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| what 3 countries now make up what was the promise land? | israel, lebanon, jordan |
| what was the language of the israelites? | hebrew |
| what caused abraham and the israelites to have to leave canaan and go to egypt? | drought |
| what did the pharaoh do to prevent rebellion amongst the israelites? | kill first born sons |
| what is the "rule of law" provides moral law for many? | 10 commandments |
| how did the israelites defeat Jericho? who led them in this victory? | joshua |
| who led the israelites into the promise land? | joshua |
| how is daniel's life an example of God's willingness to rescue those that are faithful? | saul almost killed him |
| who was the firs king and how was he anointed? | saul, by God |
| what do the writings of the hebrew bible have in common? | jews, israelites |
| what king defeated the babylonians and allowed the jewish people return to judah? | cyrus |
| list four major holidays for jews | passover, yom kippur, hannukah, rosh hoshana |
| why do jews celebrate passover? | celebrated Gods passing over the jews during the final plague in egypt that enabled jews to return to the promise land |
| why do jews celebrate hanukah? | to celebrate maccabees victory and reclaiming of the temple in jerusalem |
| rosh hoshana? | celebrating the jews new year |
| yom kippur? | apoloizing for wrong doings of the previous year, lasts 25 hours |
| why do jewish men wear skull caps? | to be distinct from the greeks |
| what is kosher | food that has to go through long processes to be allowed to be eaten by the jews strict diet |