Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles

What Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles covers

Judaism: the principles governing conduct, and their application to life, war and the environment. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.

The 6 subtopics

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• The 613 MitzvotRecall questions on what a mitzvah is, how many the tradition counts, the division into positive and negative commands and the rabbi credited with the count.Open →
• Free Will, Responsibility and Pikuach NepheshRecall questions on the rejection of original sin, the yetzer hatov and yetzer hara, Maimonides on free will, teshuvah, the limits of responsibility, and the principle, source and applications of pikuach nephesh.Open →
• The Sanctity of Life in JudaismRecall questions on the sanctity of life and the Mishnah on a single life, the status of the foetus in Exodus and the Talmud, Orthodox and Reform views on abortion, and embryo research.Open →
• Healing, War and Bal TashchitRecall questions on the duty to heal, the distinction between obligatory and optional war, the requirement before a siege and what bal tashchit forbids.Open →
• Dominion and Stewardship in JudaismRecall questions on what stewardship means, the verses used to support and to qualify dominion, and the different attitudes they produce.Open →
• Shemittah and Modern Environmental ThoughtRecall questions on what shemittah is and teaches about ownership of land, the changing meaning of Tu B'Shevat and the effect of climate science.Open →

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Questions from this topic

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1. 1

   Define the term mitzvah.

   Model answer

   A commandment given by God, and by extension the good deed of carrying it out.

2. 2

   How many mitzvot does tradition count in the Torah?

   Model answer

   Six hundred and thirteen.

3. 3

   How are the 613 mitzvot divided between positive and negative commands?

   Model answer

   Two hundred and forty-eight are positive commands to act and three hundred and sixty-five are prohibitions.

4. 4

   Which rabbi is credited with the count of 613?

   Model answer

   Rabbi Simlai, whose teaching on the number is recorded in the Talmud.

5. 5

   Which work of Maimonides lists and classifies the commandments?

   Model answer

   The Sefer HaMitzvot, his Book of Commandments.

6. 6

   Distinguish mitzvot bein adam la-Makom from mitzvot bein adam le-chavero.

   Model answer

   The first are duties owed between a person and God, such as prayer and festival observance, and the second are duties owed between a person and their fellow, such as honesty and charity.

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What does Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?

6 subtopics: the 613 mitzvot, free will, responsibility and pikuach nephesh, the sanctity of life in judaism, healing, war and bal tashchit, dominion and stewardship in judaism and shemittah and modern environmental thought. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles organised?

By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.