History of Judaism

From the time of Abraham to Moses, the laws were not formally written down.

From the time of Moses up until today, The Torah, (first 5 books of the Bible) contains the 613 commandments that the Hebrews had to follow and that all Jews should follow, in one form or another.

The core 613 commandments are believed to come from God. However, Rabbis and sages have codified and interpreted the laws over a period of 3000 years.

The core 613 commandments are believed to come from God. However, Rabbis and sages have codified and interpreted the laws over a period of 3000 years.

Pharaoh was stubborn and refused to believe in God: (Exodus 5)

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the desert.'" 2 Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go." Then, God hardened his heart in order to show His power (Exodus 10):

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

Hitler and his master of propaganda, Josef Goebbels, flooded the minds of Germans that Jews were the source of the economic problem after World War I. Because Hitler and Goebbels were so good at convincing people of this that the Germans began to believe it, so they made sure the Jews wouldn't effect there economy again. The Jews also didn't know they were going to these concentration and death camps, they just thought it was a train ride to a new place. and the new place, Auschwitz, looked very welcoming from the outside, but later they would find they were wrong.

Ruth left her people for her mother-in-law. This was supposed to be an example of how you treat your family.

There is no account of simply beaten to death. There are records of some 6 million being exterminated by many methods, which included euthanasia via Zyklon B gas. Some were beaten, some shot, some died as a result of human medical experiments, and some were starved to death. The National Socialists hated the Jews and were out to exterminate them completely from the face of the earth.... sound familiar?

A Jewish house of worship is called a Synagogue. Public prayer services are part of halakha (Jewish law) and tradition (Talmud, Berakhot 26a).
Prayer is an important form of communicating with God, and maintaining a relationship with Him; and it is also good for the health of the soul, to which Torah, prayer and religious observances are a form of nourishment.

The ten commandments of the ancient Hebrews has had the greatest influence on the development of western law. In particular, the first 3 commandments influenced the establishment of state churches. The 4th influenced the establishment of blue laws. The 5th influenced the legal relationship between parents and children. The 7th influenced moral laws.

The southern Hebrew kingdom, a small inland enclave to the west of the Dead Sea, was known in ancient times as Judah. Biblical tradition says that for a period in the tenth century BCE, it formed a United Monarchy with the northern kingdom of Israel until the Israelites threw off the oppressive rule of their southern neighbours after the death of King Solomon. However, modern archaeologists find no evidence of the glorious biblical United Monarchy, and Israel Finkelstein says that Judah was simply too small and weak at this stage to control its far larger and more prosperous northern neighbour.

I think so.

The Jewish people are always targets of oppression. They are highly favored by God and this causes jealousy among some.

Hannukah is a holiday with no specific food prohibitions. The one requisite is that in order to celebrate the oil that lasted for eight days, foods should be oilier (which is where latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganyot (jelly doughnuts) come from.) There is no specific food that Jews eat for breakfast on Hannukah and most Jews eat the same things for breakfast on Hannukah that they do during the rest of the year (i.e. cereal, oatmeal, fruit, eggs, french toast, etc.)

The Jewish people were discriminated against so harshly in Germany due to the Nazi belief that they were so inferior as a race that they weren't even people. In comparison to the supremacy of the Aryan race, the Nazis thought, the Jews were a threat to progress as a whole of humanity, and thus needed to be eliminated.

In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period up to at least c. 1650 Poland was relatively tolerant towards the Jews. At that time it was an obvious place (and in many cases the only place) for Jews persecuted elsewhere to flee to.

In many parts of Europe the Jews were accused of causing the bubonic plague, but the Black Death stopped short of Poland. The country was not affected and so this was a non-issue in Poland.

There was a series of documents signed by polish kings granting Jews first safety (aprox. XII), then a certain level of autonomy (Jewish courts for inner problems, etc. - probably XIV), after that the Polish sejm ( "seym/same" - parliament) passed a universal law of religious tolerance (XVI), amongst others.

The difficulties for the Polish Jews began when Russia invaded and annexed large areas of Poland.

The instruments mentioned in their ancient texts are:

• Mesltayim

• Kinnor

• Shofar

As per the book "Christ More Powerful: Analogies of Christ in Non-Christian Religions"

By Stewart Snook, Zoroastrianism was influenced by Hinduism. In fact, the founder of Zoroastrainism, "zarthustra" or "zoroaster" is predicted in the book "bhavishya purana", of Hindus as well.

And the religions that Zoroastrianism has influenced was Judaism, who would later influence Christianity, islam.

No.

You have asked a wide-ranging question with many hundreds of details in its answer. I'll provide a few examples.
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.
1) The Jews' monotheistic religious tradition shaped the Western beliefs about God.
2) The 7-day week, including a day of rest for everyone.
3) The concept of morality was also the work of the Hebrews, including the dignity and value of a person. Women's rights also were carefully maintained in this ancient culture. Israelite women could own property, could initiate court cases, could have their own servants, and could own fields and businesses; and the Torah specifies marital rights for women (Exodus 21:10). Today's laws giving women equal rights under the law are a by-product of Judaism.
4) Under Israelite law, everyone had recourse to the courts. A child, widow, wife, etc., could initiate legal action against any citizen to redress perpetrated harm. Compare this to those societies in which only mature, land-owning males had any legal status.
5) What is customary to be eaten in Western society is a reflection of much of the Judaic dietary law. With the exception of the pig, Western society does not eat species not contained in kosher law. Owls, mice, insects, rats, snakes, cats and dogs are not eaten by most Westerners and it is a direct result of Jewish culture.
6) Parents are responsible for teaching children. Illiteracy among Israelites, in every generation, was rare. Universal education in the Western world is taken for granted today, yet this is a recent development. In Judaism, however, it goes back 3300 years. Judaism has always maintained that education is the highest goal of man in his pursuit of Godliness. This tradition has now been passed on to Western culture.
7) Infants are to be protected and cared for, whether or not they turned out to be the gender you were hoping for. Compare this to societies in which unhealthy babies, or females, were killed.
8) Cruelty to animals is not acceptable.
9) Government is accountable to a higher authority. In other ancient societies, the monarch was all-powerful. Among the Israelites, however, the king was under the constant scrutiny of the Divinely-informed prophets, who didn't hesitate to castigate him publicly for any misstep in the sight of God. And, other than for the crime of rebellion, the king couldn't punish any citizen by his own decision. He was obligated by the Torah-procedures like everyone else.
10) A robber repays double to his victim, or works it off. Cutting off the hands of a robber is a punishable crime. Debtors are not imprisoned or harmed. They are made to sell property and/or work to repay what they owe. Compare this to the Roman practice by which anyone could accuse a man of owing them money and the debtor could be killed.
Western jurisprudence in general is based in part upon Judaic Torah observance. A quick look at the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) and the laws that follow (Exodus ch.21-23) gives a very good summary of most modern law.
11) It is the responsibility of the community to support the widow, the orphan, the poor, and the stranger passing through.
It is important to note that every one of the above was instituted among the Hebrews (a.k.a. the Israelites) thousands of years earlier than in other nations. Here's just one example: Aristotle, who was among the greatest of the Greeks, and Seneca, the famous Roman, both write that killing one's young babies is perfectly acceptable.