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it was not Abraham it was Moses during the time Moses was leading his people to the promise land they thought he was amazing because of the miracles he kept performing but he was not the one who was performing the miracles it was God who gave him the power to perform the miracles but the Israelite did not notice so they began to worship Moses instead of God.

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Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people, also known as the children of Israel, was "founded" by the creator God when He chose Abram and entered a covenant relationship with Him.

Abram, who's name was changed by God to Abraham, became the father of many nations and two nations came through his son Isaac, the son born through the promise of God. Isaac had two boys, Esau & Jacob. Esau line became the Edomites or Idumean people. God changed Jacob name to Israel, and through him came the all children of Israel.

Judaism is practiced by those with who are true physical children of Israel and those who are spiritual children of Israel by conversion to the Jewish faith, though they be of many different ethnic backgrounds.

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Judaism was not a "found" religion. Found meaning something was lost and then later recovered. You can't found a religion, unless it is already there, but a person can "start" a religion. An example of this is a person called Mohammad who started the Islamic religion.

If you are willing to take the time and read the Old Testament, or what the Jewish people call the Torah, you will see that Judaism was a religion that evolved from and after a series of events, over a period of time, rather than being "founded".

it is the only religion in the world in which G-d spoke to a very large body of men, women and children.

One the other had, this does not apply to the Christian or Islamic religions. The Christian religion evolving over a period of time after the events of one man and these events were later recorded by several people during the course of several decades in which claims were made that this man was the son of God and that this "son" came to earth through being born from a woman.

Islam was started by one man who "claimed" that he was a prophet and was told by "his" god that he was to be it's leader and be greater than all the other prophets of all other religions.

The same is basically way the Mormon religion was started, by one man being told by "his" god that he would be a world leader and prophet and therefore started a belief system in which he would be it's leader.

In both cases, or as a matter of fact, all religions, except Judaism, a god was supposed to have revealed himself to one man, (with no witnesses), who was to go out and start a belief system in which this one man was to lead the world to peace and happiness, but through the prophet, this god was to give instructions as to what to do, rather than the god doing it himself.

In Judaism, G-d revealed his presents to over 2 million people, (ie whitnesses), and so could not have been "founded" or "started" by one person.

A person who claims to be a prophet of a god, with no witnesses or proof to back him up, can just about do or say anything he wants in the name of this god. Therefore it cannot be a true religion and would have no value.

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According to tradition, Abraham founded Judaism, and Moses later received the Torah from God.
Abraham, tenth generation descendant of Noah, of Hebrew lineage, was the son of Terah, uncle of Lot, father of Isaac, grandfather of Jacob, and ancestor of the Israelites. His story is in Genesis ch.11 (end), through ch.25. Jewish tradition states that he was the first to teach belief in One God; and it is in his merit that Jews continue to exist (Genesis 18:19, and ch.17).
Abraham (18th century BCE) came from ancestry that had been God-fearing a couple of centuries earlier but had afterwards slipped into idolatry (Joshua 24:2). Nimrod, the idolatrous tyrant, had brought Abraham's father (Terah) from the Semitic ancestral seat near the conjunction of the Balikh and the Euphrates, and instated him in a position of power in his army in the royal Babylonian city of Ur, where Abraham was born. Nimrod persecuted any who would question his idolatrous cult.
The Kuzari (Rabbi Judah HaLevi, 1075-1141) states that Abraham was gifted with high intelligence; and, as Maimonides (1135-1204) describes, Abraham didn't blindly accept the ubiquitous idolatry. The whole populace had been duped, but the young Abraham contemplated the matter relentlessly, finally arriving at the conclusion that there is One God and that this should be taught to others as well. This is what is meant by his "calling out in the name of the Lord" (Genesis ch.12). As a young man, he remonstrated with passersby in public, demonstrating to them the falsehood of their idols; and our tradition tells how he was threatened and endangered by Nimrod.
Subsequently, Terah relocated to Harran; and it is here that Abraham began to develop a circle of disciples (Rashi commentary, on Genesis 12:5).
Later, God told Abraham in prophecy to move to the Holy Land, which is where Abraham raised his family.
He continued his contemplations, eventually arriving at the attitudes and forms of behavior which God later incorporated into the Torah given to Moses. Abraham taught disciples (Talmud, Yoma 28b), gave tithes (Genesis ch.14), strove to raise a family (Genesis ch.15, 17, and 24) which would serve God (Genesis 18:19), made a covenant with God (Genesis ch.15 and 17), welcomed guests into his home (Genesis ch.18) unlike the inhospitable Sodomites (Genesis ch.19), prayed for people (Genesis ch.18), rebuked others when necessary (Genesis ch.20), eulogized and buried the deceased (Genesis ch.23), and fulfilled God's will unquestioningly (Genesis ch.22). He became renowned as a prince of God (Genesis 23:6).
All of these forms of behavior were based upon the ways of God, which Abraham comprehended through his contemplations. These, and similar personality traits, were the teachings of Abraham and his descendants.
It is therefore clear why God expresses His love for Abraham (Isaiah 41:8) and calls Himself the God of Abraham (Genesis 26:24), and says that Abraham obeyed Him fully (Genesis 26:5). And this is why, according to our tradition, Abraham is credited with having begun the religion which became known as Judaism. However, Abraham and his descendants observed their traditions voluntarily, until the Giving of the Torah to Moses 3325 years ago, when God made it obligatory.

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the person who created judaisum is the one who got a message from god this peron was called keaton grant he invented it

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The prophet Abraham's family started Judaism at the will of God.

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because of the jews

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