| Practices | Mitzvahs, Circumcision, Bar/Bat/Beni Mitzvah, Marriage, Death and Mourning, (Kippah, Tefillin, Tallit, Keeping Kosher, 613 Mitzvots, lunar and solar calendar, Sabbath, Kiddish, Challah bread, 10 commandments |
Circumcision, Bar Mitzvah, Marriage, Death and Mourning, (Kippah, Tefillin, Tallit, Keeping Kosher, 613 Mitzvots, lunar and solar calendar, Sabbath, Kiddish, Challah bread, 10 commandments |
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| Place of worship | Synagogue, Shul, temple |
Synagogue, Shul, Temple |
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| Scriptures | The Torah, and the Tanach |
The Torah. |
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| Holy days/Official Holidays | Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, the Weekly Sabbath, Passover. |
Saturday is the Sabbath, Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover, Shavout, Purim, Chanakkah, |
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| Place of origin | Germany |
The Middle East |
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| Concept of God | One God. |
1 God. |
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| Founder | Rabbi Zecharias Frankel |
Abraham and Moses. |
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| Concept of Deity | One God. |
One God. |
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| Followers | Conservative Jews |
Orthodox Jews |
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| Offshoot religions | Christianity, Mandaeism, and Islam. |
Christianity, Islam. |
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| View of other Abrahamic religions | Conservative Jews recognize all good people from other Abrahamic religions as Righteous Gentiles. |
Judaism does not believe that Jesus was the Messiah; It does not recognize Prophets from the descendants of Ismael, or the children of Ketura. |
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| Clergy | Rabbis, Mohels, and Cantors |
Rebbes, Rabbis, Mohels, Cantors. |
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| Death of Jesus | Death by Crucifixion. |
Death by Crucifixion. |
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| Marriage | Monogamistic. Same-sex couples can marry. Largely seen as Voluntary. |
Monogamistic. Marriage is understood to mean that the husband and wife are merging into a single soul. This is why a man is considered "incomplete" if he is not married, as his soul is only one part of a larger whole that remains to be unified. |
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| Belief of God | One God |
One God. |
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| Names of God | Adonai, HaShem(The Name) |
Adonai, HaShem(The Name) |
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| Identity of Jesus | A Jewish person whom Christians mistakenly believe is the Messiah. |
he was an ordinary Jewish man and preacher living during the Roman occupation of the Holy Land in the first century C.E. The Romans executed him - and also executed many other nationalistic and religious Jews - for speaking out against the Romans |
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| Original Language(s) | Hebrew, Yiddish |
Hebrew |
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | Conservative Judaism is a modern stream of Ashkenazi Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s. |
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on Mount S |
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| Religious Law | The Torah. |
The Torah |
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| Status of women | Women are equal to men. Can be counted for minyan, read from Torah, and become rabbis & cantors. Non-Binary people are also equal to people who identify as men. |
Women are born more holier then men. Naturally women are born more spiritual people so they do not have to do a lot of the things men do to try and connect with G-D |
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| Ressurection of Jesus | Denied. |
Denied. |
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| Rites | Mitzvahs |
Mitzvahs |
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| Promised Holy one. | The Messiah. |
Jews await the Messiah. |
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| Position of Mary | Jewish people do not believe that the Lord Jesus was the Messiah, therefore, Mary plays no role in Judaism. |
Jewish people do not believe that the Lord Jesus was the Messiah, therefore, Mary plays no role in Judaism. |
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| Praying to Saints, Mary, and Angel | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Prophet | Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, and all the other prophets from Jewish writings. |
Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, and all the other prophets from Jewish writings. |
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| Authority of Pope | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Status of Muhammad | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Clothes | Both men and women can wear kippot/yarmulkas. |
Men wear hats or yarmulkasl Long coats, etc; Women wear long skirts and either scarves or wigs. |
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| Marriage and Divorce | In Conservative Judaism, a traditional get is required for opposite-sex couples. Allows opposite-sex couples to add the Liberman Clause to ketubah among other safeguards. Get isn't needed for Same-Sex couples to be divorced. Can't intermarry. |
One husband & one wife. Jewish couples who divorce, must go through a ceremony called a 'Get.' |
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| Literal Meaning | Conserve or preserve some of the traditional practices |
Orthodox: Conforming to the traditional Laws. Jewish: Descendant of Judah. |
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| Virtue in which religion is based upon | Justice. |
Justice. |
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| Original Languages | Hebrew; Yiddish, German |
Hebrew. |
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| Birth of Jesus | Normal Birth. |
Normal Birth. |
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| View of Oriental religions | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Holy Days | Saturday(Sabbath), all Jewish Holidays. |
Saturday(Sabbath), all Jewish Holidays. |
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| View of Animistic religions | Gentile. |
Gentile. |
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| Second coming of Jesus | Denied |
Denied. |
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| Resurrection of Jesus | Denied |
Denied. |
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| Day of worship | Saturday is the Sabbath |
Saturday is the Sabbath. |
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| Geographical predominance | North America |
Europe, Israel, and North America. |
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| Three Jewels | People, Land, and Torah. |
People, Land, and Torah. |
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| Status of Adam | Adom means man in Hebrew. Jews believe Adam was the first human being and the progenitor of the human race. |
Adom means man in Hebrew. Jews believe Adam was the first human being and the progenitor of the human race. |
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| Use of statues and pictures | Forbidden. |
Forbidden. |
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| View of other Dharmic religions | Gentile. |
Gentile. |
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| Use of Statues | Forbidden |
Forbidden. |
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Comments: Conservative Judaism vs Orthodox Judaism