The Similarities And Differences Between Judaism And Jewish Beliefs

The preservation of the Sabbath is one of the most important aspects of the Jewish Culture and religion. By abiding by the Sabbath, the Jewish people have a distinctive way of connecting with God. The Jewish religion is unique to other religions; in other religions, temples and churches are built as holy space, but Judaism builds a church to God in t...

... Sunday often come across people that request Sundays off or a certain day of the week off in order to participate in a religious activity. They are required to work with the employee’s schedule to allow them to go to church or attend whatever ceremony they believe in. (Cross & Miller, 2012, p. 510)

celebrate our Sabbath on the Sunday, we do no work on this day and go

'So the sons of Israel shall observe the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.' "It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

Christianity refers to the religion which is based on the persona and the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Judaism is a religion based on the teachings of the Torah and holds that God has an eternal covenant with the Jews. Islam, on the other hand, is a religion based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, the belief that Allah is the only God, and the role of man is to worship Allah and His prophet. Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world; Islam is the second while Judaism is the tenth practiced religion in the world. This paper discusses the comparison of these three religions based on their views of the concept of God, the creation account, the different divisions within each religion, the various founders,

One of the things that they believe in is worship in the Synagogue. Typically, these services take place Friday evening or Saturday mornings. These times are known as Sabbath days. Sabbath is known as the 7th day of the week, which begins at sunset on Friday and ends at sunset on Saturday. In the culture of Judaism, they have an annual festival called Rosh Hashanah. This is a Jewish New Year. But unlike our New Years, they don 't have a set date. Rosh Hashanah can be anytime between September and October, but depending on the Lunar Year. They also believe in eating Kosher foods over regular foods. The actual meaning of Kosher is proper or fitting. This tells them which foods they can eat, and which foods they need to stay away from. When a male child is born, the Jews believe in Circumcision. Many people nowadays automatically choose to agree to a circumcision for their sons, but in the Jewish culture, they have a significant reason for it. They believe those who choose not to perform a circumcision will not have a chance to enter Heaven. When a Jewish child gets to the age of 13, they are celebrated as they are forming from a child to an adult. This ritual is called either a bar Mitzvah or a bat Mitzvah depending on the gender of the child. Marriage and death rituals are also very important to the Jewish culture. All of these traditions together, make up the culture of

Each religion embraces their own central beliefs, and as someone who grew up a devout Christian, I thought it would be interesting to learn about the central beliefs of Judaism and the importance they hold to its followers. Judaism’s core beliefs begin with monotheism, following Jewish teachings, equality and social justice, and ends with the importance of study.

Judaism and Christianity are both developed on the basis of observing and following God, on the adherence to His rules and objectives, and their faithful fulfillment. Since the fulfillment of God’s will is an obligation of a Jewish or Christian person, both religions fall into the rule-deontological classification. The question regarding the parallels and divergences of Judaism and Christianity has always been a main concern in the spiritual world. It is understood that these two religions do have a lot in common, which is predominantly attributed to the fact that Judaism was the predecessor of Christianity. The key and foremost base is the same for both religions, the Old Testament. Nonetheless, the impact that Christianity has experienced

their is one God. The Jewish name for God is Yehweh, it is roughly translated from the

Sacred days and holidays are dedicated to gods and spirits. In these days, rituals are also performed. Sunday is the sacred day for Christians , Passover is for Jewish, Ramadan is the sacred holiday for Islam and Diwali is for Hindus.

The other side of the argument takes the Sabbath very literal. Some Jews feel the need to preserve Judaism.(Plaut, 55) By saying that, it means that they also need to preserve the Sabbath as well. (Plaut, 57) One way they do that is by holding Sabbath ceremonies on Fridays instead of Sundays.( Plaut, 57) Some synagogues are even switching religious study classes to other days as well to keep the Sabbath.(Plaut, 61) Jews see the Sabbath as being covenant, and as the bridge between God and man.(Gordis, 6) The way it can be viewed is that the Sabbath is not just something defined by humans. It is believe that even animals have the Sabbath.(Siegel, 46) This is because there is a covenant made between God and creation, God and Israel, and God and

The Lord has given us the Grace to have six of the seven days of the week for ourselves, but the seventh day He set aside for Himself as the Sabbath day. {Exodus, 34:-21}

The Seventh day Adventists, for example, continue to worship on the seventh day. Their argument is that the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments; therefore, it is a part of God's will. According to them, the shift to Sunday resulted from the infiltration of pagan ideas. Other Christian groups counter that argument by stating that Sunday is the Christian form of the Sabbath. These Christians argue that the purpose of God's command to observe the Sabbath centered on the idea of dedication to the Lord. Because Jesus is the Son of God, he had the privilege to change the Sabbath to a different day. This side claims that Jesus switched the days as a way to extend the blessings from the Jews and to spread the blessings to the rest of the world. Others, however, argue that Christians do not observe the Jewish Sabbath, instead Christians worship on Sunday. Apparently, the early church would gather on Sunday to commemorate Jesus' resurrection. Unfortunately, there is not a passage in the scriptures that explains why the Sabbath was moved from Saturday to Sunday. Based on our little evidence, it seems plausible that the shift occurred gradually overtime. The church probably changed from a traditional Jewish style to more of a Gentile style. The early church fathers the viewed Sabbath as a Jewish custom while they viewed Sunday as a Christian practice. All in all, I'd does not matter which day is