Thursday, October 29, 2009
judaism
Judaism is one of the larger religions around the world. These are the top ten countries with the most judaism followers. USA- 5,602,000 Israel-4,390,000 Russia-1,450,000 France-640,000 Canada-350,000 UK-320,000 Argentina-250,000 Brazil-150,000 Australia-92,000 and South Africa-70,000. The people that are believed to be the founders of this religion are known as Abraham and Moses. Some holy texts known to be used in judaism are the old testament found in the christian holy bible, Talmud, and Midrash. Their holy book is called the Torah. The religious holidays the Jewish people celebrate are hanakuh which is known as christmas to christians and they also celebrate a holiday that they call "passover" which is known as Easter by the means of christians. They also follow a hierarchy where their version of a priest is known as a rabi.
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