jewish terms

Question 1

ashkenazim

Answer 1

an ethnic group of Jews that migrated to italy, central and eastern europe then americas

Question 2

diaspora

Answer 2

the dispersal of jews after the babylonian exile

Question 3

hasidism

Answer 3

jewish piety, a movement from 18th century Poland

Question 4

kabbalah

Answer 4

jewish mystical tradition

Question 5

messiah (jewish)

Answer 5

“the annointed” expected king or deliverer of the Jews, later applied by christians to jesus

Question 6

midrash

Answer 6

the literature of delving into the jewish torah

Question 7

orthodox judaism

Answer 7

observing the traditional rabbinical halakhah, strictest form of judaism

Question 8

pentateuch

Answer 8

5 books of moses at the beginning of the hebrew bible

Question 9

reformed judaism

Answer 9

movement began in 19th century which modernized judaism to make it more accessible and open ended

Question 10

sephardim

Answer 10

an ethnic grouping of jews that migrated to spain, north africa, the americas, then west asia

Question 11

talmud

Answer 11

jewish law and lore, sixth century A.D.

Question 12

list 4 main branches of judaism

Answer 12

orthodox, reform, conservative, reconstructionist