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Night Vocab
Night by Elie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a medieval mystical work, consisting chiefly of interpretations of and commentaries on the Pentateuch | Zohar |
| a jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction | Synagogue |
| a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic stock | Aryan |
| Usually translated to mean “Grand Rabbi.” | Rebbe |
| One who discriminates against or who is hostile towards or prejudiced against Jews | Anti-Semitic |
| The Jewish New Year that Occurs in autumn | Rosh Hashanah |
| someone who works at a church or a Jewish synagogue and helps the clergy | Beadle |
| A Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder | Passover |
| A country in the historical region of southwest Asia at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea | Palestine |
| An ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament | Kabbalah |
| the Jewish national movement of rebirth and renewal in the land of Israel - | Zionism |
| a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator | Fascism |
| A member of a Jewish mystic movement that reacted against Talmudic learning | Hassid/Hasidic |
| Military force of the Russian Republic | The Red Army |
| the collection of Jewish law and tradition | Talmud |
| A quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted | Ghetto |
| a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox | Shavuot |
| the German state secret police during the Nazi regime | Gestapo |
| a Jewish prayer for the dead | Kaddish |
| a day set aside for fasting, depriving oneself of pleasures, and repenting from sins | Yom Kippur |
| the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people. | Messiah |
| a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of mysteries | Mystic |