Daily Life

Question 1

Tenakh

Answer 1

Made up of the Torah
Neviim - book of prophets
Ketuvin - Holy writings

Question 2

Talmud

Answer 2

Made up of the Mishnah and the Gemara
Used in Public and private worship, as well as the siddur

Question 3

What do most Jews have at home

Answer 3

A Chumash - it shows the passage that should be read today

Question 4

Kosher

Answer 4

Means fit or proper, foods that are permitted to be eaten according to Leviticus 11, can also refer to the purity of ritual objects such as Torah scrolls
The opposite is treifah

Question 5

What are the Kosher laws and why

Answer 5

Originally humans were vegetarians but following the flood God allowed Noah and his family to eat meat
Forbidden are:
Some birds, Shellfish, fish without fins and scales, animals with split hooves, animals that do not chew the cut
Additionally, animals must killed using a method called Shechitah
Meat and dairy must be separate