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JUDAISM
- Religion of a Divine Destiny.
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| Jews believe in one God
who is the Creator and Lord of the
universe. They believe that God has a
special relationship - the Covenant -
with the Jewish people. This relationship
has been guiding and will continue to
guide Jewish people:
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"Obey my
voice, and I will be your God, and you
shall be my people; and walk in all the
way that I command you, that it may be
well with you." (Jeremiah 7:23)
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The Law, written in the
Jewish holy book, the Torah, was given to
Moses on Mount Sinai and is the Jewish
people's guide to how to live in
accordance with the Covenant. Jews look
forward to the coming the Messiah, a
leader from God, who will bring a time of
peace, fruitfulness and security to the
whole world, but also a time when the
lead will be brought back to life and
judged by God.
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The menorah, a
seven-branched candlestick, stood in the
Temple in Jerusalem in ancient times, and
its design is described in the Torah. The
central branch is said to represent the
Sabbath, the day when God tested after
creating the world.
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There are 12.8 million
Jews living worldwide. Almost 47% live in
North America, 34% in Israel, and 14% in
Europe and Russia. The twentieth century
has seen a dramatic shift in numbers away
from Europe following the Holocaust.
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Israel
is regarded as the historic
"Promised Land." The Western
Wall in Jerusalem, an important place of
prayer, is all that is left of the last
Jewish Temple, destroyed in CE 70.
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The
Hebrew Bible consists of the Torah (Five
Books of Moses), the Prophets and other
writings including the Psalms. The Torah
contains laws and guidance of the Jewish
people. It is written in Hebrew.
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