with multi-staged ceremonies for the occasions of death and mourning (Rich , 2006

This is intended to discuss more about Judaism and other underlying issues such as : the main point behind the Ten Commandments the stories behind Abraham and Moses , challenges , practices , holidays conversion , and its similarities and differences with Christianity

Discussion

The best source of information about Judaism comes from followers of the religion themselves . The Ten Commandments contain the fundamental laws that God requires His people to abide . These state the different religious and moral obligations of men , revealing God 's will on man 's duties to Him and to the rest of His creation . God 's commandments are written in the Pentateuch twice , as it is found both in the Books of Exodus and Deuteronomy . God himself carved the words on two stone tablets as sacred texts handed to Moses

The Ten Commandments are God 's covenant with the Israelites . The first three laws concern man 's relationship with God , as it states what man 's responsibilities are to his Lord . While the remaining seven laws are about how man should live with others , as they should not transgress each other 's rights as human beings and equal children of God . The first commandments directly state that there is only one God , the monotheistic notion of an Almighty Creator . The people should not worship other Gods , and therefore should not commit idolatry and other...