This researcher would like to give brief information on who Jews worship, what takes place at Jewish worship on the Sabbaths and why Jews worship whom they worship.
Jews believe and worship only one God, which is the creator ‘God’ who is the creator of nature. They believe that there is no limit to his powers, that He created the whole of nature, which is controlled by him, He can be seen and experienced through the whole of nature, He has no rivals, all human activities is controlled by God, He is not remote from us, for all his power and He is SHEHINAH, meaning he is present everywhere.
They also believe in someone who is/ will be the messiah. They believe that he is the anticipated deliver and king of the Jews. ‘Messiah’ means ‘anointed
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For a service to take place there must be at least ten adult males present. They represent the
Ten Commandments, ten plagues, ten days of penitence and Abraham’s ten tests.
Worshippers on entering say ‘as for me in the abundance of thy loving kindness will I come unto thy house’. Men wear hats or kipa (skull caps) in reverence, as well as their tallit’s. The siddur takes place before the cantor sings about God’s help for the Jews in the past. He then sings God’s blessings before the climax is reached with the shema (‘hear’) from duet; ‘hear,
O Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one…’ which is the Jewish statement of belief.
The Amidah prayer follows with the people standing facing the Ark. On Sabbath this prayer is one of praise. When the third blessing is said, kedushah, Jews rise on their toes’ as it hallows God’s name. The doors of the Ark are opened and the Torah is carried from it. Men touch it with their tallit’s and then kiss them. Members of the congregation are called to the reading of the Torah. They stand beside the reader who points to the place with a special silver or ivory pointer (yad) as he reads. The cantor will then read a matching portion