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The conception of
God in Judaism is strictly
monotheistic. God is an
absolute one, indivisible and incomparable
being who is the ultimate cause
of all existence. Jewish tradition teaches that the true aspect of God is
incomprehensible and unknowable, and that it is only God's revealed aspect that
brought the universe into existence, and interacts with mankind and the world.
In
Judaism, the one God of
Israel is the God of
Abraham,
Isaac, and
Jacob, who is the guide of the
world, delivered
Israel
from
slavery in Egypt,
and gave them the
613
Mitzvot at
Mount Sinai
as described in the
Torah.
The
God of Israel has a proper name, written
YHWH (Hebrew: יְהֹוָה, Modern Yehovah Tiberian Yəhōwāh) in the Hebrew Bible. The name YHWH is a combination of the future, present, and past
tense of the verb "howa" (Hebrew: הוה) meaning "to be" and translated literally means "The
self-existent One". A further explanation of the name was given to Moses
when YHWH stated Eheye Asher
Eheye (Hebrew: אהיה
אשר אהיה) "I will be that I will be", the
name relates to God as God truly is, God's revealed essence, which transcends
the universe. It also represents God's compassion towards the world. In Jewish
tradition another name of God is Elohim, relating to the interaction between God and the universe, God as
manifest in the physical world, it designates the justice of God, and means
"the One who is the totality of powers, forces and causes in the
universe".
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