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World History H
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Israelites | Earliest members of Hebrew people who inhabited the Fertile Cressant |
| Monotheism | Belif in one god |
| prophet | a person who preaches divine messages from god |
| Moses | A hebrew leader the greatest of the Prophets |
| Abraham | 1st patriarch and founder of Judaism |
| Jerusalem | The holy city of Lsrael |
| David | 2nd king of Israel |
| Torah | 1st of the 5 books of jewish bible |
| ark | the holy chest where Torah scrolls are kept |
| Hebrews | Desendants of Aberaham Isaac and Jacob inhabating ancient Palestine |
| talmud | most signifacant colection of writing of law and tradition interpreting the Torah |
| Orthadox | sect or major movement of Judaism(strict traditional) |
| conservative | Keeping existing views in judaism |
| reform | improve by removal of faults in judaism |
| Yaweh | Hebrew god |
| Bar Mitzvah | coming to manhood |
| diaspora | Dispersal of jews from there homeland in Palestine (last jewish war with Rome) |
| Rabbi | Jewish spiratual leader |
| cantor | sings music leads in prayer |
| Bat Mitzvah | Coming into womanhood |
| Passover | Jewish holiday( Being freed from slavery from Eygpt)begins harvest |
| Rosh Hashana | Jewish new year |
| Hanukkah | Jewish holiday rededication of temple of Jerusalem lighting of 8 candles |
| Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday day of prayer,fasting,and repenting for the sins of previous year |
| Zionism | Movement to promote the establishment of jewish home in Palestine |
| Menorah | candelabrum used for jewish worship (hanukkah) |
| kosher | jewish dietary laws meat and dairy should never be touched |
| yarmulke(kippah) | skullcap worn by jewish males in Synagogue and at home |
| star of david | universal sign of judaism |
| judah | hebrew kingdom of palestine |
| covenant | mutual promise(agreement) |
| Palestine | At eastern end of Mediterranean sea occupied by the Phonecians |
| Canaan | Area of ancient Palestine home to the Hebrews |
| Philistine | member of a non jewish people who lived in Palestine |
| Judaism | monotheistic western religion developed among the ancient hebrews |
| Ashkenazic Jews | Jews from eastern Europe |
| Balfour Decloration | A letter from the Brits expressing its commitment to create a new jewish state in Palestine |
| B.C.E | Before Christian era another way of sayng B.C |
| Brit Milah | Circumcision of a male jewish child on 8th birthday or a male convert (bris) |
| commandments (Halakhah) | G-d gave jews 613 commandments binding only jews |
| dreidel | A top like toy used to play Chanukkah game |
| G-d | A way of avoiding writing the name of G-D to avoid sin |
| gentiles | Non Jews |
| Isaac | Son and spiritual heir to Abraham |
| Jacob | Son of Isaac |
| Kabalah | Jewish mystical tradition |
| matzah | unleavend bread traditionally served during passover |
| mezuzah | a case of attached doorposts of houses containing passages of scripture written on it |
| Sephardic Jews | Jews from Spain, Portugal, N.Africa, and middle east |
| Shabbat | the jewish sabbath a day of rest (spiritual enrichment) |
| shofar | a rams horn blown to like a trumpet as a call to repentance |
| synagogue | jewish house of worship |
| talit | a shawl like garment worn during mourning services with tzizit as a reminder of the commandments |
| yiddish | Internationl language of Ashkenazic jews |
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