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Teachings of Judaism
Hebrews and Phoenicians learning check #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who conquered the Kingdom of Judah? | Neo- Babylonians |
| What happened to the Judeans religion while in Babylon? | became known as Judaism |
| What is exile? | being separated from home; central theme in Judaism |
| What is the scattering of the Jewish people outside of single homeland? | Beginning of Jewish Diaspora |
| what is the Temple of Solomon? | central place of worship |
| What happened to the Temple of Solomon? | burned down by Neo- Babylonians; rebuilt by King Herod |
| What happened after the Great Jewish Revolt? | Jerusalem and Temple burned down by the ROMANS Jewish land was seized Jews forbidden to enter city |
| What were the remains left from the burning down of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon? | Wailing wall |
| What did the Jews do after their life was destroyed to preserve their faith? | Established schools for training of the Rabbis (teachers of Jewish faith) and established syragogues (houses of worship, place of study, social center, etc.) |
| what person, other than the Rabbi, could read sacred texts? | any adult male |
| What are the sacred writings? | Tanakh, torah, neviim, ketuvim, talmud |
| what is the torah? | five books of moses |
| what is the neviim? | books of the prophets |
| what is the ketuvim? | psalms/ proverbs and other writings |
| what is the talmud? | commentaries of rabbis on the hebrew bible and jewish teachings |
| what is monotheism? | single god who is all knowing and all powerful |
| what is god a source of? | morality (right and wrong) |
| What is the duty of humans? | honor/obey god based of covenant |
| why is prayer essential? | maintains relationship with god; certain prayers for certain times and events |
| What is the law called? | halakha |
| where is the law found? | torah and talmud |
| how many mosaic laws are there? | 613 |
| how many positive and negative laws are there in the mosaic laws? | 248 positive 365 negative |
| when do the jews observe the sabboth? | from sunset friday to sunset saturday |
| what is the kosher laws? | foods prepared in certain ways, eaten in certain, order and certain foods avoided like pork and shellfish |
| what do they wear during prayer? | kippah on head and tefillin on forehead and left arm |
| name some of the jewish religion's traditions | passover (freedom from Egypt) Rosh Hashannah (Jewish new year) Yom kippur (day of atonement) Shavuot (giving of the torah) sukkoth (wandering in the desert) |
| name some life events in order of the jewish religion | naming ceremonies bar/batmitzvah weddings mourning practices |