Flashcards in Festivals Deck (26)
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Why do Jews celebrate Passover/ pasach
Celebrate when the last plague swept over Egypt
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Passover Torah quote
"Anyone who puts a cross in the form of lambs blood on their doors, I will Passover your home"
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What is one the sedar plate
Bone of a lamb- for the lambs blood cross
Glass of salty water- tears
Flatbread- when bread didn't have time to rise
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Why do Jews celebrate their festivals
Because they are MITZVOT
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What does Sukkot remember?
The end of harvest
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What does sukkot remind them of?
The 40 yrs in desert trying to find promise land
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How do Orthodox Jews celebrate sukkot?
Eat their meals outside in a hut to remember where they lived in desert
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What is rosh hashana?
Jewish new year
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What is Yom Kippur?
The day of judgement,
They admit their sins and try to be the best jew possible
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Why do Jews eat apples in honey at rosh hashana?
For a sweet new year
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Why is honey important to Jews?
Ancestors had no sugar so used honey instead
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When is Shabbat
Every week, Friday night to Sunday
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Kosher is a....
MITZVOT
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What is kosher about?
Purity of food
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Kosher food quote
"Any animal that chews the cud, and has a cloven hoof is not kosher"
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Why do reform Jews sometimes disagree with kosher
Hard to find kosher super markets
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What is Brit milah
The circumcision of a baby at 8 days old
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Brit milah is a...
MITZVOT
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Brit milah is also a...
Naming ceremony to give the baby a Jewish identity
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Girls have a...
Bat milah
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What is bat milah?
The naming of a female baby and a party
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What does Brit mean?
Baby
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What happens at a bar mitzvah
Boys at age 13 sing a part of the Torah in Hebrew.
They are now a young Jew with the responsibility to follow the MITZVOT
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What is a bat mitzvah
She reads the poem eishet chayil
Only females attend
She becomes a daughter of god
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Brit milah was a convent with...
Abraham to circumcise his son
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