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What I've learned about Judaism so far

RedDragon94

RedDragon94

Love everyone, meditate often
In my study of religion, the first belief system I'm looking into is Judaism. Here's the important things I've learned so far from books, wikipedia, youtube, and Jews on this site.
  • God is one, and God is light.
  • God revealed himself to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai.
  • God gave Moses (Moshe) the written Torah and the oral (spoken) Torah (also called the Talmud), from which all rabbinical literature comes from.
  • Because all rabbinical literature comes from these two parts of the Torah, all rabbinical literature can be included in the Torah, although not every Jewish denomination does.
  • When one chooses to convert to Judaism it is as if they were there at Sinai with the Jewish people.
  • Conversion to Judaism is one of the most intense things a person can undergo.
Hope this has been informative and all my information is right. I hope someone tells me if it isn't. :) Judaism and it's beliefs and lifestyles are fascinating to me so this is why I posted this.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
RedDragon94 said:
In my study of religion, the first belief system I'm looking into is Judaism. Here's the important things I've learned so far from books, wikipedia, youtube, and Jews on this site.
  • God is one, and God is light.
  • God revealed himself to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai.
  • God gave Moses (Moshe) the written Torah and the oral (spoken) Torah (also called the Talmud), from which all rabbinical literature comes from.
  • Because all rabbinical literature comes from these two parts of the Torah, all rabbinical literature can be included in the Torah, although not every Jewish denomination does.
  • When one chooses to convert to Judaism it is as if they were there at Sinai with the Jewish people.
  • Conversion to Judaism is one of the most intense things a person can undergo.
Hope this has been informative and all my information is right. I hope someone tells me if it isn't. :) Judaism and it's beliefs and lifestyles are fascinating to me so this is why I posted this.
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You got some of the basics down. What's missing, which are both crucially important, is both the Abrahamic Covenant and the Mosaiic Law.

Good start though.
 
RedDragon94

RedDragon94

Love everyone, meditate often
metis said:
You got some of the basics down. What's missing, which are both crucially important, is both the Abrahamic Covenant and the Mosaiic Law.

Good start though.
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Well I knew about those from the Bible, they weren't emphasized in the book I was reading.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
RedDragon94 said:
Well I knew about those from the Bible, they weren't emphasized in the book I was reading.
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Which book, by chance?

I'm logging out for the rest of the day, so I'll try and get back with ya tomorrow, if you wish.
 
paarsurrey

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
RedDragon94 said:
In my study of religion, the first belief system I'm looking into is Judaism. Here's the important things I've learned so far from books, wikipedia, youtube, and Jews on this site.
  • God is one, and God is light.
  • God revealed himself to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai.
  • God gave Moses (Moshe) the written Torah and the oral (spoken) Torah (also called the Talmud), from which all rabbinical literature comes from.
  • Because all rabbinical literature comes from these two parts of the Torah, all rabbinical literature can be included in the Torah, although not every Jewish denomination does.
  • When one chooses to convert to Judaism it is as if they were there at Sinai with the Jewish people.
  • Conversion to Judaism is one of the most intense things a person can undergo.
Hope this has been informative and all my information is right. I hope someone tells me if it isn't. :) Judaism and it's beliefs and lifestyles are fascinating to me so this is why I posted this.
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Please quote the source of the Moses' time for what I have coloured in magenta.
Regards
 
paarsurrey

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
RedDragon94 said: ↑
God is light.
Tumah said:
G-d is not light, G-d has light. And the light is not light, its a metaphor for perception.
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G-d is the source of Revelation or light to see or to perceive or to know Him:

[24:36]Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as alustrousniche, wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a glittering star. It is lit from a blessed tree — an olive — neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would well-nigh glow forth even though fire touched it not. Light upon light! Allah guides to His light whomsoever He will. And Allah sets forth parables to men, and Allah knows all things full well.
http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?ch=24&verse=35​
Regards
 
Tarheeler

Tarheeler

Argumentative Curmudgeon
Premium Member
RedDragon94 said:
When one chooses to convert to Judaism it is as if they were there at Sinai with the Jewish people.
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There's a story that says all Jews (past, present, and future) were present at Sinai. Those of us who choose to convert have souls that were there but were born into non-Jewish families.
We're simply coming home.

Conversion to Judaism is one of the most intense things a person can undergo.
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I agree with that statement wholeheartedly.
 
Jedster

Jedster

Well-Known Member
RedDragon94 said:
Oh okay, I misquoted you, sorry... So God actually doesn't have light then?
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Well, according to Genesis, God was around before light.
It says: Gen1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

What is of interest is that God doesn't create the Sun until the 4th day(Gen 1:14), while Gen 1:5 states
"And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night, and it was evening and it was morning, one day."

So that implies that the light in Gen 1:3 is different from light of the Sun or there is a contradiction there or the whole meaning is something esoteric(which Tumah may be implying).

Just my thoughts :)
 
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Tumah

Tumah

Veteran Member
paarsurrey said:
RedDragon94 said: ↑
God is light.

G-d is the source of Revelation or light to see or to perceive or to know Him:

[24:36]Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as alustrousniche, wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a glittering star. It is lit from a blessed tree — an olive — neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would well-nigh glow forth even though fire touched it not. Light upon light! Allah guides to His light whomsoever He will. And Allah sets forth parables to men, and Allah knows all things full well.
http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?ch=24&verse=35​
Regards
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Is there a reason why you are quoting the Qur'an in a discussion about Jewish theology?
 
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