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Judaisim General Knowledge Flashcards

1
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Shekinah

A

G-ds presence on earth

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2
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Where are the Ten Commandments located?

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Exodus 20
2-14

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3
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What is mitzvot

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Commandment

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4
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Fancy word for messiah?

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Maschiach

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5
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Tendency to to good?

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Yetzer ha tov

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6
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And bad?

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Yetzer ha rav

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7
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What is olam ha ha

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World to come

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8
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What is the Talmud?

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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)

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9
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What is pikuach nefesh

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Protecting life is more important than anything else

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10
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What is the Mishnah?

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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.’

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11
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What is the Amidah

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Key prayer with 18 blessings
• praise, requests and thanksgiving
• rabbi silent= G-ds presence
• step back= retreat from his holy presence

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12
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What is the Shema?

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Only like the most important prayer in Judaism!
Like the nicene creed, deceleration of faith

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13
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What is the kiddush?

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‘Sanctification’
• blessing, recited over wine to sanctify the shabbat or Jewish holidays

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14
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What other prayers are involved in Shabbat services?

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• haftorah
• sermon

(Also Shema, Amidah, Kiddush)

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15
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What is the modeh ani prayer

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The prayer Jews say when they awaken

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16
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What is the Jewish prayer book called

A

SIDDUR

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17
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Contains Shema prayer on the back of every door except toilet

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Mezuzah case

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18
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What are charity collections collected in

A

pushke box

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19
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What bread can be consumed on Shabbat

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Challot loaves

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20
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What prayer is recited over wine

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Kiddush

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21
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What does the woman lighting the candles represent

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• Zakhor (rememberence)
• shamor (observence)

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22
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What candle shows distinction between Shabbat and the rest of the week

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Havdalah candle

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23
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What is the leather boxes with Shema prayer called

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tefillin

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24
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What is the garment called? What are the two varieties?

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Tallith
• tallith gadol= prayer
• tallith katan= every day

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25
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What is the hat thing called

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Kippah

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26
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What is the synagogue feature where
a) the Torah is read
b) the scrolls are kept
c) the holy book

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• bimah
• Aron hakodesh
• Torah scrolls

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27
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Name the synagogue features :
a) the eternal lamp
b) the people sit
c) the prayer leaders

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• Ner Tamid
• seating
• minyan

28
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What does RITUAL stand for

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• relationship established
• identity re enforced
• traditions kept
• unity -> equality
• affirms faith in G-d
• lifecycle (life and death related)

29
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What does the child sit on in Brit Milah

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Elijahs chair

30
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Whom performs circumcision

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The mohel

31
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Who holds the child during circumcision

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The sandek

32
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What might a girl read at a bat mitzvah/chayil

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Aliyah/ speech about a topic

33
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What happens prior to a Jewish wedding

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• kiddushin= not live together

34
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What is the contract signed in a Jewish wedding

A

Ketubah

35
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What is the veiling called

A

Bedeken

36
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What does the ceremony happen underneath

A

Chuppah

37
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Who is the Onan

A

The main mourner in a Jewish funeral

38
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Who are the Chevra Kaddisha

A

Look after body

39
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What is the Sloshim

A

30 day mourning period UNLESS PARENT= one year

40
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What happens each year to mark the death

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Yahrzeit ceremony

41
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What is the Tenkah

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Contains the Torah, neviim (book of prophets), ketuvim (psalms and behaviour)

42
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What is Kosher

A

What can be consumed

43
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What cannot be eaten

A

Trefah

44
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What are all food rules

A

Kashrut

45
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How must an animal be slaughtered

A

Shechitah by a Shocet using a chalif

46
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What can be eaten with milk or meat

A

Parev

47
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What is etrog

A

Citrus fruit used in Sukkot

48
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What is lulav

A

Palm willow myrtle in wood holder

49
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What is a sukkah

A

Like a booth

50
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What is Charoset

A

Sweet fruit and nut paste thingy

51
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What is Chametez

A

Swell grain

52
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What is the Mikvah

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A pool of natural water for spiritual cleaning on Yom Kippur

53
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What is a shofar

A

HORN

54
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What is tashilkh

A

Away crumbs in pockets is sins cast away

55
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Who writes the Torah

A

Sofer

56
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What’s the pointer used on the Torah called?

A

Yad

57
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What are the two types of synagogue?

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• Sephardic= orth/ trad
• Ashkenazi= ref/modern

58
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What is the prayer recited each day during sloshim

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Kaddish

59
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What is the seven day grieving period called

A

Shiva

60
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What’s the Kaddish prayer about

A

Goodness of G-d
‘ may there be abundant peace from heaven’

61
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Where are rules about kosher found

A

Leviticus 11: 1-23

62
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Briefly outline sukkot

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• harvest
• travels to promised land
• etrog and lulav
• no work 7 days
• sukkahs

63
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Briefly outline pesach

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• 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

64
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Briefly outline Rosh hashanah

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• day of creation
• celebration
• judgement
• serviced evening
• sweet food for sweet year
• shofar blown 100 times
• tashlikh
• 10 days of repentance

65
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Briefly outline Yom Kippur

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• ‘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

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