What are the top 10 points that summarize the Jewish religion?

Answer 1

Unlike many other religions, there is no one thing that all Jews believe or do. This list is based on common Jewish practice, but ALL Jews do not believe or do these things:

1. Tradition holds that Judaism began about 4000 years ago in Israel.
2. The Jews lost their homeland in the year 70, and regained it in 1948.
3. Judaism does not believe in proselytizing (or "spreading the faith").
4. Judaism is centered around the idea that there is only one God, who created the universe.
5. Judaism has 613 commandments (the 10 commandments are only part of them).
6. The ancient language of Judaism is Hebrew, which is still used today in prayers and as the official language of Israel.
7. Jews believe that the reason we are here is to repair the world (make the world a better place).
8. Jews believe that loving your fellow human beings is of EQUAL importance to loving God. In fact, some Jews believe loving other people is more important.
9. The holy day of Judaism is called Shabbat, which starts at sundown on Friday night, and ends at sundown on Saturday night. This is the day of rest.
10. Judaism is an ethnic group as well as a religion.

Answer 2

Some key teachings of Judaism are:

*God is one and cannot be divided.

* There is no need for intermediaries; anyone can pray directly to God.

* We are all born good and innocent.

* Humans are unique in all creation in that we have free-will. Not even angels have free will. This is what God meant when He said we were created in His image.

* It is not possible to atone for the mistakes of others.

* It is not possible to atone for mistakes not yet committed.

* God is not a man or son of man.

* Human sacrifice is an abomination.

* People of all nations can achieve a portion in the rewards of the afterlife.

* The messiah will be a mortal man without necessarily having any supernatural aspects.

See also the attached Related Links and Related Question.

• Answer:

Just read the Tanakh (Old Testament); that should tell you pretty much everything you really need to know.

Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world.

Judaism is the only religion that lost its holy land and has regained it.

The founder of Judaism was Abraham.

The people who follow Judaism are called Jews.

The original language is Hebrew.

The place of worship is the synagogue

The main (but not only) day of worship is the Sabbath.

• Answer:

Judaism believes in One God, creator of all things, who gave the Torah and gave people a soul and free-will for which they are responsible.

Answer 3

Have one G'd

Goes from mother to mother

Have the Sabbath as a resting day

For boys to circumcised on the eight day after their birth

to eat kosher en keep the Sabbath

Answer 4

There is no particular fixed creed; interpretations of Torah (law) are updated as needed.

Ashkenazi Jews' IQs measure one standard deviation above average. If the average person has a 100 IQ, Jews of European descent have IQs that average 115.

Jewish influence can be seen in the paradigm-shifting ideas of Marx, Freud, and Einstein.

Answer 5

Believe in one G-D

Were 600,000 men, plus women and children, at the revelation by Sainai, and it is impossible to say 600,000+ people saw if they didn't

One of the Longest-existing religions

Have tradition of why there are so many languages

Brought sacrifices for the '70 Nations'

Answer 6

1). Judaism is an ethnic group and a nation of people, as well as a religion.

2). Judaism does not value proselytizing, spreading the faith, or generally telling

others how to live their lives.

3). The Torah commands Jews to shoo the mother bird away before you

help yourself to eggs from the nest.

4). Judaism is the affiliation named by 1/5th of 1 percent of the world's population,

spread among 135 countries. Jews are considered some kind of a threat by a

group, founded in the same part of the world, who now comprise 21.2 percent

of the world's population in 211 countries.

5). Judaism became a nation while in exile, not in its homeland.

6). The Jews lost their homeland in the year 70, and regained it in 1948.

7). In addition to the Ten Commandments, Judaism has 603 others. Nobody knows

which ones are more important or less important.

8). The Ten Commandments are written twice, in different parts of the Torah,

and the two texts are different.

9). Joseph, Mary, Jesus, Peter, Judas, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were Jews.

10). The Torah was written 4,000 years ago in Hebrew. In 2011, the Torah is still

read and studied in Hebrew, Jews pray in Hebrew, and Hebrew is one of the official

languages of Israel.

11). Judaism teaches that god cannot forgive you for something you do to another

person. Only that person can forgive you, and it's your responsibility to go to him

and ask his forgiveness.

12). Judaism teaches that you should not praise another person if he's in the room,

and you should never bad-mouth a person if he's not in the room.

13). Judaism commands us to have children. Judaism also commands us to educate our children.

14). Judaism requires a thief to repay double to the person from whom he stole.

If the thief can't pay, he's required to go to work for that person, and work off

the debt.

15). Judaism commands us to feed a workman, with the type of food he prefers.

Judaism also commands us to pay a workman at the end of the day he worked.

16). If we see an acquaintance on the side of the road with engine trouble or a flat,

Judaism commands us to stop and help him.

17). Judaism commands us to give charity. Having a "good heart" doesn't do the job.

18). Judaism commands the service-station owner to maintain the accurate calibration

of his gas pumps, and the supermarket their checkout scales, to assure that they

always deliver what the customer pays for.

19). The plaintiff in a Jewish court has no case without two eye-witnesses who are known

to be trustworthy individuals and are willing to testify under oath against the defendant.

20). A Bar Mitzvah is not a synagogue service or a party, or even a calendar date.

A Bar Mitzvah is a person ... a Jewish male who turns 13, and becomes responsible

for his own ethical behavior and religious practice, like any other adult, whether

or not he or anyone around him is even aware of it. For those to whom it does

make a difference, it's a happy occasion, worthy of recognition and acknowledgment

by the community during a public worship service, and celebration by family and friends.

Answer 7

There are no ten things which, if you know them, will

guarantee that you know what being Jewish means.

another answer

Belief in God

Belief in the Torah

Belief in the prophets

Belief in the Oral Torah and its transmitters, the Torah-sages

Belief in existence of the soul

Belief in reward and punishment

Belief in free-will

Keeping the Torah-commands

Making a constant effort to sanctify God's name

Behaving "Jewishly" in observing the customs and what is considered acceptable and desirable by the Jewish community

Answer 8

A few examples:

• Judaism was established 3800 years ago, by Abraham.
  

Link: A biography of Abraham

• Jewish holidays and observances have been kept continuously since they were given in the Torah.

Link: The Jewish holidays

• The Jewish day begins at sunset (Genesis ch.1).
  

• The Jewish year begins in the autumn.
  

Link: Rosh Hashanah

• Advanced Jewish scholars know the entire Talmud by heart.
  

Link: More about the Talmud

• God's Hebrew name is never spoken out loud and is never to be erased or destroyed in print.

Link: God's names

• Judaism is based upon a covenant with God.
  

Link: The Jewish covenant

• Jews say blessings to God before and after eating and on many other occasions.

Link: The teachings and practices of Judaism

• Jews were for centuries ostracized and persecuted in many countries.
  

• Israel today has the world's largest Jewish community.
  

Link: Facts about Israel

• And on a lighter note:
  

Jews often answer a question with a question. The saying goes, "two Jews, three opinions."
Jews are famously optimistic, despite all the persecutions.

Answer 9

# Jews believe in God. # Jewish men are expected to pray three times a day