Main beliefs of JUDAISM

He Judaism has been one of the most important religions in history, being the first abrahamic belief in having influence, and being largely the predecessor religion of Christianity and Islam. Even so, over the centuries it has lost its relevant role in the world, causing many people to not know these beliefs today. For all these reasons, in this lesson from a Teacher we must talk about the main beliefs of judaism.

The word Judaism is used to refer to the religion of the Jewish people, being a mixture of traditions and beliefs that have formed its own and very interesting religion. This belief has accompanied a group of people who throughout history have occupied large plots of land by the word of the Lord, being continually expelled for being a minority religion compared to others.

Judaism is an Abrahamic religion, that is, they are born from Abraham, like other religions such as Christianity or Islam. It is considered as The oldest of the three and, at the same time, there is a tendency to talk about it as the seed that originated these two religions, since both emerged in the Middle East and have great similarities in several aspects.

There are many types of Judaism, but in general we can say that Judaism all the beliefs that base their thinking on the Torah, being five books that tell the bases of religion. On the other hand, they also have oral tradition, which is considered given to Moses by God.

In this other lesson we talk to you about the origin of judaism, just like him God of Judaism.

As we have seen, there are a huge number of Jewish currents, but there are a series of key elements that all of them maintain, being what we can consider as main beliefs of Judaism. These key elements are the following:

• It is a monotheistic religion, that is, he believes in the existence of a single god, who is called Yahweh.
• Yahweh does not leave believers alone, but appears before them to communicate the divine message to them, such as appearing before Moses or Abraham.
• The symbol of religion is David's star, being the symbol that the Christian king placed on his shield in battles.
• The Jews follow the Jewish law, being a set of rules that everyone must follow to be good believers and follow Yahweh's beliefs.
• Hebrew is the sacred language of the religion, which is why most of Judaism's rites are performed using this language, although over the years this is becoming less and less common.
• Non-Jews can convert to the religion at any time, and become members of the community from the moment they enter. Even so, they must perform various rites to convert, such as circumcision or a purifying bath.
• The Jews follow the kosher diet, Therefore, they do not eat any animal that is considered impure, such as pigs. Jews must prepare meat in a specific way for it to be valid for consumption.
• Jews must follow the 10 Commandments, since these were sent by Yahweh himself to Moses, being, therefore, a direct order from his god.
• A messiah must come to the world to free the Jewish population, so he will be the last of the prophets.

To continue this lesson on the beliefs of Judaism, we must comment that there are various currents within Judaism, being varied by the ways in which they see the religion, and having changes in different aspects. This means that before talking about the main beliefs of Judaism in general, we must specify What are the various currents of Judaism, being key to understanding the great differences between they.

The currents of Judaism are the following:

• Ultraorthodox: The ultra-Orthodox are people who fear God, but at the same time consider that the Torah is the manual of all things that can happen in the world. They tend to escape from any atheist person or non-ultra-Orthodox Jews, being especially devout and denying any belief that is not their own.
• Orthodox: They follow the rules written in the Halacha, being the ones that every Jew must follow to be a good believer. They believe that the Torah was given by God, and therefore it is a written law that they must follow, being a type of legislation for them.
• Reformist: Reformists defend that each person is free to understand religious scriptures in their own way, which is why they defend an individualistic way of seeing religion.
• Conservative: A belief that defends that Jews make up a nation and that therefore they need a land for themselves. They do not follow Jewish laws to the letter, but rather vary them to adapt them to the modern world.
• Secular: Secular Jews are those who are part of the religion because they are descendants of Jews, but who maintain few or none of the traditions.