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Judaism

Era · ~1500 BCE — presentRegion · Levant → global diaspora

The covenant tradition — a people called into relationship with the One God through Torah, ethical command, and the long arc of repair (tikkun olam). The parent stream from which Christianity and Islam emerge, and from which Kabbalah ascends inward.

Core beliefs

  1. 01Shema: 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One.'
  2. 02Covenant: a binding relationship between God and a people, through history.
  3. 03Torah as both written and oral — a living, argued tradition.
  4. 04Tikkun olam: the human task is to repair the world.
  5. 05B'tzelem Elohim: every person is made in the image of God.

Practices

  • Shabbat (weekly rest)
  • Daily prayer (Shema, Amidah)
  • Study of Torah + Talmud
  • The festival cycle (Pesach, Yom Kippur, Sukkot)
  • Mitzvot — ethical and ritual commandments
  • Mikveh, kashrut, life-cycle rites

Key figures

  • · Abraham, Moses, the Prophets
  • · Hillel + Shammai
  • · Maimonides (Rambam)
  • · Rashi
  • · Martin Buber
  • · Abraham Joshua Heschel

Bridges to other traditions

  • Tikkun olam ↔ bodhisattva vow ↔ karma yoga
  • Shabbat ↔ contemplative pause ↔ wu wei
  • B'tzelem Elohim ↔ Imago Dei ↔ Atman ↔ Buddha-nature

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