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Judaism
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Semitic | Judaism, Christianity and Islam are examples of these religions because they come from cultures that spoke this type of language. |
| monotheism | a religious system with only one god. |
| polytheism | a religious system with more than one god. |
| prefix | a syllable added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning |
| BC | meaning "Before Christ" |
| BC | the period of history which took place before Christ was born. |
| False | AD meaning "after death" (T/F) |
| AD | meaning "anno Domini" |
| "anno Domini" | "the year of our Lord" in Latin |
| AD / "anno Domini" | the time in history since the birth of Christ. |
| CE | meaning "Common Era" |
| CE | the years since Christ's |
| "Before the Common Era" | What does "BCF" stand for? |
| BCF | period of time before the birth of Christ |
| Torah | first five books of the Old Testament |
| Nevee'eem | book of the Prophets |
| Ketuvim | a book of writings including the Proverbs, Psalms, Esther, Ruth, and Lamentations. |
| Tanakh | Jews called the sacred texts of the Christian Bible as <blank> |
| Hebrew | the language the Christian Bible was written in |
| Hebrew Testament | Old Testament of the Christian Bible |
| Greek Testament | New Testament of the Christian Bible |
| Abraham | "exalter father of a great nation" |
| covenant | sacred agreement with God |
| the Hebrews would worship only the one God | What covenant did Abraham make with God? |
| Haran / about 2000 B.C.E. | Where & When was the covenant between Abraham and God made? |
| Abraham | believed by the Jews that he is the father of the Hebrew peoples |
| Isaac | the Jews believe that he was Abraham & Sarah's son |
| Jews | believe Abraham is the father of the Hebrew peoples |
| Arabs | believe Abraham is also their father, through his son <blank>, by Sarah's slave Hagar |
| Sarah's slave Hagar | Arabs believe she was Ismeal's mother |
| Ismeal | Arabs believe he was Abraham's son |
| Canaan | given to the Jews as their "promised land" by God |
| Exodus | second book of the Torah |
| Exodus | describes the Hebrews being brought out of slavery in Egypt by Moses |
| Moses | he brought Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt |
| Moses | Amram & Jochebed's son |
| Nile | Name of the river where Moses was found floating on a basket |
| Moses | meaning "drawn out" |
| Miriam | Moses' real sister |
| Angel of Death | He visited each Egyptian household and killed the first born of each family. |
| ten plagues | Moses used the power of God to bring these upon Egypt in order to convince the pharaoh to release the Hebrews from Egypt. |
| pharaoh | meaning "king" in ancient Egypt |
| burning bush | God spoke to Moses through this form on the mountain. |
| lamb's blood | The Angel of Death did not visit those households with this painted on the door. |
| Passover | religious holiday the preceeds the Christian holiday of Easter |
| Passover | name of the event that celebrated the Angel of Death did not kill the first born of the Hebrews |
| Sea of Reeds | The sea where Moses parted by the power of God and let the Hebrews crossed safely. |
| Mount Sinai | The place where Moses spoke with God again after leaving Egypt. |
| Mount Sinai | Where did God give Moses the Ten Commandments? |
| The Ten Commandments | What did God give to Moses at Mount Sinai? |
| tabernacle | meaning "holy santuary" |
| Ark | where the Ten Commandments tablets were kept |
| Sabbath | meaning "holy day" |
| False | Moses finished the journey with the Hebrews to Canaan. (T/F) |
| 400 years later | How many years later was the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Convenant be brought to Jersulsalem? |
| King David | Who brought the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Convenant to Jerusalem? |
| Jerusalem | King David made this city as the capital |
| King Solomon | Who built a temple to replace the Tabernacle? |
| the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E | The temple built by King Solomon was destroyed by whom? & When? |
| King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon | What is the name of the king who destroyed the temple built by King Solomon? |
| King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon | Who captured Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E.? |
