1. Judaism

2. Judaism
The most important of God's Names is the four-letter Name represented by the Hebrew letters Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh (YHVH). Sometimes YHWH.
Jews see it as wrong to speak G-d’s name.
According to Jewish belief humanity was formed with two impulses:
A good impulse (the yetzer tov) (Yetzer hatov – The human inclination towards good)
An evil impulse (the yetzer ra) (Yetzer hara – The human inclination towards evil).
The yetzer tov is the moral conscience, the inner voice that reminds you of G-d's law when you consider doing something that is forbidden.

3. STATS Approximately 76.2% of Israel’s population is Jewish.
Less than 1% of the world’s population is Jewish.
Jerusalem is the Holy City to Jews.
The Language of origin is Hebrew, Arabic and Yiddish.

4. Divisions - Sects - Movements
Three major Jewish movements in the U.S.:
Reform
Conservative
Orthodox

5. The Shema is the oldest fixed daily prayer in Judaism - "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is One." It constitutes the fundamental Jewish confession of faith or creed.
Maimonides 13 articles of faith –not binding. Jews look more to deeds (miswa) than to creeds. They are:
God exists
God is one (Monotheism) and unique
God is incorporeal
God is eternal
Prayer is to God only.
The prophets spoke truth.
Moses was the greatest of the prophets.
The Written and Oral Torah were given to Moses.
There will be no other Torah.
God knows the thoughts and deeds of men.
God will reward the good and punish the wicked.
The Messiah will come.
The dead will be resurrected.

6. A rabbi is an authorized teacher of the classical Jewish tradition.
Has no more authority to perform rituals than any other adult male member of the Jewish community.
In the Jewish sense of the term, a priest (kohein) is a descendant of Aaron, charged with performing various rites in the Synagogue in connection with religious rituals and sacrifices.
Although a kohein can be a rabbi, a rabbi is not required to be a kohein.
Mohel - person who performs circumcisions on Jewish baby boys.

7. Shabbat
Shabbat is the most important ritual observance in Judaism. It is the only ritual observance instituted in the Ten Commandments.
Shabbat - The seventh day of the week, recalling the completion of the creation and the Exodus from Egypt. It is a day symbolic of new beginnings and one dedicated to God, a most holy day of rest.
Jews worship in Synagogues.

8. Mitzvot
Mitzvot - term used to refer to the Commandments; religious actions (singular mitzvah).
Any good deed.
Mitzvah is the Hebrew term used to define one to whom the commandments apply
Bar Mitzvah is a ritual performed to celebrate 13-year-old boys to whom the commandments now apply.
Bat Mitzvah is a ritual performed to celebrate 12-year-old girls to whom the commandments now apply.

9. Rituals
Brit milah - The ritual of circumcision performed on the eighth day of a boy's life.
Known as a brit or a bris.
Of all of the commandments in Judaism, the brit milah (literally, Covenant of Circumcision) is probably the one most universally observed.
Again - performed by a Mohel
Shiva - Parents, children, spouses and siblings of the deceased, preferably all, observe Shiva together in the deceased's home.
Shiva begins on the day of burial and continues until the morning of the seventh day after burial.

10. Yom Kippur - Hebrew for Day of Atonement
Annual day of fasting and atonement, occurring in the fall on Tishri 10 (just after Rosh Hashanah); the most solemn and important occasion of the Jewish religious year.
Chanukah - is the nine-branched menorah used on Chanukah is commonly patterned after this menorah, because Chanukah commemorates the miracle that one day's worth of oil for this menorah lasted eight days.
Menorah is a seven-branch candlestick. Part of the furnishings of the tabernacle in the wilderness and the Temple in Jerusalem. In 1948 it became the official symbol of the State of Israel.

11. Jewish Symbols
Menorah - A seven-branch candlestick. Part of the furnishings of the tabernacle in the wilderness and the Temple in Jerusalem. In it became the official symbol of the State of Israel.
Chanukah - The nine-branched menorah used on Chanukah is commonly patterned after this menorah, because Chanukah commemorates the miracle that a day's worth of oil for this menorah lasted eight days.

12. Star of David - The Shield of David or Magen David in Hebrew, is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish Community and Judaism.
It is named after King David of ancient Israel; and its usage began in the Middle Ages, alongside the more ancient symbol of the menorah.
With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 the Star of David on the Flag of Israel has also become a symbol of Israel.
Mezuzah- parchment scroll with selected Torah verses (Deuteronomy 6.4-9; ) placed in a container and affixed to the exterior doorposts (at the right side of the entrance) of observant Jewish homes (see Deuteronomy ), and sometimes also to interior doorposts of rooms.
The word shaddai (almighty) usually is inscribed on the back of the container.
Kippah - A Jewish head covering worn for worship, religious study, meals, or at any other time; also called yarmulke.