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  2. Jewish principles of faith - Wikipedia

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    Many scholars have debated whether the practice of mitzvot in Judaism is inherently connected to Judaism's principles of faith. Moses Mendelssohn, in his Jerusalem (1783), defended the non-dogmatic nature of the practice of Judaism. Rather, he asserted, the beliefs of Judaism, although revealed by God in Judaism, consist of universal truths ...

  3. Jewish culture - Wikipedia

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    Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [2] Jewish culture covers many aspects, including religion and worldviews, literature, media, and cinema, art and architecture, cuisine and traditional dress, attitudes to gender, marriage, family, social customs ...

  4. Orthodox Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as literally revealed by God on Mount Sinai and faithfully transmitted ever since.

  5. Halakha - Wikipedia

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    Temimei Haderech ("A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice") by Rabbi Isaac Klein with contributions from the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly. This scholarly work is based on the previous traditional law codes, but written from a Conservative Jewish point of view, and not accepted among Orthodox Jews.

  6. Modern Orthodox Judaism - Wikipedia

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    As above, Modern Orthodoxy comprises various approaches, ranging from traditionalist to revisionist, and the movement apparently overlaps with Conservative Judaism and with Haredi Judaism at its respective boundaries. At its centre too, the movement appears to share practices and values with Neo Orthodoxy and with Religious Zionism.

  7. Musar movement - Wikipedia

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    Musar practice has been incorporated into the curriculum at Jewish day schools such as the Gann Academy [25] and at rabbinical schools such as the Academy for Jewish Religion (California) [25] and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. [26] Some teachers have recommended the practice of Musar not only for Jews but also among non-Jews.

  8. Kabbalah - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, it gave a profound spiritualisation of Jewish practice. While the kabbalistic scheme gave a radically innovative, though conceptually continuous, development of mainstream Midrashic and Talmudic rabbinic notions, kabbalistic thought underscored and invigorated conservative Jewish observance.

  9. Jews - Wikipedia

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    [17] [18] Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, [19] [20] as Judaism is an ethnic religion, [21] [22] but not all ethnic Jews practice Judaism. [23] [24] [25] Despite this, religious Jews regard individuals who have formally converted to Judaism as Jews. [23] [26]