Hebrew midwives and Jewish history recap (Year 8 Iyun)

Rav identified them as mother and daughter, while Shmuel identified them as mother and daughter-in-law.

Shifra means 'she makes the child shapely' and Pu’ah means 'she purrs, talks, and coos to the child.'

To kill the Jewish baby boys as soon as they were born

<p>They knew that following Pharaoh's orders and killing the babies was wrong but if they didn't do what they were told to do by Pharaoh they risked being put to death. They chose to defy Pharaoh's orders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Muslims believe there is only one God. In Arabic the name for God is Allah.  Muslims believe in the holy books of The Qur’an, The Torah (Tawrat), The Gospels(Injeel) and The Psalms/Tehillim (Zaboor)  Muslims believe in the Prophets (special messengers who can communicate with God)  In Islam, the most important prophet was a man called Muhammad  Muslims believe that Muhammad received messages from Allah, given to him by an angel called Gabriel (Jibril)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to Islam he was the last prophet to be sent by Allah.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Angel Jibril (Gabriel)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Muhammad was very much influenced by the Jewish religion. Muslims also believe in the Torah and many other books from the Tanach. Belief in one God. In fact there are many other similarities between Islamic and Jewish beliefs such as certain times of the day to pray, not eating certain foods, dressing modestly, not having images in places of worship etc.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>After fleeing Mecca, Muhammad went to Medina, a city that had three Jewish tribes living in it. Muhammad had hoped for a warm welcome from the Jews of Medina – but they did not accept this new Religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Muhammad died in the year 632 CE. One of the next leaders of the Muslims was Caliph Omar. Omar and his generals conquered Egypt, Israel, Syria and Persia – spreading the faith of Islam throughout the whole Middle Eastern region. They then set about spreading Islam through North Africa, Spain, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Just after this, the Quran, which had been passed down by word of mouth, was written down by Caliph Othman. As time passed by, Muslims came to re-interpret passages of the Qur’an. Jews and Christians could live under Muslim rule so long as they were oprepared to sign and live under the Pact of Omar. The Pact of Omar required that non-Muslims pay certain taxes to Muslims and it stopped non-Muslims from practising any other religion in public. However, it allowed Jews to live peacefully alongside their Muslim neighbours.</p> Signup and view all the answers