The Hebrew Prophet Malachi (2:5 New International translation) states: “My covenant was with him (each Messenger Abraham, Jacob, Moses and David), a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them (the ...

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Critics of Judaism often argue that the God of the “Old Testament” — the God of Judaism — is vengeful, a God who almost seems to enjoy wreaking havoc and destruction. Such critics are wrong, of course ...

One of Judaism’s main prayers, the Amidah, begins with a passage acknowledging that the God we worship is the same God worshiped by our ancestors: “Blessed are You, O Lord our God, God of our Fathers ...