Judaism began over 3,500 years ago and was founded by Abraham around 1750 BCE. The religion is based on the belief in one God and obedience to his laws and commandments as passed down in the Torah and other holy texts. Some key figures and events in early Judaism include Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to Mount Sinai where God gave them the Ten Commandments. Symbols of Judaism include the Star of David and the Western Wall in Jerusalem, while synagogues serve as important houses of worship around the world.

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Judaism – named after tribe of Judah
Jew – shortned form of Judean – member of
tribe of Judah
Jehovah – God of the Jews
Hebrew – originally Habiru – “they who crossed
over” reffered to people who crossed the desert
and were respected – now the language of the
Jews
Scriptures – the sacred books of Judaism
Torah – the laws of Moses, first 5 books of Ta-
Na-Kh

3. The area known as Palestine. It’s around the
modern day state of Israel.
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Judaism began before history in the eastern
Mediterranean was even written.
Judaism was founded by Abraham around 1750
B.C.E.
Although Abraham is seen as the founder of
Judaism, his grandson Jacob, who’s name
changed to Israel, was the father of 12 children
who became known as the “children of Israel”, or
Israelites. Much later, they came to be known as
the Jewish people. So Jacob was the great,
great, great, grandfather of each and every Jew.

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Traditionally, a Jew is anyone who’s mother is a
Jew
You can also be a Jew by conversion
A conversion ceremony is really just an
“adoption” into the family of Abraham and Sarah
The Ancient Israelites’ was passed on by the
mother instead of the father because you are
always sure who the mother is

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The father of the “Jewish people”, was
Abraham.
He was the first person who entered into a
convenant, or contract with God
He was willing to sacrifice his only son with
Sarah, if God told him to. But it turned out that
God did not want him to sacrifice his son and sent
a ram instead. The respect for God’s wishes
sealed the convenant.
Abraham was the first Patriarch which means
“male power figure”. Matriarch means “female
power figure”, this is where Ma and Pa came from.

8. • While there, he has
two sons, Isaac and
Ishmael
• Isaac was with his
wife Sarah. Ishmael
was with his wife’s
handmaid, Hagar.
According to legend,
Isaac’s branch is the
Jews and Ishmael’s
branch is the Arabs.
• Abraham also nearly
kills Isaac as a
sacrifice.

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When Moses was born, Israelites were slaves of
Egypt.
One day he saw a slave master beating a Hebrew,
and Moses struck him in anger. He knew that the
punishment was death, so he fled into the forest.
There he saw a bush that was burned by fire, but
not destroyed. When he took a closer look, God
spoke to him. God told him to go back to Egypt,
and lead his people out of slavery. Moses went
back to Egypt to tell the Pharoah, but the
Pharoah ignored him.

10. In anger God punished Egypt by sending
plagues, turning drinking water into blood, 3
days of darkness, and finally killing all newborns.
The Pharoah’s son was killed that night and the
next day, the Pharoah called Moses, and told
him to take his people and his cattle and to leave
Egypt. Moses led them into the desert for 40
years. When they arrived at Mt. Sinai, God
spoke to the Israelite’s and gave them the 10
commandments.

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They use B.C.E ( before common era) and not
B.C. (before Christ), or A.D. (Anno Domini),
which means in the year of the Lorn, because
Jews do not believe Jesus was Christ, or the son
of God.
The Jewish calendar is different because they
chose to make the beginning of their calendar
creation.
Judaism is the mother religon to both
Christianity and Islam

12. The tablets were placed in the ark. It was carried
before the Israelites and a special tent was set up
for it whenever they camped.
• The outstretched wings of the cherubim was the
throne of God and the ark itself was His footstool.

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Judaism is one of the oldest religions still existing
today. Judaism has a very formal set of beliefs
that one must hold to be a Jew. Jews share a core
of Monotheism principles (Believe in one God)
and that he is the powerful and all knowing, and
that at the end God will send down a messiah to
redeem the Jews. The everyday belief for Jews
is concentrated in their written scriptures. The
Tanakh and the Talmud are the main holy books
in Judaism. The Tanakh contains the Torah
(five books of Moses), the prophets, and the
Ketuvim ("writings"). Judaism's oral law is
contained in the Mishnah, Tosefta, classical
midrashim and the two Talmuds.

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The mainstream Jewish view is that God will
reward those who observe His commandments and
punish those who intentionally transgress them.
once one learned Torah properly, one could
then learn the higher truths
one can attain closeness to God even in this
world through moral and spiritual perfection.
As a matter of practice Orthodox Judaism lays
stress on the performance of the actual
commandments.

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Have 613 commandments from god, but The
Ten Commandments are the most important.
Moses is one of the Prhopets they Believe in
Judisam dosen`t accept the New testament.
Jews believe that god made a covenant as a
promise to the people that he will save the ones
that believe in him.

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Judaism has many symbols and ancient
architecture, that has changed the face of
Judaism. Some of those amazing architecture and
symbols are the Star of David which is a universal
symbol of Judaism, The Western Wall , and the
many synagogues around the world. The first
most famous Jewish piece of architecture is the
Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. Jewish
architecture started while the Roman empire
reined over Europe. The Jewish symbols and
architecture has been around for thousands of
years and is still looking like it will be around for
years to come. 

20. We get most of the early Jewish history from Torah.
• This is the first five books of the Hebrew (and
also later the Christian) bible: Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
• Also known as the Pentateuch, which is Greek
for ‘five containers,’ referring to the cases in
which each of the five scrolls would be kept.
• Other sources from the time are scarce and we
have to fill in the archaeological details.

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The Star of David is the universal symbol of
Judaism
The Star of David appears on synagogues,
the state flag of Israel, and Jewish ritaul objects
The star is made of two triangles
Appeared early as the 960’s BC
During the Holocaust all Jewish people had
to wear the Star of David on their arm to show
that they were Jewish
The Hebrew term for the Star of David is
Magen David

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The wall is located in the holy city of Jerusalem
160 feet in length and 40 feet in height
There is 19 rows of stones extended 20 feet
under ground
Jewish people travel to the wall to pray
Once protected and enclosed the second
temple

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Orignally a place where 10 men can go and
worship and study
Most Jewish rituals take place in synagogues
The Congregation Schara Tzedeck is the
largest synagogue in Vancouver it is located on
Oak street in downtown Vancouver
The Rabbi is the one who is in charge of the
synagogue and teaches Judaism

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It is the oldest symbol of the Jewish faith
The Menorah has 7 branches to symbolize the
7 days of Hanukah
The Menorah is said to be the symbol of Israel
and our mission to be “a light unto the nations”
The lamp stands today in all synagogues
around the world
There is also 9 branched Menorahs
used for Hanukah, it celebrates the
miracle that a days worth
of oil can last 8 days

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