Judaism: the Covenant

• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Judaism II: The Covenant

What will we do today?

• test hand out
• check homework
• short review
• Covenant: Ten commandments
• Torah

Test and homework

• check the score of your answers on the test;
• Check Assignment 1 through 4 on page 39 and 40 of the Workbook

Lesson Goals

At the end of the lesson you'll will know:

• what the covenant is;
  
• what the torah is;
• your own opinion on one of the ten commandments;

The ten commandments

• written down in the torah;
• in Hebrew " the ten words"/decalogue 
• Read the ten commandments (page 52)
• Which commandment is do you think is the most important? And why? (7 min)
• Part of the covenant

The Torah

• Part of the Tanack (an abbreviation of Torah, Nebi'im, Ketivim) (Law, Prophets and Writings)
• Find out what the 5 books of the torah are. (5 min)
• Talmud = study/discussion 

Rituals and the covenant

• sabbath
  
• circumcision
• synagogue
• feasts

What did you learn?

Homework:

Read page 50 -55

Make assignment 4,6, 8-10 page 40-42 workbook