Judaism

WHAT IS JUDAISM?

Intro: Judaism is the religion of Hebrews, and also one of the oldest

religions that still exists. The Jews have been through so much over thousand of years, and still their religion is very popular.

Founder: The founder of Judaism is Abraham, he is the ancestor of Jewish people. Abraham was the first to get special care from God.

Number of Followers & Their Locations Today: There are 14 million people today that call themselves Jewish. The majority of these Jews' location today is in Israel, Europe, or the United States of America.

Holy Book(s)/Sacred Text(s): The religion of Judaism had the Ten Commandments, which God revealed to them, and The Torah, the religion law. The Tanakh is the same books as the Christian Old Testament.

Religious Holidays: The most recognized religious holidays of the Jewish are Rosh Hashahah, which is the Jewish New Year and Hanukkah, the festival of Lights. There is also Yom Kippur, the Atonement. There are even mor holidays called Sukkot, Tu B'shevat, Purim, Pesach (Passover).

Rituals/Customs: The first custom of Judaism is Sabbath on every Sunday. Sabbath is the Jewish Holy Day. Another practice is the Mizvot. The Mizvot is of the commandments given from God that's in the Torah.

Particular Dress/Clothing: Jewish people wear robes and they have beards. They have Stars of David on all of their clothing to show what they believe in and they have little hats.

Hierarchy/Organization: The Judaism religion has Rabbi's, who is a Jewish religious teacher. Individual synagogues, or independent entity, hire the Rabbi.

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Why do people decide to be come vegetarian?

People decide to become vegetarian for several different reasons. One reason that people decide to do it is because they try to be cool. Vegetarianism became a popular trend last year and many kids decided to do it. Although many people only did it so people would think they're cool, many people did it because what they do to the animals is wrong. The cruel people that slaughter and hurt the animals do it so brutally. Slaughtering live animals and fattening chickens until they can't hold themselves up and getting their beaks sliced off. Cows getting separated from their mothers less than 24 hours of being born. Peta investigators found someone slicing off live bird heads and using the blood for graffiti. This is so wrong, I know people will always eat meat and kill animals, but a lot of this is pointless. I am very proud for the people who realize this is wrong and have cut meat out of their diet. How would you like this to happen to you? If you'd like to check out this booklet to learn more, click HERE.