| 516 B.C.E. | When was the temple in Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians rebuilt? |
| the Romans in C.E. 70 | Who destroyed the temple the second time after it was rebuilt? & When was it destroyed? |
| Western Wall / Wailing Wall | remains of the great temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed by the Romans in C.E. 70 |
| Wailing Wall | another name for the Wester Wall |
| the Jews | In Jerusalem, the Western Wall is sacred to these people. |
| the Christians | In Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is sacred to these people. |
| the Muslims | In Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock is sacred to these people. |
| the Western Wall | Inside Jerusalem and is sacred to the Jews. |
| the Church of the Holy Sepulchre | Inside Jerusalem and is sacred to the Christians. |
| the Dome of the Rock | Inside Jerusalem and is sacred to the Muslims. |
| Mt. Nebo | Moses climbed this mountain to watch the Isrealites cross over the River Jordan and back into the land of Canaan near the city of Jericho. |
| anti-semitism | "acts of violence and hatred" subjected to the Jews |
| Holocaust | an event in Europe during WWII marked as "anti-semitism" |
| Adolf Hitler | the person who tried to eradicate all Jews. |
| holocaust | meaning "a great fire" |
| the Nazis | The party led by Hitler |
| six millions | How many Jews did the Nazis killed? |
| monotheistic | Judaism is a <blank> religion. |
| chosen people | Jews believe that they are God's "<blank>" |
| messiah | anointed one |
| kashrut | dietary laws followed by Jews |
| kosher | foods that are proper to eat and prepared in the proper way according to the laws of kashrut |
| Shabbat | sabbath day for Jews |
| begins at sundown on Friday and ends at sundown on Saturday | When does Shabbat begin? and when does it end? |
| 1.Orthodox 2.Conservative 3.Reform 4.Reconstructionist | Four branches of Judaism |
| Orthodox | The branch of Judaism that is more traditionaland and Judaism cannot be changed in any way. They are the most religious of the branches. |
| Reform | The branch of Judaism that brought the most changes in many things, like prayers can now be in English and most of the traditional restrictions on the sabbath and dietary law are not observed. |
| Conservative | The branch of Judaism that isthe most traditional. There will |
| Reconstructionist | This branch of Judaism believes that tradition has a vote, but not a veto. Individual laws may be modified or rejected. |
| Bar Mitzvah | Jewish boy who reaches the age of 13. |
| Bat Mitzvah | Jewish girl who reaches the age of 12. |
| Bar Mitzvah | meaning "son of the Commandments" |
| mitzvot | commandments of Judaism |
| kiddwhin | marriage in Judaism |
| kiddwhin | meaning "sanctification" in Jewish term |
| ketubah | marriage contract in Jewish |
| chupah | a canopy under which a marriage ceremony takes place |
| shiva | seven days of mourning |
| kaddish | a prayer being recited at the funeral service |
| synagogue | Jewish hous of worship |
| rabbi | Jewish teacher |
| cantor | person who lead the services in a synagogue. |
| bimah | raised platform at the front on the floor of a Jewish house of worship |
| Aron Kodesh | holy ark which holds the scrolls of the Toran |
| ner tamid | eternal light representing the constant presence of God |
| menorah | seven branched candle holder |
| tallit | four cornered garment with fringe on the corners |
| tzitzit | fringe on the tallit |
| tefillin | small leather boxes containing verses of parchement that are attached to a leather strap that is worn around the forehead and wound around the left arm |
| Mezuzah | strip of wood attached to a door frame and containing a passage from the Torah |
| kippah or yarmelka | a skullcap |
| shofar | rams horn blown on holy days to awaken the people and remind them of their responsibilities |
| Star of David | the six-pointed star on the Israeli flag |
| Pesach | Passover in Hebrew |
| the Seder | special meal eaten to commerate the suffering of the Jews during the period of slavery in Egypt. |
| Chanukah | an eight day holiday which begins on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. It marks the miraculous victory of the Jews, led by the Maccabees, against Greek persecution and religious oppression. In addition to being victorious in war, another mi |
| Judah Maccabee | Judah the Hammer who drove out the Syrian Greeks from Jerusalem. |
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