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What is the message of the Torah?
The principal message of the Torah is the absolute unity of God, His creation of the world and His concern for it, and His everlasting covenant with the people of Israel.
What does the Torah say about helping others?
The Torah claims “there will never cease to be needy ones in your land” (Deuteronomy 15:11) (United Jewish Communities 2004).
What are the differences between the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament?
The main difference between the Holy Bible and the Hebrew Bible is that the Holy Bible contains both Old and New testaments, whereas the Hebrew bible only contains Old Testaments. Hebrew bible books are based on the Hebrew language, including Torah. Hebrew Bible is also known as Tanakh.
What is the difference between the Bible and the Tanakh?
The Jewish and Christian Bibles do not contain the same books and they are not arranged in the same order. There is a different “canon,” a different listing of the biblical books in the collections that Jews call Tanakh and Christians call the Old Testament.
What does Judaism say about helping others?
Judaism teaches that everyone has a responsibility to help those suffering from poverty. Social justice is an important aspect of Jewish communities, where a balance in society between the wealthy and poor can be achieved through helping others.
Why do Tzedek help others?
Tzedek seeks to provide a point of contact between the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds, by engaging the UK Jewish community with sustainable development projects overseas to non-Jewish beneficiaries. To raise awareness within the UK Jewish community of global poverty to increase a sense of global social responsibility.
What books are not in the Hebrew Bible?
Letter of Aman and the Prayer of Mordecai to the Jews (Vulgate Esther 13) The Prayer of Esther (Vulgate Esther 14)…Canonical only for the Eastern Orthodox Church:
- Prayer of Manasseh.
- 1 Esdras.
- 2 Esdras.
- Psalm 151.
- 3 Maccabees.
- 4 Maccabees as an appendix.