Judaism Practices Quotes
Judaism Practices Quotes
ARON HAKODESH “Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord
our God is holy.” PSALMS 99
NER TAMID “keep the lamps burning before the Lord...” EXODUS 27.
NO PICTURES OF GOD OR PEOPLE IN A “You shall not make for yourself an image... Or bow down to them or
SYNAGOGUE worship them.” DECALOGUE
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC “I will fulfil my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.” PSALMS
WORSHIP/PRAYER 116
PRIVATE PRAYER “Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.”
PSALMS 55
THE SHEMA “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
THE AMIDAH (Aka ‘standing prayer’) A set of 19 blessings. It begins by praising God,
then asks for things such as justice, and ends with thanksgiving and asking
for peace.
KAVANAH Full concentration on prayer - vital.
OBSERVING SHABBAT “so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.” GENESIS 2
SEAFOOD -> “Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat
any that has fins and scales.”
INSECTS -> “All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat
them.”
CARCASSES -> “Do not eat anything you find already dead”
MILK AND MEAT -> “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s
milk.”
DEUTERONOMY 14
BRIT MILAH “Every male among you shall be circumcised” GENESIS 17
MARRIAGE “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to
his wife, and they become one flesh.” GENESIS 2
(God said): “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a
helper suitable for him.” GENESIS 2
MOURING RITUALS “Jacob tore his clothes... and observed mourning for his son.” GENESIS 37.
ROSH HASHANAH “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” GENESIS 1
YOM KIPPUR “Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves... Don't do any work on that
day, because it is the Day of Atonement.”
LEVITICUS 23
PESACH “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery” EXODUS 20