Jews believe in one God, the same God who is described in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the creator of the universe.

Who is “the Jewish God”?

  • Judaism is strictly monotheistic: there is only one God, not many gods.
  • This God is understood as the creator of everything that exists and the ruler of the universe.
  • Jews see this as the same God worshipped by other Abrahamic religions (Christianity and Islam), though they understand God differently in some important ways.

In Jewish tradition, this is the God who brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and gave them the Torah (Law) at Mount Sinai.

Names Jews use for God

  • The most sacred name in the Hebrew Bible is the four‑letter name, often written as YHWH (the Tetragrammaton), which Jews traditionally do not pronounce.
  • Instead, they usually say “Adonai” (meaning “Lord”) when praying, or “HaShem” (meaning “The Name”) in everyday speech.
  • Another common name is “Elohim,” a Hebrew word for God found throughout the Bible.

These different names reflect different aspects of the same one God, not different gods.

What Jews believe about God’s nature

Most traditional Jewish teaching describes God as:

  • One and indivisible – God cannot be divided into parts or persons.
  • Non‑physical – God has no body and is not limited by space.
  • All‑powerful (omnipotent) – able to do anything that is logically possible.
  • All‑knowing (omniscient) – knows everything that happens and everything people think.
  • Beyond time and eternal – existed before creation and continues forever.
  • Morally perfect – the source of moral law and goodness.

A key Jewish declaration of faith, the Shema, says: “Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one,” emphasizing God’s oneness and uniqueness.

How this differs from some other views

  • Judaism rejects the idea that God can be split into multiple persons (for example, the Christian Trinity) and insists God is a perfect unity.
  • Jews do not worship any human as God; in particular, Judaism does not accept Jesus as divine, but sees him (if discussed at all) as human.
  • Jews also do not worship angels, saints, or other spiritual beings; worship is directed to God alone.

From a Jewish point of view, there is only one true God, and that is the God they worship; other “gods” in ancient texts are either human-made ideas or lesser beings, not real gods.

Do all Jews picture God the same way?

Within Judaism today, there is a range of theological views, but still focused on one God.

  • Many religious Jews hold a very personal view of God: God listens to prayers, cares about individuals, and intervenes in history.
  • Some modern Jews, especially in more liberal movements, may think of God more as a moral force , the ground of ethics, or the presence of goodness and justice in the world, rather than a “person‑like” being.
  • Even among less religious or secular Jews, cultural identity often remains tied to this historic belief in one God, even if they themselves are doubtful or non‑believing.

So when you ask “what god do Jews believe in?”, the simplest answer is:

Jews believe in the one God of Abraham, the creator of the universe, who is utterly one, beyond all images, and the only being worthy of worship.

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