1. What is the link?

2. What do you already know about Judaism?
Signposting learning

3. I can describe what Judaism is and where it originated
Friday, 30 November 2018
Driving Question: What is Judaism?
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I can identify some key facts about Judaism
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I can describe what Judaism is and where it originated
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I can explain some key teachings of the Jewish faith.

4. We will explore these facts in more detail over the next 5 weeks…
Group Task
Today I am going to share 6 facts about Judaism. You must work as a group to try and remember all 7 facts in order to answer 10 questions. Winning group receives the merits!
We will explore these facts in more detail over the next 5 weeks…

5. Jews believe that there is only one God
Jews believe that there is only one God. This means that Judaism is a monotheistic religion.

6. Judaism has about 13 million followers throughout the world.

7. Judaism originated in the Middle East over 3500 years ago
Judaism originated in the Middle East over 3500 years ago. Moses was the main founder of Judaism, but Jews can trace their history back as far as Abraham.

8. The most holy Jewish book is the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) which was revealed by God to Moses on Mount Sinai over 3,000 years ago.

9. Jews worship in Synagogues. The word Synagogue means ‘House of Assembly.’

10. Shabbat starts on Friday evening and ends at sunset on Saturday.
The most important day of the week is Shabbat (the Sabbath). It is the day on which Jews remember the seventh day of creation on which God rested. On Shabbat Jews stop working and make time for God and family life.
Shabbat starts on Friday evening and ends at sunset on Saturday.
Shabbat begins with the family sharing a meal.

11. 1) Where do Jews worship?
2) When does their holy day start and end?
3) What is the name of the Jews holy day?
4) What is the name of the Jewish holy book?
5) Who was the holy book revealed to?
6) How many followers does Judaism have?
7) What word describes the belief in ONE GOD?
8) What does the word synagogue mean?
9) what does the holy day remember?
10) who was the founder (first person) in Judaism?

12. Plenary…
Write down 3 questions about Judaism that you would like to find out the answer to over the next 3 weeks…