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What is the Torah?
A torah is a scroll that is sacred to the Jewish people that contains the first five books of the Old Testament. It also contains the most important Jewish prayer called the Shema. The torah cannot be touched by anyone and can only be touched by a Yad.
What is a synagogue?
A synagogue is a place where Jewish people go to prayer and study. It is led by a Rabbi or cantor.
What is a rabbi?
A rabbi is a Jewish teacher of law that often leads services at the Synagogue.
What is an ark?
An ark is at the back of a synagogue, and it has a little cabinet in it that has a curtain in front of it which contains the Torah scroll.
What is the Ner Tamid?
A Ner Tamid is a light that never goes out. It runs on electricity and gas. It represents that G-d is eternal and is above and always there.
What is the Menorah?
The Menorah is a 7 branched candle that is used in Jewish tradition.
What is a Mezuzah?
A mezuzah is a cylinder-shaped container that Jewish people put on every door in the house but the bathroom in a tilted way. The mezuzah holds the Shema inside of it, which is the Jew’s most important prayer. When Jewish people sell their house to another Jewish person, they leave the Mezuzah up for the next JEWISH family.
What is a tallit?
A tallit is a towel/blanket/cape item that Jewish people put over themselves every day when it is time to pray. They can also put this over them to stay close to G-d, and Rabbis and Cantors put it over themselves to when they are leading a service.
What is a kippah?
A kippah is a small hat that sits on the back of a boy/man’s head when they finish their Batz Mitzvah to symbolise that G-d is up and always with them.
What is a yad?
A yad is special (fancy) pointer that Rabbi uses to touch the torah with since the Torah cannot be touched by anyone’s hands or body parts.
What is a bimah?
A bimah is a raised platform where the rabbi and cantor stand to speak. The torah is also read on it when a service is being led.
What is a cantor?
A cantor leads the congregation/service with the Rabbi, the cantor does some singing and reads out the Torah.
What is a Siddur?
The siddur is a prayer book that contains a set of daily prayers.
What is a Tanakh?
The Tanakh is a book with a collection of Jewish texts known as the Hebrew bible.
What is a Talmud?
A central text with a collection of writings covering Jewish law, tradition, religion, ethics and customs.
