Judaisim General Knowledge Flashcards
Shekinah
G-ds presence on earth
Where are the Ten Commandments located?
Exodus 20
2-14
What is mitzvot
Commandment
Fancy word for messiah?
Maschiach
Tendency to to good?
Yetzer ha tov
And bad?
Yetzer ha rav
What is olam ha ha
World to come
What is the Talmud?
The Talmud is a holy source of Jewish text to explain the Torah
MISHNAH= Oral Torah, halakah (law) and
Haggadah (tradition and guidance)
GEMARA= comment on above and guidance (further detail)
What is pikuach nefesh
Protecting life is more important than anything else
What is the Mishnah?
Jewish oral traditions, halakah (law) and Haggadah (tradition and guidance)
• for example, it states ‘ the world is like a lobby before the olam ha ba. Prepare yourself in the lobby.’
What is the Amidah
Key prayer with 18 blessings
• praise, requests and thanksgiving
• rabbi silent= G-ds presence
• step back= retreat from his holy presence
What is the Shema?
Only like the most important prayer in Judaism!
Like the nicene creed, deceleration of faith
What is the kiddush?
‘Sanctification’
• blessing, recited over wine to sanctify the shabbat or Jewish holidays
What other prayers are involved in Shabbat services?
• haftorah
• sermon
(Also Shema, Amidah, Kiddush)
What is the modeh ani prayer
The prayer Jews say when they awaken
What is the Jewish prayer book called
SIDDUR
Contains Shema prayer on the back of every door except toilet
Mezuzah case
What are charity collections collected in
pushke box
What bread can be consumed on Shabbat
Challot loaves
What prayer is recited over wine
Kiddush
What does the woman lighting the candles represent
• Zakhor (rememberence)
• shamor (observence)
What candle shows distinction between Shabbat and the rest of the week
Havdalah candle
What is the leather boxes with Shema prayer called
tefillin
What is the garment called? What are the two varieties?
Tallith
• tallith gadol= prayer
• tallith katan= every day
What is the hat thing called
Kippah
What is the synagogue feature where
a) the Torah is read
b) the scrolls are kept
c) the holy book
• bimah
• Aron hakodesh
• Torah scrolls
Name the synagogue features :
a) the eternal lamp
b) the people sit
c) the prayer leaders
• Ner Tamid
• seating
• minyan
What does RITUAL stand for
• relationship established
• identity re enforced
• traditions kept
• unity -> equality
• affirms faith in G-d
• lifecycle (life and death related)
What does the child sit on in Brit Milah
Elijahs chair
Whom performs circumcision
The mohel
Who holds the child during circumcision
The sandek
What might a girl read at a bat mitzvah/chayil
Aliyah/ speech about a topic
What happens prior to a Jewish wedding
• kiddushin= not live together
What is the contract signed in a Jewish wedding
Ketubah
What is the veiling called
Bedeken
What does the ceremony happen underneath
Chuppah
Who is the Onan
The main mourner in a Jewish funeral
Who are the Chevra Kaddisha
Look after body
What is the Sloshim
30 day mourning period UNLESS PARENT= one year
What happens each year to mark the death
Yahrzeit ceremony
What is the Tenkah
Contains the Torah, neviim (book of prophets), ketuvim (psalms and behaviour)
What is Kosher
What can be consumed
What cannot be eaten
Trefah
What are all food rules
Kashrut
How must an animal be slaughtered
Shechitah by a Shocet using a chalif
What can be eaten with milk or meat
Parev
What is etrog
Citrus fruit used in Sukkot
What is lulav
Palm willow myrtle in wood holder
What is a sukkah
Like a booth
What is Charoset
Sweet fruit and nut paste thingy
What is Chametez
Swell grain
What is the Mikvah
A pool of natural water for spiritual cleaning on Yom Kippur
What is a shofar
HORN
What is tashilkh
Away crumbs in pockets is sins cast away
Who writes the Torah
Sofer
What’s the pointer used on the Torah called?
Yad
What are the two types of synagogue?
• Sephardic= orth/ trad
• Ashkenazi= ref/modern
What is the prayer recited each day during sloshim
Kaddish
What is the seven day grieving period called
Shiva
What’s the Kaddish prayer about
Goodness of G-d
‘ may there be abundant peace from heaven’
Where are rules about kosher found
Leviticus 11: 1-23
Briefly outline sukkot
• harvest
• travels to promised land
• etrog and lulav
• no work 7 days
• sukkahs
Briefly outline pesach
• Freedom from slavery
• exodus 12:14
• ‘festival of freedom’
• rid house of chamatez
• Seder meal
• Haggadah has prayers for the meal
• door open and wine for Elijah
Briefly outline Rosh hashanah
• day of creation
• celebration
• judgement
• serviced evening
• sweet food for sweet year
• shofar blown 100 times
• tashlikh
• 10 days of repentance
Briefly outline Yom Kippur
• ‘Day of anointment’
• holiest day of year
• self denial and fast
• synagogue day
• give to poor
• Mikvah
• kol nideri sing and story of Jonah
• single blast of shofar night
