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THE FINAL AIM OF EXISTENCE The Covenant There were a number of occasions in the early history of the Jewish people when God made promises; first to Abraham, who was the founding father of the Jewish people; and later to Moses, who was the leader who led them out of Egypt and who converted the children of Israel from a disparate group of slaves into a nation. Abraham had realised that there could only be one God, that there was no other god and that it was foolish for people to worship idols which they had made with their own hands. God told him to leave his homeland and go to ‘a land which I will show you’ (Genesis 12: 1). God tested his faith and because he showed himself to be completely faithful and obedient, God made a covenant with Abraham (Genesis 17: 2 and 4). He promised him and his descendants the land of Canaan for evermore (Genesis 15: 18 and 17: 7–8). Circumcision for males, Brit Milah, became the sign of the covenant, agreement or promise (Genesis 17: 9– 11). A somewhat different form of agreement was made with Moses and the people of Israel after he had led the Jews out of Egypt. Here the covenant is based on the whole of the laws that God gave to Moses to transmit to the children of Israel (Exodus 24: 3 and 7). The promises that were made then were conditional on good behaviour (Leviticus 26: 3–4). However, despite the warning of the dire consequences if the children of Israel were not faithful to God (Leviticus 26: 14ff), the promise was made that the children of Israel would not in the end be rejected and that God would not break His initial covenant with them (Leviticus 26: 43–45). These promises have been kept by God up till the present day and observant Jews and even many secular Jews believe that God will keep his promises in the future. 56 Sources Genesis 17: 2 And I will make My covenant between me and thee. Genesis 17: 4 As for Me, behold. My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. Genesis 15: 18 In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates. RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) © Learning and Teaching Scotland
THE FINAL AIM OF EXISTENCE Genesis 17: 7–8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Genesis 17: 9–11 And God said unto Abraham: ‘And as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; every man among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant between Me and you. Exodus 24: 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said: ‘All the words which the Lord hath spoken, we will do.’ Exodus 24: 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: ‘All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do, and obey.’ Leviticus 26: 3–4 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep My commandments and do them; then I will give you rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Leviticus 26: 14ff But if you will not hearken unto me and will not do all these commandments; and if you shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant; I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail and the soul to languish; and you shall sow your seed in vain for your enemies shall eat it... Leviticus 26: 44–45 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) 57 © Learning and Teaching Scotland
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CONTENTS Introduction 1 Section 1:
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INTRODUCTION Using these support ma
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SECTION 1 JUDAISM - AN OVERVIEW The
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Page 11 and 12: SECTION 2 What does it mean to be h
Page 13 and 14: The concept and image of God THE HU
Page 15 and 16: THE HUMAN CONDITION He had already
Page 17 and 18: Creation THE HUMAN CONDITION Jews b
Page 19 and 20: Shabbat THE HUMAN CONDITION God res
Page 21 and 22: THE HUMAN CONDITION of the Torah, c
Page 23 and 24: Suggestions for further reading and
Page 25 and 26: THE HUMAN CONDITION Yet, even in ju
Page 27 and 28: SECTION 3 Yetzer Harah and Yetzer T
Page 29 and 30: THE CAUSE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION Su
Page 31 and 32: Suffering is at times inexplicable
Page 33 and 34: SECTION 4 THE GOALS The meaning of
Page 35 and 36: THE GOALS The Shema is the most imp
Page 37 and 38: THE GOALS The meaning of obedience
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Page 43 and 44: Activity 18 1. Read the Ten Command
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Page 49 and 50: The importance of repentance Repent
Page 51 and 52: Rosh Hashanah THE GOALS Rosh Hashan
Page 53 and 54: Source THE GOALS For the sin that w
Page 55 and 56: 3. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are
Page 57 and 58: SECTION 5 The concept of the Messia
Page 59: Olam ha-Bah THE FINAL AIM OF EXISTE
Page 63 and 64: SECTION 6 The Torah THE MEANS Torah
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Page 67 and 68: The Ten Commandments THE MEANS The
Page 69 and 70: Activity 26 THE MEANS (a) Categoris
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Page 73 and 74: A page from the Talmud (see Activit
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Page 77 and 78: SECTION 7 Moral and social responsi
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Page 83 and 84: Rites of passage and education Brit
Page 89 and 90: APPENDIX Glossary APPENDIX Amidah:
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Page 93 and 94: Useful addresses J E Levingstone (f
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