Jews For Judaism

JEWS FOR JUDAISM

Introduction

The present work has the purpose of familiarize us with a new culture. The main feature of the work is to know their customs, traditions, history and religion. Judaism is an alliance between a land, a god and a people. It is the religion of those who feel inheritors of a land chosen by God and elected by the people as mentioned above can not be understood without knowing Judaism that people's past: its geography and history. The life of this people and this religion is characterized in that still worshiping their god after many hardships and famine that happen because of people and ideologies that do not let the Jews live in quiet with their families and friends.

Judaism is the father of all monotheistic religions is based on the faith of one God. Unlike other religions, it is not centered in a prophet or a savior, but in the idea of a chosen people.

In this work we are going to see what is a Jewish, following for the history of this culture. Finally, the elaboration on the Jewish traditions. Starting we are going to speak about the Jewish.

Definition of Jewish

Jews are people who believe in God but not Jesus, the Son of God. For them the Messiah has not yet reached for them just ahead the coming of the Son of God. They have the same habits as Jesus in his time of life, because Jesus himself was a Jew. Jewish identity does not depend primarily on the acceptance of beliefs or follow-up of a model of living.

First, the Jewish law argues that one born of a Jewish mother is a Jewish. Thus, all who are able to demonstrate that Jewish ancestry come from a woman are Jewish by definition. Therefore, being Jewish is a matter of physical descent.

Second, conservatives and reformers believe that Jews are those who have mother and father born Jews, who are educated as such and explicitly expressing his desire to take part in the community.

However, reform rabbis who lived in America stated that the children of a Jewish father could be considered as such if they received any Jewish education. This is because 57 percent of Jewish men chose to marry outside the group of Jewish women. Although, convert to Jewish is possible, as described in the Talmud as the following process: The rabbis say: If someone comes and wants to be convert, they say, "Why do you want to be a convert? Don’t you know that Jews are harassed, hounded, persecuted and hunted, which afflict many problems? " If you answer: "I know, I am not worthy", then you are without having to argue anything else. However, this practice will be arduous and complex. There was a time when the Christian Church considered a serious offense faithful conversion to Judaism. However, there is no advantage, since the Torah must be followed by the entire community. It is therefore argued that there is any advantage to converting to Judaism or reason to encourage conversion. This point is one of the most differences Judaism from Christianity or Islam, for the latter two monotheistic religions may belong either to profess or respect their beliefs what differentiates the Judaism from other religions is not only a religion but also a lifestyle and culture. Jews around the world are considered descendants of ancient Israelites or Hebrews

Definition of Judaism. According to the (Encarta Encyclopedia, 2007) is religious culture of the Jews (also known as the people of Israel). It is one of the oldest religions in history. The terms Judaism and religion do not exist in postmodern Hebrew. The Jews spoke of Torah laws that God revealed to Israel, and which offered a worldview and a way of life (the Halacha), the path to be followed by the world: the laws, customs and Jewish practices. It is a system of sanctification in which everything is subject to the express will of God, according to divine models revealed about the cosmic order and legality.

Almost from its inception, the Jewish communities, often as a result of voluntary migration and forced exile or expulsions (Diaspora), have lived in almost every corner of the world. According to the American Jewish Yearbook, in 2000 the total population of Jews in the world amounted to 13.2 million, of which 5.7 million lived in the U.S., 4.8 in Israel and more than half a million in the Union Soviet those are the three most important Jewish sites in the world.

Approximately 1.5 million Jews lived scattered throughout Europe, most of them in France and Britain. About 300,000 lived scattered throughout North America and 600,000 for the rest of Asia. About 1.1 million Jews lived in Central and South America (200,000 alone in Argentina), and 350,000 in Africa. (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, 2007). I already spoke about the Jews and Judaism, now let’s go to talk about the history.

History

The people of Israel (also called the "Jewish People") trace their origin to Abraham, who established the belief that there is only one God, the creator of the universe. Abraham, his son Yitshak (Isaac), and grandson Jacob (Israel), are referred to as the patriarchs of the Israelites. All three patriarchs lived in the Land of Canaan, that later came to be known as the Land of Israel. They and their wives are buried in the Ma'arat HaMachpela, the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in Hebron. The name Israel derives from the name given to Jacob. His 12 sons were the kernels of 12 tribes that later developed into the Jewish nation. The name Jew derives from Yehuda (Judah) one of the 12 sons of Jacob (Reuben, Shimon, Levi, Yehuda, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Yisachar, Zevulun, Yosef, Binyamin). So, the names Israel, Israeli or Jewish refer to people of the same origin. The descendants of Abraham crystallized into a nation at about 1300 BCE after their Exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. Soon after the Exodus, Moses transmitted to the people of this new emerging nation, the Torah, and the Ten Commandments. After 40 years in the Sinai desert, Moses led them to the Land of Israel, that is cited in The Bible as the land promised by God to the descendants of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The people of modern day Israel share the same language and culture shaped by the Jewish heritage and religion passed through generations starting with the founding father Abraham. Thus, Jews have had continuous presence in the land of Israel for the past 3,300 years. The rule of Israelites in the land of Israel starts with the conquests of Joshua. The period from 1000-587 BCE is known as the "Period of the Kings". The most noteworthy kings were King David, who made Jerusalem the Capital of Israel, and his son Solomon, who built the first Temple in Jerusalem as prescribed in the Tanach (Old Testament). In 587 BCE, Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar's army captured Jerusalem, destroyed the

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