Jewish Beliefs

Judaism is one (if not the) oldest practiced religions in the world. It is at over 2000 years old. It was started in Israel and is now practiced throughout the world. The Hebrew book helps us to understand the history of Jewish laws and faith. It is made up of several different books and it was not completed until 90 C.E.. It is divided into three separate sections: The Torrah ( The Teaching), Ne’vim ( The Prophet), and Ketuvim ( The Writings). The Torrah was once believed to have been wrote by Moses, but that is no longer believed. The Torrah is the main part of the Hebrew Bible, it is often called “a gift from God”, and it is made up of 613 laws. It tells about the beginning with Adam and Eve and other early ancestors of the Hebrew people. It names, Moses, the great lawmaker, and his brother, Aaron, the founder of the priesthood. The Torrah sets their laws and religious practices. The Ne’vim focus on the people who spoke about God to the other people. It also gives the history of the Israelite people and their kingdom. The last part is called Katuvim and it contains mostly stories and poems, then it does historical values and laws. The Hebrew bible is also called the old testament in the Christian religion. Though there is no proof that Abraham, who is considered to be the first patriarch, we do know that Moses is real. The story of Moses’ life is very important in the foundation of Judaism. He was born during a time when all born baby boys were to be killed, yet his mother managed to keep his birth a secret. She could not stand the though of killing her own son, so she gently put him in a woven basket and push it down the river. Eventually the princess would come across this basket and decided that she was going to keep the newborn baby boy and raise him to be her own. It is possibly because of this that God chooses to use to speak through in the future. Moses became a very historical person, not on in the Bible but also in the history books,