Not a race, but much more than a religion, the Jewish People is
often described as being at the center of a triangle consisting
of one God, the Land of Israel, and their sacred text, the
Bible. The Bible has been the source of the great impact this
small people (numbering approximately 13 million) have made on
world culture and faith. Its first five books are known as the
Torah, which means teaching, a term that has expanded to include
an enormous amount of Jewish wisdom transcribed over the
centuries. However, for many Jews, their teachings are distilled
into one commandment, first uttered by a Jewish sage some 2,000
years ago: “Do not do unto others what you would not have them
do unto you.” The Bible contains the Ten Commandments (in the
biblical book of Exodus 20:1-13), moral teachings including,
among others, not only prohibitions on murder and stealing, but
also the commandment to keep a weekly day of rest, the Sabbath,
a hallmark of Jewish faith and culture, and the commandment to
honor one's father an