First off, I wanted to get some basic ideas about what the Jewish faith is. Since I was raised in a Christian household, I am only familiar with Christianity and the beliefs within. So, from my interviewee and my research, I found that there is a basic and often misunderstood difference between Judaism and Christianity. To simplify, Christianity is a religion. If one believes in the divinity of Jesus, one is Christian. But Judaism is different. Judaism is an entity for which there is no satisfactory English word, since Judaism did not arise in Western lands. It is like a tribe, or a family. One can be born Jewish or convert to Judaism. One cannot properly be "born" Christian, since Christianity is essentially a faith statement. Judaism is a religious civilization, or a faith family.

Although there have been many attempts throughout Jewish history to define

Remarkably, it seems Yom Kippur is also a day filled with images of love. On this day, they learn to love. They believe God will care for us, gather us up, listen to us, and love us. They seem to be resuscitated to love. Yom Kippur ultimately is about two lessons, one of eternity and one of fidelity. The lesson of death is clear. We live as if we have forever. Day by day, time passes away. Yom Kippur seeks to make ones own death real, so that they will, in the words of the tradition, "use each moment wisely." If they can believe--not intellectually, but in their soul that death will some day come, perhaps there is a better chance to really live.

The Oral Torah, explanations of the Written Torah, was originally passed down verbally from generation to generation. After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, it was decided the Oral Torah should be written down so it would not be forgotten.

Judaism focuses on relationships: the relationship between God and mankind, between God and the Jewish nation, between the Jewish nation and the land of Israel, and between human beings. The Jewish scriptures tell the story of the development of these relationships, from the time of creation, to the creation of the relationship between God and the Jewish people, and forward.

I was also curious about why people of the Jewish faith do not believe Jesus is the Son of God. The primary reason that Jews do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah, I was told, is that after his arrival and death the world was not redeemed. This person b

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