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Jews Flashcards

1
Q

What is a religion

A

the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.

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What are worldviews

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a conception of the world.

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Is your religion same as your worldview

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Every religion can be called a “worldview” but not all worldviews are religious.

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Denomination

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A sub-group/ diffrent groups within a religion

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5
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Post-modernism

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a philosophy movement, popular in 170-2990

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Secular

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not connected to religious or spiritual matters

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Theist

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A person who belives in god

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Ultimate Questions

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Questions that people have diffrent answers to and which it might not be possible to answer to.

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Post-modern worldview

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There is absolute no truth

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Secular worldview

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There are things which are definetly right, we gain all truth and knowledge through experience

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Theistic Worldview

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Truth comes from God. God is the ultimate source of truth

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12
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5 world religions

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Christianity. Sikhism. Judaism. Islam. Buddhism. Hinduism

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13
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The Jewish holy book is called…

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the Tanakh.

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14
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The first thing God created was

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light

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15
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The first sin was

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Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit.

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In his covenant, God promised Abraham

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…to bless him and give him more descendants than the stars.

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17
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Passover reminds Jews

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of the Exodus story, when God helped Moses lead the Jews out of slavery.

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18
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In the 10 Commandments, the 1st commandment is

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Do not worship any other gods; worship God alone.

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In the 10 Commandments, the 2nd commandment is

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Do not worship idols (i.e. worship statues/images instead of God)

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In the 10 Commandments, the 3rd commandment is

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Do not misuse the name of God

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In the 10 Commandments, the 4th commandment is

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Keep the Shabbat a holy day of rest and worship

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In the 10 Commandments, the 5th commandment is

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Honour your parents

23
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In the 10 Commandments, the 6th commandment is

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Do not murder

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In the 10 Commandments, the 7th commandment is

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Do not commit adultery

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In the 10 Commandments, the 8th commandment is

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Do not steal

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In the 10 Commandments, the 9th commandment is

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Do not tell lies

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In the 10 Commandments, the 10th commandment is

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Do not be jealous of your neighbour’s property or relationships

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The Tanak

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The main sacred Jewish text

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The Talmud

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The Talmud is a collection of teachings and disscussions

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Covenant

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An agreement between God and people

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Exodus

A

“going out”

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Jew

A

someone born into the jewish culture

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Judaism

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The religion of Jewish people

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Kashrut

A

Jewish food laws

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Messiah

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Future kind descenced

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Mitzvah

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A jewish law ( 613)

37
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Monotheist

A

Someone who belives in god

38
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Orthodox Judaism

A

strictly obey the jewish law

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Polytheist

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Someone who belives in more than one god

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Promised land

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An area of land given by god to the israelites in the torah

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Reform Judaism

A

change of judaism to adapt to modern life

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Sacrifice

A

The action of killing someone or something as an offering to god

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Sin

A

Actions against god

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Synagogue

A

A place where Jews meet

45
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1st day of creation

A

heavens and the earth

46
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2nd day of creation

A

sky

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3rd day of creation

A

land and seas

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4th day of creation

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sun, moon,stars

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5th day of creation

A

fish and sea creatures

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6th day of creation

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wild animals

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7th day of creation

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rested and ssaid the 7th day was hope

52
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Havdalah

A

a candle ritual

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