Judaism

Question 1

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Answer 1

A bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah is a coming-of-age ritual in Judaism at 12-13

Question 2

covenent

Answer 2

a promise that God made with Abraham.

Question 3

Hasidism

Answer 3

a sub-group within Haredi Judaism and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion

Question 4

Jerusalem

Answer 4

the holiest city in Judaism and the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people since the 10th century BC

Question 5

Kosher

Answer 5

fit or proper, laws are Biblical in origin – the Jewish People have applied them to their daily diet

Question 6

Mitzvot

Answer 6

a Hebrew word that roughly translates to “commandment.”

Question 7

Passover

Answer 7

a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt

Question 8

Rabbi

Answer 8

a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.

Question 9

Rosh Hashanah

Answer 9

the Jewish New Year festival

Question 10

Shabbat

Answer 10

day of holiness and rest observed by Jews from sunset on Friday to nightfall of the following day.

Question 11

Shema

Answer 11

means ‘hear’, the central affirmation of Judaism

Question 12

Synagogue

Answer 12

the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction.

Question 13

Tanakh

Answer 13

Hebrew bible,

Question 14

Yom Kippur

Answer 14

he canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, including the Torah, the Nevi’im, and the Ketuvim

Question 15

Zionism

Answer 15

A nationalist movement that supports the right of the Jewish people to have an independent Jewish State in the LAND OF ISRAEL

Question 16

Anti Semitism

Answer 16

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

Question 17

Blood Libel

Answer 17

an accusation that Jewish people used the blood of Christians in religious rituals, started in middle ages

Question 18

Expulsion of the Jews

Answer 18

enacted in order to eliminate their influence on Spain’s large converso population and to ensure its members did not revert to Judaism, many Jews in Spain either converted or were expelled.

Question 19

Protocols of the Elders of
Zion

Answer 19

a fabricated antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination

Question 20

Reform Jews

Answer 20

a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism

Question 21

Orthodox Jews

Answer 21

e traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism.

Question 22

Conservative Jews

Answer 22

seeks to preserve Jewish tradition and ritual but has a more flexible approach to the interpretation of the law than Orthodox Judaism.

Question 23

Obeying 10 commandments

Answer 23

Jews believe they are God’s chosen people and that they must set an example of right behaviour to the world

Question 24

How Jews live out their faith

Answer 24

daily prayers which are said three times each day - in the morning, the afternoon, and after sunset.

Question 25

How early Christians viewed Jews

Question 26

The impact of the Enlightenment

Answer 26

daily prayers which are said three times each day - in the morning, the afternoon, and after sunset.