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Identify the components of the tanakh

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Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim

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What is the central ritual if Judaism?

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The study of the Torah

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What is the Torah?

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The five Books of Moses:
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus 
Numbers
Deuteronomy
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Neviim contains what books in it?

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Prophets

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What does the Ketuvim contain?

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The writings

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Name the two parts of the Talmud.

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Mishnah

Gemara

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Legal writings in the Talmud

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Halakh

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Non legal writing; collection of rabbinic stories, folklore and exhortations

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{H}Aggadah

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What does fencing the Torah mean?

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The oral law fences the Torah because it restricts you from breaking commandments in the Torah

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The Passover in the spring

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Pesakh

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50 days after the Passover is the Pentecost of the summer which is called?

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Shavuos

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The feast of Tabernacles, which symbolizes 40 years of desert wandering, is called?

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Sukos

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What is the biblical name for Yom Kippur? Why is it significant to Jews?

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Day of Atonement

It is a somber occasion of abstention where they pray for repentance

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This day is marked by a blast on a rams horn where people have 10 days to repent of deeds and perform good works to alter balance. Yom Kippur is final day of grace.

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Rosh Hashana

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What is the historical occasion for the celebration of Purim

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Feast of Esther which is similar to Halloween

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The feast of lights which celebrates the military victory of the Maccabees

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Hanuka

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Describe the five pillars of Islam

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The Creed
Prayer
Alms Giving
Fasting: ninth month of islamicnyear. Fast dusk to dawn
Pilgrimage
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Is the shrine in the kiddie of the mosque in Mecca, housing the black stone. Significant for Muslims for praying and for performing part of Hajj rituals.

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Ka’aba

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Explain the Muslim Creed

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“There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.”

Implies monotheism and Muhammad is the Source of everything that is to be known on Earth

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