Here are some Jewish ideas:
-- Nobody can make you work for him on all 7 days of the week.
-- If somebody works for you, you have to pay him the same day.
-- Get married, and have children.
-- Teach your children. If you're not educated well enough to teach them, then hire
someone to teach them. Everybody learns to read. Boys and girls. No exceptions.
-- Keep your fruit scale, your gas pump, and your tape measure calibrated and accurate.
When someone buys from you, deliver the full amount that you sell.
-- You can take eggs and hatchlings from the nest to eat. But shoo the mother bird away
before you take them.
-- When you're hungry and that steak on your plate sure looks good, stop for a
second and say some words of gratitude for it before you dig in. And after you
polish it off and you're feeling better and you're calm and relaxed and kind of proud
of yourself that you pull in enough to eat like this whenever you feel like it, stop and say some more words of gratitude for it. Frankly, the reason
you have as much as you have is not because you're so great.
-- The law of the land you live in is your law.
-- Pray regularly. Make it a habit.
-- Learn something regularly. Make it a habit.
-- Be holy. Don't worry about 'how'. You don't make yourself holy. Gcd does that.
You were born holy and it's yours to lose. Just don't mess it up.
-- It's a wonderful thing to give something to charity, when you've taken care of
your own needs, and you've got a little extra left over, and the spirit moves you,
and you feel it in your heart. But there are people who can't wait that long. Give
now. If you have anything, give something. There are widows, orphans, drifters,
and all kinds of others who have nothing. Their survival is your job.
-- Do not steal. If one person steals from another person and he's caught at it,
he pays back double to the person he stole from. If he can't afford it, too bad.
He works it off.
-- Driving along one day and you see a guy off the side of the road with his truck
loaded and it broke down. Stop and help him with the load and with the truck.
Doesn't matter if you feel like it. That's what you do.
-- Got something good to say about another person ? Don't say it while he's in the
room. Got something bad to say about another person ? Don't say it unless he's in
the room. Actually, your goal should be to avoid talking to people about other people.
It's a tough thing to avoid.
-- Don't kill. And don't stare at your neighbor's wife and daydream.
Monotheism, the Ten Commandments, the Torah and the Prophets.
Judaism values all individuals; men, women, and children. The wealthy have no privileges; and the poor are valued, supported and their opinions listened to. (Compare this to those societies in which only mature, land-owning males had any legal status.)
Judaism applied laws, and rules of moral behavior, to all its members equally. The laws of Moses form much of Western legal background.
Quote:
"I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation ... fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations" (John Adams, 2nd President of the United States).
"Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights, but we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both Divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person; of the individual conscience and of the collective conscience and social responsibility" (Paul Johnson, Christian historian, author of A History of the Jews and A History of Christianity).
The long, rich history of Judaism gives the Western world much of its shape today. Many of the laws, traditions, culture and values are directly attributable to Judaism.Link: History of Judaism
It is important to note that all of the above were instituted among the Hebrews (a.k.a. the Israelites) thousands of years earlier than in other nations. Here's one example: Infanticide was practiced among classical European nations until it was stopped by the influence of Judaism and its daughter-religions. Professor and former President of the American Historical Association, William L. Langer (in The History of Childhood): "Children, being physically unable to resist aggression, were the victims of forces over which they had no control, and they were abused in almost unimaginable ways."
Link: Infanticide was practiced
They celebrate a holiday called Passover to remember how God passed over (spared) their homes during the tenth plague and then delivered them from Egypt.
For us religious Jews, all of Judaism is important.
well im Jewish and to me allo f our religions are important.
alphabets, calanders,and roman alphabets
Confucianism emphasizes the idea that each person has an important responsibility to family and society.
Jewish Publication Society was created in 1888.
Australian Jewish Democratic Society was created in 1984.
It has never been a requirement for Jewish children to memorise the Tanach (Jewish Bible). In fact, the idea of memorising the Tanach goes completely against the Jewish approach to study.
Australian Jewish Historical Society's motto is 'Deut 12:7'.
Jewish Publication Society of America Version was created in 1917.
The web address of the Jewish Historical Society is: http://www.jhsgw.org
The phone number of the Jewish Historical Society is: 202-789-0900.
They are important because they represent the main beliefs and principles of Jewish and Christian society. If we live by them, we can respect God and also live peacefully and get along with others.
The web address of the Jewish Histrorical Society is: http://www.jhsgnh.org