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DSST World Religions

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Angel   In the Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, an invisible servant of God.  
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Anti-Semitism   hatred and persecution of the Jewish people  
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Apocalypse   In Judaism and Christianity, the dramatic end of the present age.  
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Ashkenazim   Jews who lived in Europe, especially Eastern Europe  
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Bar Mitzvah   The coming-of-age ceremony for a Jewish boy.  
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Bat Mitzvah   The coming-of-age ceremony for a Jewish girl in some modern congregations.  
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Essenes   Monastic Jews who were living communally, apart from the world, about the time of Jesus.  
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Gemara   Commentary on the Mishnah compiled from the rabbinic academies of Palestine and Babylon.  
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Gentile   Any person who is not of Jewish faith or origin  
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Haggadah   means “telling” in Hebrew, is a written guide to the Passover seder, which commemorates the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt.  
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Kabbalah (cabala)   The Jewish mystical tradition  
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Kosher   That which is ritually clean or acceptable in Judaism; usually applied to food or food preparation  
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Liturgy   In Christianity and Judaism, the rites of public worship  
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Midrash   The literature of delving into the Torah  
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Mikva   A deep bath for ritual cleansing in Judaism  
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Minyan   The quorum of ten adult males required for Jewish communal worship  
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Mishnah   Hebrew summary of the oral law arranged by topic, inherited from Pharisaism but attributed to Moses. Authority parallels the written Torah  
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Mitzvah   In Judaism, a divine commandment or sacred deed in fulfillment of a commandment.  
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Passover   The Spring festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt  
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Pentateuch   The five books of Moses at the beginning of the Hebrew Bible. The Torah  
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Pharisees   Most popular Jewish sect representing the middle class. Interpreted scripture broadly but still legalistic.  
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Pogrom   An attack against Jews  
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Purim   Jewish holiday that celebrates the deliverance of the Jews from destruction at the hands of the Persians  
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Rosh Hashanah   The Jewish New Year  
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Sadducees   Jewish aristocracy and priestly party that embraced Hellenization, read laws literally, and denied life after death.  
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Seder   Ceremonial Jewish meal in remembrance of the Passover  
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Shavuot   “Feast of Weeks”; Jewish holiday in remembrance of the giving of the Ten Commandments  
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Shema   Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”  
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Sukkot   Jewish autumn festival of thanksgiving  
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Synagogue   Literally, “assembly”; the meeting of Jews for study and prayer  
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T’fillin   A small leather box with verses about God's covenant with the Jewish people, bound to the forehead and arm  
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Talmud   Jewish law and lore, as finally compiled in the sixth century CE  
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Tanakh   The Jewish scriptures  
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Yarmulke   Skull cap worn by Jewish males at worship  
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Yom Kippur   The most solemn day of the Jewish calendar also known as the Day of Atonement  
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Zealots   Jewish political revolutionaries who rejected Roman authority sometimes forcefully.  
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Zionism   Movement founded in the late 19th century by Herzl which sought to find a national home for the Jews scattered throughout the world  
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