A 4000 year old tradition… The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (“Israel”) – origins of the Hebrew people (more than 3800 years ago) Enslaved in ancient Egypt and freed by Moses (more than 3300 years ago) Hebrew monarchy in the “Promised Land” (The Land of Israel), ends 6th c...
Traditionally, Judaism holds thatYahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the national god of the Israelites, delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, and gave them the Law of Moses at biblical Mount Sinai as described in the Torah. Which religion came first in the world? Hi...
Abraham is given a high position of respect in three major world faiths,Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the covenant, the special relationship between the Jewish people and God – leading to the belief that the Jews are the chosen people of God. Wh...
Jacob was the son of Abraham whose name was changed by God to “Israel,” which means “prince of God.” He had twelve sons. Who is Judah? Judah was one of the sons of Israel, and his descendants became known as the tribe of Judah. Judah is also a name collectively given to two ...
of the other religions traditionally bases its faith on the life or teachings of specific individuals.They are Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became known as Gautama Buddha, for Buddhism;Jesus Christ for Christianity;Confucius for Confucianism;Muhammad for Islam;and Abraham and Moses for Judaism.The ...
Why is King David important to Judaism? What are sages in Judaism? What is the traditional symbol of Judaism? What is Simchat Torah? What is the difference between Sumerian and Babylonian mythology? How did Abraham found Judaism? What does the Tanakh consist of? What Covenant was described in...
have been printed as well- The common connection is God. Yep, he’s the same God for all three branches of faith. Islam branches with Ishmael, Abraham’s son by Hagar. Christianity branches with Isaac, Abraham’s son by Sarah. Jews are in sync with Christians up to the death of Jesus...
Islam views the Message of Muhammad as the continuation and the fulfillment of a lineage of Prophecy that includes figures from the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, notably Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus. Islamic law reserves a communal entity status for the ahl al-kitab...
I was thinking of this as I read this week’s parasha, Vayera, which tells the story of Isaac’s miraculous birth to the nonagenarians Abraham and Sarah. When an angel announces to the couple that they will welcome a child in the coming year, they both respond the same way, with laugh...
You note in your book that “generations of American Jewish children have been taught that Judaism is about something other than love.” Why do you think Jews tend to run away fromthe notion of loveas a Jewish priority? There is very deep, internalized anti-Judaism here. Thousands of years...