Primary Teachings
Judaism has three main teachings:
-1. To Believe in only One God
-2. That God created the world
-3. To study The Torah
-1. To Believe in only One God
-2. That God created the world
-3. To study The Torah
Beliefs
Belief in Gods:
Judaism has one God only. Jews have an “agreement” with God that if God is good to them, they will follow his rules and laws.
Afterlife
Primarily, the Jews believe in life and believe that death is not the end of existence. They believe in life on earth and not as much about life after death, though they still have an afterlife called Olam Ha-Ba, or ¨The World to Come¨. They leave the afterlife up for personal beliefs. Some Jews may also believe in reincarnation or resurrection. An example of how Jews do not focus on death but the celebration of life is the Mourner's Kaddish, a prayer for when someone dies. That prayer never uses the word dead or death in its entirety.
Judaism has one God only. Jews have an “agreement” with God that if God is good to them, they will follow his rules and laws.
Afterlife
Primarily, the Jews believe in life and believe that death is not the end of existence. They believe in life on earth and not as much about life after death, though they still have an afterlife called Olam Ha-Ba, or ¨The World to Come¨. They leave the afterlife up for personal beliefs. Some Jews may also believe in reincarnation or resurrection. An example of how Jews do not focus on death but the celebration of life is the Mourner's Kaddish, a prayer for when someone dies. That prayer never uses the word dead or death in its entirety.
Concepts of Evil
In Judaism, the only evil in the world is either:
The Jewish People do not believe in having separate methods of evil, as that is considered dualism. Often, they refrain from asking, ¨Why is there evil?¨ but rather, ¨How should we react to this evil?¨. The Jewish People do not revolve their religion around trying to fix things that they cannot contain, and they do not believe in trying to understand the Mind Of God. They believe in having free-willed people to follow in God's methods.
In Judaism, the only evil in the world is either:
- Created by Man and permitted by God, and this evil is not worse than diminishing mankind.
- An effect made by nature that God allowed to create an alternative to prove He exists, and this way, through intervention, it would destroy their right of having free will.
- Something that appears as if it was evil, and that evil is being judged without knowing every side of the issue
The Jewish People do not believe in having separate methods of evil, as that is considered dualism. Often, they refrain from asking, ¨Why is there evil?¨ but rather, ¨How should we react to this evil?¨. The Jewish People do not revolve their religion around trying to fix things that they cannot contain, and they do not believe in trying to understand the Mind Of God. They believe in having free-willed people to follow in God's methods.