judaism

Question 1

Kosher

Answer 1

Hebrew word for “proper” - kashrut

Question 2

Rabbi

Answer 2

Teacher

Question 3

Rosh Hashanah

Answer 3

Festival of the New Year

Question 4

Yarmulke

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Kipah

Question 5

Hasidism

Answer 5

Emphasizes a personal relationship with God and community

Question 6

Shofar

Answer 6

Ram’s horn

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Diaspora

Answer 7

Situation of the Jews living away from their homeland

Question 8

Torah

Answer 8

Instruction - the revelation of the God’s

Question 9

Zionism

Answer 9

Movement that sought to re-establish a Jewish homeland

Question 10

Yom Kippur

Answer 10

Day of Atonement

Question 11

Passover

Answer 11

Exodus of the jews from Egypt

Question 12

Mishnah

Answer 12

Biblical interpertation of the Talmud

Question 13

Bar mitzvah

Answer 13

Coming of age of Jewish children

Question 14

Talmud

Answer 14

The Talmud contains
teachings of the rabbis
through the first six centuries
of the Common Era.

Question 15

Sabbath

Answer 15

The Sabbath is a weekly day of rest and worship, observed from sundown on Friday until sundown on Saturday in Judaism and by some Christians.

(Sabbath)

Question 16

Shema

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“Hear O Israel, the lord is our God, the Lord is One”

the central affirmation of Jewish faith, a prayer that proclaims the oneness of God.

Question 17

Kabbalah

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Jewish mysticism

Question 18

Tanakh

Answer 18

Torah, Nevi’im Ketuvim

Question 19

Huppah

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Hebreqw word for proper - kashrut

Question 20

Holocast

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shoah - mass distruction

Question 21

A written collection of oral teachings (circa A.D. 200), in which rabbis interpreted the Torah, is known as

Answer 21

the mishnah

Question 22

The Hebrew Bible, which is known to Christians as the “Old Testament,” is formally referred to as

Answer 22

the tanakh

Question 23

A basic theological statement from Judaism, which declared the uniqueness of the Israelites relationship with God, is

Answer 23

the shema