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WR--Judaism 2
DSST World Religions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angel | In the Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, an invisible servant of God. |
| Anti-Semitism | hatred and persecution of the Jewish people |
| Apocalypse | In Judaism and Christianity, the dramatic end of the present age. |
| Ashkenazim | Jews who lived in Europe, especially Eastern Europe |
| Bar Mitzvah | The coming-of-age ceremony for a Jewish boy. |
| Bat Mitzvah | The coming-of-age ceremony for a Jewish girl in some modern congregations. |
| Essenes | Monastic Jews who were living communally, apart from the world, about the time of Jesus. |
| Gemara | Commentary on the Mishnah compiled from the rabbinic academies of Palestine and Babylon. |
| Gentile | Any person who is not of Jewish faith or origin |
| Haggadah | means “telling” in Hebrew, is a written guide to the Passover seder, which commemorates the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. |
| Kabbalah (cabala) | The Jewish mystical tradition |
| Kosher | That which is ritually clean or acceptable in Judaism; usually applied to food or food preparation |
| Liturgy | In Christianity and Judaism, the rites of public worship |
| Midrash | The literature of delving into the Torah |
| Mikva | A deep bath for ritual cleansing in Judaism |
| Minyan | The quorum of ten adult males required for Jewish communal worship |
| Mishnah | Hebrew summary of the oral law arranged by topic, inherited from Pharisaism but attributed to Moses. Authority parallels the written Torah |
| Mitzvah | In Judaism, a divine commandment or sacred deed in fulfillment of a commandment. |
| Passover | The Spring festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt |
| Pentateuch | The five books of Moses at the beginning of the Hebrew Bible. The Torah |
| Pharisees | Most popular Jewish sect representing the middle class. Interpreted scripture broadly but still legalistic. |
| Pogrom | An attack against Jews |
| Purim | Jewish holiday that celebrates the deliverance of the Jews from destruction at the hands of the Persians |
| Rosh Hashanah | The Jewish New Year |
| Sadducees | Jewish aristocracy and priestly party that embraced Hellenization, read laws literally, and denied life after death. |
| Seder | Ceremonial Jewish meal in remembrance of the Passover |
| Shavuot | “Feast of Weeks”; Jewish holiday in remembrance of the giving of the Ten Commandments |
| Shema | Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” |
| Sukkot | Jewish autumn festival of thanksgiving |
| Synagogue | Literally, “assembly”; the meeting of Jews for study and prayer |
| T’fillin | A small leather box with verses about God's covenant with the Jewish people, bound to the forehead and arm |
| Talmud | Jewish law and lore, as finally compiled in the sixth century CE |
| Tanakh | The Jewish scriptures |
| Yarmulke | Skull cap worn by Jewish males at worship |
| Yom Kippur | The most solemn day of the Jewish calendar also known as the Day of Atonement |
| Zealots | Jewish political revolutionaries who rejected Roman authority sometimes forcefully. |
| Zionism | Movement founded in the late 19th century by Herzl which sought to find a national home for the Jews scattered throughout the world |
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