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Title: Orthodox Judaism
Figure 0: Depiction of an Orthodox Jew Family
(Source: Barnett)
Contents
1. Introduction    3
2. Historical Background of Orthodox Judaism    3
3. Tradition of Orthodox Judaism    6
4. Incorporation of Orthodox Judaism in Daily Life    9
5. Orthodox Judaism’s Path of Transformation and Eschatology    12
6. Conclusion    15
7. Works Cited    16
1. Introduction

Interest in understanding religion has always forced me to show humanity while understanding people and the kind of culture they believe in. I am always attracted with understanding religion because people worship their Divine Powers diversely that they believe are beyond the control of science and mortal humans, shape the human society as well as their perspectives. As per my assessment on fundamental level, Orthodox Judaism is a religion that combines the ethical principles of multiple religions including those of Christianity and Islam. I felt that Orthodox Judaism is a religion that has been followed by huge number of people, yet there is very little knowledge available in literature, making it a very beneficial topic of discussion for me.
2. Historical Background of Orthodox Judaism
The origin of Orthodox Judaism had taken hundreds of years to develop and take a normal form, a written text of Jew rules and way of worshiping God in its true form. The earliest part of the Judaism is found in Old Testament, which is often called the Hebrew Bible (Anderson). The main value that attracted people to Judaism is the belief that Jew people were chosen by the God for setting example to all the other people in the world. The first Jew leader, who had deep influence on the Judaism, was Abraham, although it was Moses, who first gave the Orthodox Judaism its first written texts of rules, popularly known as the Ten Commandments (Smith). The Ten Commandments were basic ideas of the religion that Jew people followed strictly forming the base of Orthodox Judaism. Kings such as David and Solomon who initiated the rituals to be performed in the Jew temples gradually shaped Orthodox Judaism. Throughout the middle Ages and the early modern ages, the religions developed through flourishing as well as torture of rulers, who either supported or hated Orthodox Judaism. The recreation of Judaism took place periodically as the Jew people got affected by the changed priorities of the rulers and eventual fight with Christianity (BBC). In the modern age, Orthodox Judaism developed its distinct divisions, creating diversity in beliefs and in ritual, cultures and traditions. Considering the vast number of people believing in Orthodox Judaism and its rituals, Israel has been determined as the nation for the Jew people. The religion is practiced in USA, Europe and event in Asia; however, the numbers of followers only make up for the minority of group (BBC).
Figure 1: Abraham
(Source: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Figure 2: Moses
(Source: Zornberg)
Figure 3: The Ten Commandments
(Source: Morledge)
Figure 4: Crusades in middle Ages
(Source: Brown)
3. Tradition of Orthodox Judaism
    The very nature of Orthodox Judaism makes the Jew people to pray three times a day, morning, afternoon and in the evening so that they can communicate with the divine power spiritually from mind as well as from heart. The Orthodox Jews do not worship idols and does not have set of divine characters, while it does see Abraham, Moses and Jesus as the messenger of God. As mentioned by Marks et al., the Orthodox Jew people sing the Hebrew poetry in synagogue and whenever a Jew starts praying in public, other Jews come by hinting at their united sense of integrity within their community. The Orthodox Judaism has myths, which are related to the folklores mentioned in the Bible, the Talmud and Midrash, The Pseudepigrapha, the Kabbalistic and medieval literatures. As argued by Itzhaky and Kissil, although Orthodox Jews do not have much divine interventions ingrained in their myths, however, stories weaved around Messiah has been source of many mythical stories. The Messiah, as depicted in pictures and in folktales tend to have high similarity with Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, making it evident that Judaism have deep...