Friday, October 30, 2009

All about Judaism

Introduction:
one of the oldest know religion is Judaism. You will be surprised in how much people still practice it today.

Founder:
The founder of Judaism was Abraham. Abraham was the first Jew he only be lived in one god. The Jews thought that God called Abraham out of Mesopotamia in order to make a covenant with him. Through this covenant, God would give Abraham's descendants a new land.

Number of follower & their locations today:
The number of followers in the world for Judaism is 14 million people. Some of the places that they practice Judaism is in Israel, Europe and the U.S.A.

Holy book:
The holy book for the Judaism is called the Tanakh. Its a book that God's revealed instructions to the Jewish People.




Holidays:
Some of the religious holidays that the Jews celebrate are Hanukkah On the left there is a picture of the candlesthat they light up during Hanukkah. In addition other holidays they celebrate is Jewish new year and they celebrate the pass over.



Rituals/customs:
Some of the customs they have is going to Saturday morning, Friday night and Saturday afternoon services. Another thing that they do is evening and morning prayers.


Dress/clothing:
The clothing that the Judaism wore white robes, wigs. For the women they wore head covering.

Organization:
The organization for the Judaism was rabbi (Rebbe in Hasidim)









Thursday, October 1, 2009

why do people not get along with each other?

Some of the reasons people do not get along with each other is because of arguments that people have for example if roamers start about some one than the other person will blame it on some one and than that's where people don't get along with each other... So if you want to get along with everyone first think about what if they did that to you would you like it? treat others like you want to be treated.