| A | B |
|---|
| Symbol: Star of David | Symbol: Star of David |
| Sacred Text(s): Old Testament, Talmud | Sacred Text(s): Old Testament, Talmud |
| Gods(s): One God (Yahweh) | Gods(s): One God (Yahweh) |
| Origins: Moses or Abraham-Palestine, Date Unknown | Origins: Moses or Abraham-Palestine, Date Unknown |
| Humans Nature: Two equal impulses of good and evil | Human Nature: Two equal impulses of good and evil |
| Sects: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Hasidism, and Kabbalah | Sects: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Hasidism, and Kabbalah |
| Life's Purpose: Obey commandments, live ethically, focus on this life, not afterlife. | Life's Purpose: Obey commandments, live ethically, focus on this life, not afterlife. |
| Practice: Circumcision at birth, bar or bat mitzvah at adulthood. Attend synagogue. No pork or non-Kosher foods. Holidays linked to history. | Practice: Circumcision at birth, bar or bat mitzvah at adulthood. Attend synagogue. No pork or non-Kosher foods. Holidays linked to history. |
| Important Places: Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias | Important Places: Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias |
| Afterlife?: (+)Either Heaven or None. (-) Ethernal Gehenna, reincarnation or no afterlife | Afterlife?: (+)Either Heaven or None. (-) Ethernal Gehenna, reincarnation or no afterlife |
