RS110 Lecture : Jewish Beliefs Concepts of God, Human Nature, Jewish Festivals, Rabbinic Judaism
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Jewish beliefs: concepts of god. Monotheism (must be transcendent or ontologically unique) Against ba"al, asherah: canaanite gods or earth fertility (cults) El shaddai (god of mountains; exalted) El makom (god as presence) El kadosh (the holy one) El rahum (the merciful) The good of creation. Evil/good inclination (yezer hatov/hara) Repentance (to confess, rectify, not to repeat, pray for forgiveness) Divine judgment restoration of israel messiah. Rosh hashanah (new year) 10 days later. Yom kippur (day of atonement) 5 days later. Sukkoth (feats of booth, tabernacles) it lasts seven days. Last day: simhat torah (rejoicing in torah) Passover/pesach 50 days later. Hanukkah (dedication, festival of lights. Purim (day of lots) Tish b"av (ninth of the month av) three week commemoration of the destruction of the. Temple in 70 ce y the romans. Occurs on the first and second days of the (seventh) month of tishri. In hebrew, rosh hashanah means, literally, head of the year .