Judendomen (av grekiska Ἰουδαϊσμός Ioudaïsmós, härlett från hebreiskans יהודה, Yehudah, "Juda", [1] hebreiska: יַהֲדוּת, Yahedut) är judarnas religion; en trosuppfattning innehållande flera praktiker som härrör från de antika israeliterna, vars historia finns nedskriven i Gamla testamentet och som utreds och förklaras ytterligare i Talmud och andra texter.

In Jewish mystical thought ( Kabbalah ), the term "Godhead" usually refers [citation needed] to the concept of Ein Sof (אין סוף), the aspect of God that lies beyond the emanations ( sefirot ). The "knowability" of the Godhead in Kabbalistic thought is no better than what is conceived by rationalist thinkers. As Jacobs (1973) puts it: "Of ...

Os judeus são um grupo etno-religioso e incluem aqueles que nasceram judeus e foram convertidos ao judaísmo. Em 2010, a população judaica mundial foi estimada em 13,4 milhões, ou aproximadamente 0,2% da população mundial total. Cerca de 42% de todos os judeus residem em Israel e cerca de 42% residem nos Estados Unidos e Canadá, com a ...

How did Judaism begin? Judaism began about 4000 years ago with the Hebrew people in the Middle East. Abraham, a Hebrew man, is considered the father of the Jewish faith because he promoted the central idea of the Jewish faith: that there is one God. At the time many people in the Middle East worshipped many gods.

Oct 16, 2012 · Judaism. Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was founded over 3500 years ago in the Middle East. Jews believe that God appointed the Jews to be his chosen people in order to ...

Jun 06, 2011 · Prayer creates a loss of control which allows us to "see the world in the mirror of the holy." (Heschel) We are then able to see the world as an object of divine concern and we can then place ourselves beyond self and more deeply within Creation. 6. The Torah prohibits the wasteful consumption of anything.

Oct 01, 2013 · Fully one-quarter of Jews (25%) say they have a household income exceeding $150,000, compared with 8% of adults in the public as a whole. At the same time, 20% of U.S. Jews report household incomes of less than $30,000 per year; about six-in-ten Jews in this low-income category are either under age 30 or 65 or older.

Essenes- Jewish religious sect, which, like the Pharisees and Sadducees, flourished during the last two centuries B.C.E. and up to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. The origin of the name: some scholars have derived is from the Syriac hasya meaning pious. They were an exclusive people who abstained from Temple worship in

Apr 27, 2021 · Shavuot/Pentecost was the second occasion of the Jewish calendar on which to bring the first of the crops to God. Seven weeks earlier at the barley harvest, firstfruits were brought, and now wheat was coming in. When the first of the crop came in, it was a visual promise that the rest of the crop would follow.

Hellenistic Judaism (4th century bce –2nd century ce) The Greek period (332–63 bce) Hellenism and Judaism. Contact between Greeks and Semites goes back to Minoan and Mycenaean times and is reflected in certain terms used by Homer and other early Greek authors. It is not until the end of the 4th century, however, that Jews are first mentioned by Greek writers, who praise …

Aug 13, 2009 · The Torah is the first part of the Jewish bible. It is the central and most important document of Judaism and has been used by Jews through the ages. Torah refers to the five books of Moses which ...

May 21, 2021 · Israel, the world’s only Jewish-majority country, is a subject of special concern to many Jews in the United States. Caring about Israel is “essential” to what being Jewish means to 45% of U.S. Jewish adults, and an additional 37% say it is “important, but not essential,” according to a new Pew Research Center survey that was fielded from Nov. 19, 2019, to June 3, 2020 – …

Oct 06, 1973 · These areas were considered “occupied” by Israel. Yom Kippur War: Hoping to catch the Israeli army off guard, in 1973 Egypt and Syria launched air strikes against Israel on the Holy Day of Yom ...