Creed

Creed

Ani Maamin

I believe

1. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is the Creator and Guide of all the created beings, and that He alone has made, does make, and will make all things.


2. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is One and Alone; that there is no oneness in any way like Him; and that He alone is our God – was, is and will be.


3. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is incorporeal; that He is free from all anthropomorphic properties; and that He has no likeness at all.


4. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is the first and the last.


5. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, is the only one to whom it is proper to pray, and that it is inappropriate to pray to anyone else.


6. I believe with complete faith that all the words of the Prophets are true.


7. I believe with complete faith that the prophecy of Mosheh our teacher, peace unto him, was true; and that he was the father of the prophets, both of those who preceded and of those who followed him.


8. I believe with complete faith that the whole Torah which we now possess was given to Mosheh, our teacher, peace unto him.


9. I believe with complete faith that this Torah will not be changed, and that there will be no other Torah given by the Creator, blessed be His Name.


10. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His Name, knows all the deeds and thoughts of human beings, as it is said, “It is He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who perceives all their actions.” (Psalms 33:15).


11. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, rewards those who observe His commandments, and punishes those who transgress His commandments.


12. I believe with complete faith in the coming of Mashiach, and although he may tarry, nevertheless, I wait every day for him to come.


13. I believe with complete faith that there will be resurrection of the dead at the time when it will be the will of the Creator, blessed be His name and exalted be His remembrance forever and ever.

 

The foresaid principles of faith are based on the Thirteen Principles of Faith formulated by the Rambam in his Commentary on the Mishnah (tractate Sanhedrin 10:1). The present author also believes with complete faith that Yehoshua is Mashiach of the Creator, blessed be His Name, and he is also the messenger of His Face, as it is said in Isaiah 63:9, “In all their distress He was distressed, and the messenger of His Face saved them. In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old”.