Chapter 12 Test Flashcards
Pentateuch
first five books of the bible
Genesis, exodus, lebidicas, numbers, deuteronomy
kaddish
a prayer
bat mitzvah
girl’s coming of age
age 13
circumcision
cutting back skin on shaft
keeps adolescent population in control, a community,
repentance
asking for forgiveness
David
greatest king
became king after Saual was killed
Moses
lead Jews out of Egypt
man to receive the ten commandments
Torah
first five books
another name is the Pentateuch
Mishnah
the starting point of the oral tradition
Talmad
continued reflection of the Torah
Zionism
a nationalist movement to establish a homeland
1948 Israel recognized
the Zohar
a text from Jewish mysticism
The Holocaust
persecution of Jews by German Nazis from 1933-1945
6 million Jews died
Kabbalah
Jewish mysticism, teaches God can be known through the heart, through love
synagogue
center for prayer, study, and fellowship