Jewish Communities

Question 1

Jew History

Answer 1

The Biblical Abraham

Question 2

Jewish sacred text?

Answer 2

Hebrew Bible (Torah)

Question 3

2 Key Jewish Kingdoms

Answer 3

The Kingdom of Israel under David
(1020 to about 930 BC)

Kingdom of Judah (930 BCE–586
BCE) – Jerusalem was the capital
with the Jews most sacred temple

Question 4

Biblical

Answer 4

2nd millenium to 536 BC

Question 5

Second Temple

Answer 5

536 BC to 70 AD

Question 6

Rabbinic

Answer 6

70 AD to 6th C

Question 7

Medieval

Answer 7

6th to 16th C

Question 8

Menorah

Answer 8

way of creating a portable sanctuary;
symbolizes creation in 7 days, branches of knowledge, burning bush of Moses; associated with Hanukkah the commemoration of the miraculous burning of the lamp for 8 days
despite the desecration of the temple by the Seleucids and a lack of olive oil

Question 9

The Hebrew Bible

Answer 9

a collection of canonical
scriptures compiled in the Second
Temple Period

Question 10

Torah

Answer 10

Law

Question 11

Nevi’im

Answer 11

Prophets

Question 12

Ketuvim

Answer 12

Writings

Question 13

Masora Magna

Answer 13

notes written on upper & lower margins

Question 14

Masora Parva

Answer 14

notes written on the side

Question 15

Elish ben Abraham Cresques

Answer 15

created the “Farhi” bible from 1366- 83 on the island of Majorca for his descendants.

Question 16

Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque

Answer 16

Produced in Cordoba and shipped in pieces to
Marrakesh

Question 17

Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca

Answer 17

Likely first built around 1180 Almohad style
Horseshoe arches, hypostyle design, geometric ornament

Question 18

Ark (aron ha-kodesh)

Answer 18

Sacred cabinet in which Torah scrolls are kept typically kept on Eastern wall or oriented to Jerusalem

Question 19

Curtain (parochet)

Answer 19

Covers Ark

Question 20

Bimah

Answer 20

Elevated platform/table before the Ark on which the Torah read by the prayer leader rests