| A | B |
|---|
| main idea of judaism | the idea of one God |
| 1250BCE | the Israelites were freed from Egypt |
| messiah | leader |
| tenakh | collection of 24 books, which are arranged in three main sections |
| nevi'im | 8 books |
| ketuvim | 11 books |
| talmud | contains the thoughts on the tenakh, of about 2.000 rabbis |
| two parts of the talmud | mishnah and gemara |
| Mishnah | is a collection of writings about jewish law including laws on marriage and farming |
| Gemara | consists of comments on the mishnah |
| midrash | yet another important collection of writings. many stories are in forms of stories which explain some aspects of tenakh |
| teffilin | small boxes containing prayers around their head and around the arm nearest the heart |
| kippah | hat or a skull cap |
| hebrew | language the jews have learned |
| Orthodox jews | accept the torah and all its laws as being gods words to moses to be obeyed without question |
| non orthodox | accept the human beings played a part in making the laws and so have tried to adopt Judaism to modern life |
| Progressive,liberal,conservative | non orthodox |
| rabbis | teachers of the jewish faith and law |
| synagogue | go to worship, learn more about their faith and meet other people |
| the sabbath | the jewish holy day |
| mezuzahs or mezuzot | contains hebrew text from torah |
| kosher | food must be prepared in accordance with gods law |
| Bar mitzah | at the age of 13, a boy is considered to be an adult for religious purposes |
| bat mitzah | girl ceremony |
| brit milah | circumcision service when a boy is 8 days old |
| ketubah | wedding contract |
| chuppah | a cloth wedding canopy supported by four poles |
| yom kippur | this is the most sacred day in the year and services are held continuosly from morning to evening |
| passover or pesach | held in march or april and last for eight days, marks escape or israelites from egypt |
| hammukkah | the festival of lights |
| matzah | bread made without yeast; un leavened bread |
| sukkot | many jews spend time living in temporary dwellings called ,sukkot,made of wood and leaves |
| Haggadah | special prayer book; contains exodus from egypt |
| 2 version | palestinian and babylonian |
| saul | 1st king of Israel |
| david | greatest king ( ca 1000-960); est. jerusalem capitol |
| solomon | wisest king; builds 1st temple; unified rituals and worship 2 ladies and a baby |
| north of Solomon's kingdom | israel |
| south of Solomon's kingdom | judah |
| 722 BCE | assyrians captured Israel; population exiled |
| 586 BCE | babylonians conquered Judah , temple destroyed, population exiled |
| Judeans ( Hebrew= yehudim) | jews |
| 538 BCE | persians captured babylonians, jewish captivity ended, temple rebuilt, synagogue system established, rabbinic emergence |
| 63 BCE | roman rule under Pompey |
| 70 AD | 2nd temple destroyed, Jerusalem destroyed, jews exile, synagogue system strengthened, rabbinic judaism thrives |
