Nature of God
Jews believe they can learn about God and his characteristics from the The collected 24 books of the Jewish Bible. There are three sections: Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim (TaNaKh). May also be spelled Tenakh. .
God as one
Judaism is a Belief in one God. religion. Belief in the oneness of God is central to the Jewish faith. Jews believe that God is the only being who should be worshipped.
The Shema
The Major Jewish prayer affirming belief in one God. The Shema is found in Exodus 20:2-14, Deuteronomy and Numbers. is the most important prayer in Judaism. It is the Jewish expression of belief in one God and it teaches how Jews should respect God. It opens with the words:
Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
The Shema consists of three passages made up of verses from Numbers and Deuteronomy, the fourth and fifth books of the Law; teaching. The word Torah can be used in a narrow sense to mean the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (The Five Books of Moses) and also in a wider sense to include the whole of the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud.. Prayer is one of the ways that Jews can experience God’s presence so many Jewish people try to recite the Shema twice a day.
Some Jewish people have a A small capsule containing a scroll with quotes from the Torah, attached to the doorposts of Jewish homes. on doorposts in their homes as a reminder of the oneness of God. Inside are scrolls which have the Shema written on them.
