Judaism is a living dynamic religious tradition that provides meaning to its individual adherents and the Jewish community through their communal understanding of Jewish history, central beliefs, duties and restrictions required by the faith. The central beliefs of Judaism are monotheism, a Covenant formed between the Jewish people and God, and the recognition of a Divine Moral Code grounded in the Torah, extrapolated by the Talmud and practiced through the tradition of Halacha. In practice, it impacts on all every aspect of adherents’ lives as seen through significant people, ideas and practices such as the works of Moses Maimonides, observance of their ethics such as Environmental, and attendance of the Synagogue, all of which provide meaning to the Jewish nation.
Moses Maimonides was a significant figure of Judaism whose contribution earned him the title of ‘second Moses’, primarily established through his three major works: the Mishnah Torah, Commentary on the Mishnah and Guide for the Perplexed. The Mishnah Torah is a codified condensation of the Talmud and Responsa that facilitated the understanding and practice of Jewish principles in a style suited to layman Jewish adherents, especially significant in that Judaism is a practical religion requiring daily exercise of Jewish law through Halacha. The Commentary on the Mishnah clarified articles of the Mishnah that highlighted the meaning and relevance of the Jewish faith in theory and practice by extrapolating the links between the Torah, Covenant and Halacha and explaining the meaning of each Mishnah in a simple, systematic and ordered way suited to layman adherents, as well as summarizing the core beliefs of Judaism into the 13 Articles of faith that form the basis for Jewish creeds closely observed by Orthodox adherents today. The Guide for the Perplexed corrected inconsistencies and misconceptions in Jewish law and practice that perplexed adherents by adopting an Aristotelian philosophical approach to...