a. the belief in one God and the attributes of their God
The fact that God exists and created the world is a core belief in Judaism and is accepted as true for most. This belief comes from the Torah, where in Genesis (Bereishit) it says, “In the beginning of God’s creation of the heavens and the earth.” God is also believed to be all powerful (omnipotent), all knowing (omniscient) and is everywhere at once (omnipresent).
Another principal belief of Judaism is that there is only one God. An important prayer in Judaism begins with, “Hear, Israel: The Lord is our God, The Lord is one.”, this prayer is called the Shema (meaning ‘hear’) and is uttered twice every day. The basis of this practice originates in the Pentateuch, where it instructs: “And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart... and when you lie down and when you rise up.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion.
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God commanded that he should not be worshipped as an idol or image, because this is idolatry and puts him into a material form. This is recorded in the Torah as part of the ten commandments. It is found in Exodus (Shemot) chapter 20-4, and says, “You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness which is in the heavens above, which is on the earth below, or which is in the water beneath the earth.”. For Jews, the fact that God is bodiless also means that God has no