| A | B |
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| Torah | A. It means the instruction B. Law Refers to five books of the Bible (Hebrew) |
| Pentateuch | first five book of the Bible, |
| Shema | The shema is Judaism’s basic theological statement. |
| Mishnah | By the law, by (the Temple) service and by deeds of loving kindness. |
| Talmud | the “study” “knowledge” the vast depository of the oral Torah based on the Mishnah with extensive rabbinic commentary on each chapter; the are two versions the Palestinian (450 CE)and the Babylonian (600CE) |
| Kaddish | It is a prayer of mourning. |
| Zionism | Originally referred to a movement arising in the late nineteenth century that was committed to the establishment of a Jewish homeland– now it refers generally to the support of Israel. |
| Diaspora | The situation of Jews living away from their ancestral homeland, true of the majority of Jews ever since the classical period. |
| Rabbi | Teacher of the Torah and leader of Jewish worship |
| Synagogue | Jewish place of worship |
| Bar/bat Mitzah | It is the primary ritual marking the coming of age, that point at which a Jewish child takes of the religious responsibilities of an adult. |
| Mezuzah | a small case containing a scroll of the Shema which is attached to the doorpost of a Jewish home. |
| Rosh Hashnah | It is the festival of the new year, it occurs in early fall and observed for two days. |
| Sabbath | begins at sunset on Friday and last until sunset on Saturday. |
| Seder | special meal held during passover. |
| Tellifin | a leather case which fulfill the command to bind the words of the Shema to our hands and between our eyes. |
| Menorah | Seven branched candlelabra used in the Temple-symbol of Israel to be a light of the Nations. |
| Yarmulke | “cover your head so the fear of the heaven may be upon you”. It is seen as more of a custom than a religious command. |
| Yom kippur | It is a deeply personal and solemn day, it emphasizes repentance through confession of sin. The day is observed through prayer and abstaining from food and drink, and work. |
| Orthodox Judaism | most traditional expression of modern Judaism. |
| Hasidic (or Chasidic) | was founded in Poland in the 18th century |
| Conservative Judaism | moderate sect conserve the traditional elements of Judaism but allow for reasonable modernization |
| Reform Judaism | most liberal Often do not observe dietary laws |
| YHWH | God’s name appears in the Bible in the Hebrew equivalents of the letters |
| Tanakh (TNK) | Jews refer to the Hebrew Bible as the |
| Providential | means that God is active in human history |
| meat with dairy | Dietary laws for Jews prohibit the consumption of |
| 1938-1945 | The Holocaust was between what years? |
| Diaspora | Dispersed |
| 13 | It is a commonly accepted belief that prior to the age of ___ parents are responsible for their children’s mistakes or sins. |
| Maimonidaes | A Jewish philosopher who lived in Muslim Spain during the medieval period and who applied the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle to the biblical tradition and contributed Judaism’s most famous statement of beliefs |
| Prophet | Someone who is called to speak for God |
| Mishnah | The starting point for rabbinic study of the oral Torah; a collection of sacred traditions that was written down in about 200 C.E. and contains teachings of the rabbis of the preceding four centuries |
| Talmud | The vast depository blending together the oral and written forms of Torah, based on the Mishnah with extensive rabbinic commentary |
| Rosh Hashanah | The Jewish New Year |
| Kabbalah | Jewish mysticism, which teaches that God can best be known with the heart |
| Circumcision | physical feature that distinguished the Israelites from people of other nations |
| Pharisees | They focused on Torah after the destruction of the Temple, rather than on rituals. |
| Christians | These people were especially anti-Semitic during the medieval period because Jews were successful moneylenders and Christians also saw the Jews as the killers of Jesus. |
