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Probably the next most important people in Judaism after God are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (also known as the Patriarchs) who are considered to be the founding fathers of Judaism. What is believed to be so special about those men is that it was with them that God established the covenant, meaning a unique relationship with him, which started with Abraham with the promise that he would be the father of a new nation, and was renewed with Isaac and Jacob...
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Probably the next most important people in Judaism after God are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (also known as the Patriarchs) who are considered to be the founding fathers of Judaism. What is believed to be so special about those men is that it was with them that God established the covenant, meaning a unique relationship with him, which started with Abraham with the promise that he would be the father of a new nation, and was renewed with Isaac and Jacob...
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