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Jewish culture Flashcards

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Jewish denominations

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Ultra orthodox 
Modern orthodox 
Conservative 
Reform 
Reconstructonist
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New Christian

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Married among themselves
Told their children they were secretly Jewish
Those who converted were known as a New Christian

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Old Christian

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People who had always seen Christian 
Hated new Christians(because of economic ompetition and didn’t trust them)
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Pikuach nefesh

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There are 613 mitzvot(you can break all except 3)

1) do not murder
2) sexual sin
3) idol warship

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Queen Isabella and king Ferdinand

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Married in 1469 
Controlled Spain 
In 1492 the gave Jews two choices:
1)convert to Christianity 
2)kicked out
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Heretic

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A Christian theta doesn’t follow Christian law

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Martyr

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Someone who dies for their beliefs

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Lamut al kiddush Hashem

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To dies in honour of g-d’os name

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Missionary activity

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Christians who want to convert Jews to Christianity

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Jewish belief about souls

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Jews believe that when you die your souls goes to olam habah, the world to come

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Blood libel

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A Christian belief that Jews kill Christians to use their blood to bake matzah

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Spanish Inquisition

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Court of law
Tried to root out the heretics
Lasted 100s of years

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Spanish expulsion

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The king and queen kicked out Jews in 1492 on tisha b’av

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Dangers that Spanish Jews faced

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Hunger
Cold
Disease

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Sephardic

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Your ancestors came from Spain

In 1492 they were kicked out and went to Muslim countries

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Ashkenazi

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Ancestors came from Germany

In 1500s many went to east

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Spanish Jewish exiles went to

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Portugal
Ottoman Empire(turkey)
North Africa(Morocco)
Israel

18
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Ways to be a Zionist

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Go to the Israel rally
Learn about Israel
Travelling to Israel
Speak Hebrew

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Zionism

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Belief that jews should have the state of Israel

20
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Mendez family

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Got help of a Muslim leader
Mendez became Nazi family
They moved to Tiberius, Israel
Returned to Judaism

21
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Kabbalah

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Jewish mysticism
Why do bad things happen to good people
G-d= any sof(infinity)
Gemortriah= a way of reading holy books

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Non-kabbalistic

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Answer as to why bad things happen to good people
Yetzer hatov and yetzer harah
Every person can be good or bad in the world in your choice

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Shimon bar yochai

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He lived in a cave during Roman era

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Rabbi luria

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Believed that every time a Jew does a commandment he/she is repairing the world

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Why is number “7” is important

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7 days a week
7 blessings under chupa
7 fire fathers

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Devekut

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Jewish kabbalistic concept closeness to g-d

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Kavanah

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Proper intention

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Shulchan Aruch’s

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Written by rabbi Caro

It’s the code of Jewish law

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Rabbi Iserels

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Ashkenazi rabbi

He added on “mappah”which is a table cloth

30
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Renaissance

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Rebirth, or renewal 
A movement that originated in Italy 
It began in the 14th century 
BEFORE= it was focused on g-d 
DURING= it was focused on shifting people
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Renaissance scientific inventions and discoveries

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Printing press
Flushing toilet
Clock
Tape

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Humanism

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A philosophy that became popular during the Renaissance

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Martin Luther

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He was a angry that the Jews wouldn’t convert and changed his mind about being nice to them

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Martin Luther’s feelings about Jews

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Let’s treat the Jews kindly and gently and teaching about progress citizen and they will convert and join us

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7 point plan

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1) synagogues should be set on fire
2) their homes should be broken down and destroyed
3) they should be deprived of their prayer
4) rabbis must be forbidden
5) passport and travelling previllages should be forbidden
6) they ought to be stopped from usury
7) let the young and strong Jews be given the fail, hoe …. and let them earn bread

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