Year 7

Afterlife

In this lesson, we will cover Jewish views on the afterlife and Jewish rituals around death and mourning. We will explore beliefs about death and dying and links to mourning practices.

Year 7

Afterlife

In this lesson, we will cover Jewish views on the afterlife and Jewish rituals around death and mourning. We will explore beliefs about death and dying and links to mourning practices.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Beliefs about death and dying.
  2. Links to mourning practices.

Content guidance

  • Contains subject matter which individuals may find upsetting.

Supervision

Adult supervision suggested

Licence

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5 Questions

Q1.
True or False: There are Jewish people from all around the world, and because of this there are many different customs surrounding Jewish life and practice.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
Who wrote The Mishneh Torah?
Correct answer: Maimonides
Moses
Rabbi Judah Ha'Nasi
Q3.
True or False: The Shulchan Aruch only deals with Jewish ritual law.
Correct answer: False
True
Q4.
What was Maimonides's goal when writing The Mishneh Torah?
Correct answer: To guide Jewish people on how to behave according to Jewish law without having to look everything up in the Talmud
To become a famous author
To start a new religion
Q5.
Which is NOT one of the 13 Principles of Faith of Maimonides?
That God is all knowing
There is only one God
Correct answer: To love your neighbor as yourself

5 Questions

Q1.
According to some Jews, on what will God judge his people when Judgement Day happens?
How many friends they had
How much money they earned
Correct answer: How well they lived their lives, by following God's laws and by doing good deeds
Q2.
True or false: In many Jewish communities, when someone is sitting shiva the synagogue services will move to that person's home.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
What is the name of the prayer that Jewish mourners say after someone has died?
Correct answer: Kaddish
Shma
Vidui
Q4.
What does the term Olam Ha'Ba mean?
Outer space
Correct answer: The World to Come
This world
Q5.
How many days after burial will a Jewish mourner sit shiva?
10
30
Correct answer: 7