Kiddush Hashem Answer key
ANSWER KEYS for KIDDUSH HASHEM
KIDDUSH HASHEM 1 From the Torah 2 When a Jew teaches the world proper behavior, he is teaching what God wants from man and that brings God into the world and is a Kiddush Hashem. 3 Amen. Y’hei sh’mei rabbah m’vawrach l’alam u’l’almei allmaya 4 The entire purpose of creation was to bring Hashem’s name into this world. We fulfill this by behaving in a way that will make people realize that it is Hashem’s Torah that makes us behave this way. 5 Our number one role, the most important thing the Jew can ever do, is to sanctify Hashem’s name, to bring Hashem’s name into this world. God chose us to be His emissaries to mankind, to spread ethical monotheism, to live exemplary lives of ethics and holiness. 6 Serve as a model of a nation that lives with the values that come from a relationship with God, and that we teach the world by example. Specific answers may vary: help others, be polite etc. 7 If this were a world that was just run by nature, we would not exist any more. Simply because of the fact the that the Jewish people never were powerful and numerous, and have nevertheless outlived all the empires, that itself is the testimony to God and to God’s revelation in history and in society. 8 When we are dressed in a way that makes us stand out as a Jew, then people are looking at us and judging us. We therefore have to be even more conscious of how we behave. 9 We have to be able to resist the temptations of the culture around us. We must not intermingle excessively with the other nations, being careful not to intermarry. We eat our own foods and drink our own wines. 10 They have to leave that place or they will come too close to assimilating.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE A KIDDUSH HASHEM? 1 C. Help pick up what has fallen and arrange it properly 2 A. Go back to the bank and in a loud proud voice let the teller know that you are returning the money. 3 B. Be as understanding as possible until this difficult period passes 4 C. Clean it up as it was your mess. 5 The elderly person will know that you are a Jew and then that person will think of Jews and kind and considerate and in this way you will make a Kiddush Hashem.
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KIDDUSH HASHEM 1 From the Torah 2 When a Jew teaches the world proper behavior, he is teaching what God wants from man and that brings God into the world and is a Kiddush Hashem. 3 Amen. Y’hei sh’mei rabbah m’vawrach l’alam u’l’almei allmaya 4 The entire purpose of creation was to bring Hashem’s name into this world. We fulfill this by behaving in a way that will make people realize that it is Hashem’s Torah that makes us behave this way. 5 Our number one role, the most important thing the Jew can ever do, is to sanctify Hashem’s name, to bring Hashem’s name into this world. God chose us to be His emissaries to mankind, to spread ethical monotheism, to live exemplary lives of ethics and holiness. 6 Serve as a model of a nation that lives with the values that come from a relationship with God, and that we teach the world by example. Specific answers may vary: help others, be polite etc. 7 If this were a world that was just run by nature, we would not exist any more. Simply because of the fact the that the Jewish people never were powerful and numerous, and have nevertheless outlived all the empires, that itself is the testimony to God and to God’s revelation in history and in society. 8 When we are dressed in a way that makes us stand out as a Jew, then people are looking at us and judging us. We therefore have to be even more conscious of how we behave. 9 We have to be able to resist the temptations of the culture around us. We must not intermingle excessively with the other nations, being careful not to intermarry. We eat our own foods and drink our own wines. 10 They have to leave that place or they will come too close to assimilating.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE A KIDDUSH HASHEM? 1 C. Help pick up what has fallen and arrange it properly 2 A. Go back to the bank and in a loud proud voice let the teller know that you are returning the money. 3 B. Be as understanding as possible until this difficult period passes 4 C. Clean it up as it was your mess. 5 The elderly person will know that you are a Jew and then that person will think of Jews and kind and considerate and in this way you will make a Kiddush Hashem.
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