Transcript What Jews believe about God is very simple…

What do all of
these people have
in common?
They are all
Jewish
By the end of the lesson
we need to be able to
answer this question:
What is a
Jewish God
like?
Recap…
What do you know about a
Christian God?
For Jews, God is…
…called YAHWEH
…divine
…creator of the world
For Jews, God is so special that no other
gods or statues must be worshipped.
Jews believe that God made a covenant (a
promise) with them…
God promised…
The Jews
promised…
•To look after the
Jews.
•To love G_d, and
be faithful to him
•To make them his
chosen people.
•To keep his 614
commandments/laws
•To give them a
land of their own.
 Everybody needs a piece of scrap
paper…
 On the paper you need to describe
yourself in 11 words – you must not
write your name!
Can we guess who people are from
their 11 words description?
How did it feel like to
describe yourself in only 11
words?
Did you feel like you could
describe all aspects of your
personality?
What Jews believe about God is very simple…
It’s only 11 words long!
It’s a creed, called the ‘Shema’, which is the
Hebrew word for ‘Hear’.
In 11 words, it sums up the main Jewish belief
about God:
‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one.’
It tells us some key things about what Jews believe
about God…
What 2 names is a Jewish God given?
Is Judaism monotheistic or polytheistic? How do
you know?
Can you sum up what Jews believe about God in
less than 11 words?
The Shema is originally written in Hebrew:
‘Shema Yisrael, Adonia Elohenu,
Adonai Echad.’
It is the first Hebrew that a Jewish child learns &
it is meant to be the last thing that a Jew says
before death.
The Shema is part of the Jewish holy book – what is
it called?
Copy this paragraph into your books, by
filling in the gaps.
What Jews believe about God is very simple…
It’s only _____ words long!
It’s a _______, called the ‘______’, which is
the Hebrew word for ‘_______’.
In __ words, it sums up the main Jewish
belief about God:
‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our ___,
the Lord is ___.’
The key thing that it tells us about what Jews
believe is that they believe there is only ___
God, meaning that Judaism is a ___________
religion.
The Shema is originally written in _______:
‘Shema Yisrael, Adonia Elohenu,
Adonai Echad.’
It is the first Hebrew that a Jewish ______
learns & it is meant to be the last thing that a
Jew says before ______.
Who can give me some details to
answer this question:
What is a
Jewish God
like?
Beliefs about God that we have
studied can be summed up using these
numbers:
3
99
11
Explain!