Information about Rabbinic Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism or Rabbinism (or in Hebrew "Yahadut Rabanit" - יהדות רבנית) was the continuation of the Pharisees after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. It developed through the second to sixth centuries CE. It is to be contrasted with Karaite Judaism, which broke with the Rabbinic Jews over the validity of the oral law, and over procedures used to interpret Jewish scripture, the Torah; and Early Christianity, which developed into a separate religion. Karaite Jews are nowadays a very small group.
Rabbinic Judaism is based on the tradition that the law (Torah) revealed at Sinai had both a written and oral form. The written part consists in the Torah, or the five books of Moses. The oral revelation was transmitted by word of mouth from the generation present at Sinai to their descendants up to the time of the second Temple in Jerusalem. The oral law was subsequently codified in the Mishna and Gemarah, and is interpreted by subsequent rabbinic decisions and writings. Rabbinic Jewish literature is predicated on the belief that the written law cannot be properly understood without recourse to the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmud). Much Rabbinic Jewish literature concerns specifying what behavior is sanctioned by the law; this body of interpretations is called halakha (the way). Until the Jewish enlightenment halakha had the universal status of required religious practice, which remains the prevailing position among Orthodox and Conservative Jews. Reform Jews do not generally treat halakha as binding.
Although there are now profound differences between the streams of Rabbinic Judaism with respect to the binding force of halakha and the willingness to challenge preceding interpretations, all identify themselves as coming from the tradition of the oral law and the Rabbinic method of analysis. It is this which distinguishes them as Rabbinic Jews, in comparison to the Karaite movement.
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Historical Jewish languages
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Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, others
Liturgical languages:
Hebrew and Aramaic
Predominant spoken languages:
The vernacular language of the home nation in the Diaspora, significantly including English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and
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Several groups, sometimes called denominations, "branches," or "movements," have developed among Jews of the modern era, especially Ashkenazi Jews living in anglophone countries.
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Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish movement characterized by the sole reliance on the Tanakh as scripture, and the rejection of the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmud) as halakha (Legally Binding, i.e., required religious practice).
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principles of faith such as a creed or catechism that is recognized or accepted by all. In effect, the Shema, a prayer that a religious Jew offers daily, through participation in services or use of phylacteries, is the only Jewish creed.
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name of God is more than a distinguishing title. It represents the Jewish conception of the divine nature, and of the relation of God to the Jewish people. To show the sacredness of the names of God, and as a means of showing respect and reverence for them, the scribes of sacred
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Jewish eschatology is concerned with the Jewish Messiah, afterlife, and the revival of the dead.
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The Messiah
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Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה ; alternate transliterations include Halakhah, Halocho, and Halacha), is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot
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Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, Hebrew: כַּשְרוּת) refers to Jewish dietary laws.
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Tanakh
Torah | Nevi'im | Ketuvim
Books of the Torah
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
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Torah | Nevi'im | Ketuvim
Books of the Torah
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5.
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