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Okay, so you may have heard many things about Jews, both true and not true. I'll give you a basic overview of being Jewish and if you have any specific questions like why we keep kosher and so on I'll answer those. I know, I'm just thirteen and I'm no scholar, but I've had 8 years of Jewish day school education and am continuing. I speak hebrew fluently, pray everyday, and have 10 hours of Judaic Studies a week, so you can trust me to answer most questions.

TWO TORAHS So, the Old Testament is what the Jews call the Torah. The torah is the greatest gift given to us by G-d. In the torah there are stories. Lots of stories. Whether the stories are true or they never even happened, each of them is there to teach us a lesson. In the written Torah there are 5 books. The Jews go through a cycle and each sabbath read through the five books one part at a time in order. Then, every year we start again.

There is also the oral Torah. The oral Torah is commentary of the written torah, basically what the rabbis thought. Parts of the oral Torah is written down. In the oral torah it is all debates about what the Jewish law, halacha, should be.

THE LANGUAGE Hebrew עברית is the oldest official language. It is the language of the written and oral Torahs.

ISRAEL Israel was promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

I'll write more later.