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Is practise more important than faith in Judaism?
A Rabbi claims that being ethical is more important than faith in God, do Jews agree? Do Christan's disagree?
How we treat one another is most important. That's been recognized by prophets and sages alike..
However, you can't have the religion of Judaism without faith in God
Having said this, the Torah recognizes that the righteous of all nations, even those who do not know God, are blessed.
Do Christan's disagree? WHY do you ask this?
What could possibly be the benefit of asking Christians, who obviously don't agree with the tenets of Judaism from our Torah or they wouldn't be Christian..what is more important to Judaism?
Do you also ask Muslims if they agree with what is most important to Christians?
Now let me explain the difference in the focus of Judaism vs the focus of Christianity.
Judaism brought monotheism to the world, the recognition that there is one, indivisible, incorporeal, omnipotent Creator. It remains monotheistic. There is no doubt that God is the core essential to Torah and Judaism.
Judaism is a world-affirming, not world-denying faith. We use the gifts and blessings we have in this world to make it better for ourselves, for our families and for the rest of the world.Life is our greatest gift from God. We are also here to enjoy that and share that joy. There isn't a thing wrong with doing good to feel good or to try to help another feel better about themselves.
The world can be a sad, cruel place and it is the very role of Israel to struggle with God and find our place in God's creation to make it a better one.
We are partners with God and our fellow living creatures working to repair and restore it to harmony and a state of perfection.(Tikkun Olam or Repair of the World) We aren't expected to BE perfect but to strive toward it and help along others on the way as well as be willing to take the hand of another when we need help. Teshuvah repentance and return) have specific steps of being accountable when we make mistakes or do things to hurt another so that we learn from our mistakes and to help guide us back on the path of righteousness. In focusing on our deeds and how we live and treat one another, we come to greater awarness of the Divine..Judaism stresses deed over creed.
The world to come..whatever it is..will take care of itself. It's this world that we're entrusted with in the here and now.
Judaism teaches that humanity's role is to work with each other to help God with perfecting and restoring or repairing anything out of harmony, any and all injustice or opression, any poverty, sickness, etc. Our walk with Hashem is more about deed than creed.
It isn't about earning a ticket into heaven. It is about fulfilling what we believe our purpose for existence is all about and how we achieve connection to one another and to Hashem (God)
For many people, it appears to be a slow process of growth into an awareness of our connection to God, rather than some kind of overwhelming divine revelatory moment.
This is going to be a very different world view and path than the perspective from one who belongs to a faith that teaches them that " works" mean nothing. Torah teaches that it is how we live that shows what we believe and that the purpose of our covenant is to be a light unto the nations as an example of how to connect to God.
In Egypt the Hebrews were surrounded by a culture that was OBSESSED with the "afterlife" more than this gift of life we have in the here and now.
I think that was part of the hard lesson of coming out of slavery from Egypt. The bonds of idolatry and superstition that enslaved the mind were broken when Israel came to the recognition that all those man/gods and animal gods were powerless over this life. It wasn't only deliverance from physical bondage that is told about at Passover, but the deliverance for each generation when we remember of the kind of enslavement that focusing on concern for another world than this one is made priority.
Judaism is a world-affirming, not world-denying faith. We use the gifts and blessings we have in this world to make it better for ourselves, for our families and for the rest of the world. The great sage Hillel, whom you may recognize as the one who declared not only that "What is distasteful to you do not do to another", but left us this quote that teaches of other ethical lessons of Judaism
If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am for myself alone, what am I?
If not now, when?
Life is our greatest gift from God. We are also here to enjoy that and share that joy. There isn't a thing wrong with doing good to feel good or to try to help another feel better about themselves.
The world can be a sad, cruel place and it is the very role of Israel to struggle with God and find our place in God's creation to make it a better one.
Torah stresses, justice, justice, shall you pursue.
I've learned that justice without mercy is seldom truly just.
Mercy without justice is often unmerciful to those who have been victimized by injustice.
One needs both justice and mercy.
The path of Klal Yisrael is a struggle to find our way to connect to both God and man trough the ethical precepts of Torah.
It is important for Jews to participate in repairing the world by participating in tzedakah (justice and righteousness) and g'milut hasadim (acts of loving kindness). Without our stake in the improvement of our world, injustice and evil will continue to exist.
As the prophet Micah so succinctly stated : What does God require of you, Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.
Practice living as if you are in partnership with God in perfecting the world and then one day you'll understand that is exactly what you were doing 
The Christian concept that before Jesus, God was exclusively for the Jews, has ALWAYS been foreign to Jewish belief. The book of Kings records Gentiles worshipping at the Temple. Torah teaches that every human can directly connect to God and the righteous of all nations are blessed. It is Christianity that has as a part of it's dogma that one must be Christian to connect to God, not vice versa.
This leads to something else about what it means to be Jewish.
It means continually witnessing others justifying their beliefs on misrepresentation of your own faith and path. (sigh)
There should be no dogma from any other religion posted under this question to answer what is or isn't important in JUDAISM.
When answering questions about Judaism, Jews aren't proselytizing, we are explaining what we believe. Please don't use this as a platform to misrepresent Judaism to present the dogma of another religion instead.
I am thankful to also continually meet and connect to others who sincerely want to learn what it is Jews believe rather than try to misrepresent it.
Thank you very much for asking.
Shalom
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