7.7 Moral Principles And The Mitzvot

Question 1

What is a Mitzvah?

Answer 1

A singular commandment

Question 2

What is the Mitzvot?

Answer 2

Commandment set rules, guides actions
(613)

Question 3

What is the Halakhah?

Answer 3

The list of 613 mitzvot which guide Jewish life

Question 4

What does predetermined mean?

Answer 4

Already decided by God

Question 5

What does free will mean?

Answer 5

The individual decides everything they do

Question 6

What do Jews use the Mitzvot for?

Answer 6

Help guide them in choosing what is right or what is wrong
Obey the mitzvot = rewarded
Disobey the mitzvot = punished

Question 7

What are a few rules that Jews have to follow that affect daily life?

Answer 7

What they are allowed to eat
Say blessings before + after eating
Rules of modesty governing what they can wear

Question 8

Why do the Mitzvot matter today?

Answer 8

Form a part of the covenant between themselves and God
Believe they will have free will and a choice when following the mitzvot
Mitzvah is a good deed
—> following it is fulfilling an important part of Jewish life

Question 9

What does omniscient mean?

Answer 9

Complete knowledge of all human actions, past, present and future
(All knowing)

Question 10

The mitzvot between humans and- ‘acts of loving kindness’

Answer 10

Visiting the sick
Comforting mourners
Feeding the hungry
Clothing the naked (helping the poor)