The Qur’an considers shirk as a sin that will not be forgiven if a person dies without repenting of it. The Qur’an however prohibits murdering non-Muslims or forcibly converting them to Islam.

A mitzvah is any of the 613 commandments that Jews are obligated to observe and more generally refers to any good deed. The ‘mitzvah of tzedakah’ is one of the most important. Great scholars are often quoted in many writings regarding tzedakah.

The basic laws and tenets of Judaism are derived from the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. The most important teaching and tenet of Judaism is that there is one God, incorporeal and eternal, who wants all people to do what is just and merciful.

Sin is an important concept in Islamic ethics. Muslims see sin as anything that goes against the commands of God (Allah), a breach of the laws and norms laid down by religion. Islam teaches that sin is an act and not a state of being.

The meaning of “Torah” is often restricted to signify the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), also called the Law (or the Pentateuch, in Christianity). The term Torah is also used to designate the entire Hebrew Bible.

Blue and white are Judah’s borders; White is the priestly radiance, And blue, the shining of the firmament. In 1885, the agricultural village of Rishon LeZion used a blue and white flag incorporating a blue Star of David, designed by Israel Belkind and Fanny Abramovitch, in a procession marking its third anniversary.

Moses led the Hebrews out of enslavement, and God made a covenant with the Hebrews: if they worshipped God as their only god, he would consider them his chosen people and protect them from their enemies.

The Mosaic Covenant See Exodus 19 and 24. This is the covenant God establishes with the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai after he led them out of Egyptian slavery. With it, God supplies the Law that is meant to govern and shape the people of Israel in the Promised Land.