Judaism

Question 1

Ark

Answer 1

A cupboard in the synagogue where the Torah scrolls are stored.

Question 2

Ark of the Covenant

Answer 2

The box that housed the two tablets of stone on which the original Ten Commandments were written.

Question 3

Bimah

Answer 3

The platform from where Torah scrolls are read.

Question 4

Circumcision

Answer 4

The removal of a baby boy’s foreskin at the age of eight days in Judaism.

Question 5

Congregation

Answer 5

People who attend a religious service

Question 6

Conservative Jews

Answer 6

Jews who preserve Jewish rituals and traditions but are more flexible in interpreting Jewish laws than Orthodox Jews

Question 7

Covenant

Answer 7

An agreement between God and people

Question 8

Hasidic Jews

Answer 8

A group within Orthodox Judaism who follow a strict religious lifestyle and have distinctive appearance.

Question 9

High Priest

Answer 9

Historically the highest rank of a Jewish leader.

Question 10

Idols

Answer 10

Statues that are worshipped

Question 11

Kashrut

Answer 11

Jewish food laws

Question 12

Kippah

Answer 12

A head covering worn during prayer

Question 13

Kosher

Answer 13

Food that is acceptable for Jews to eat

Question 14

Menorah

Answer 14

A seven-branched candle stick and a symbol of divine light in the world.

Question 15

Messiah

Answer 15

Anointed one

Question 16

Mezuzah

Answer 16

A small box attached to doorposts in Jewish homes containing the Shema

Question 17

Mitzvot

Answer 17

Jewish laws (613 in total); the singular is called mitzvah

Question 18

Monotheist

Answer 18

A person who believes in one god and one god only

Question 19

Monotheism

Answer 19

Belief in one god and one god only

Question 20

Orthodox Jews

Answer 20

Jews who believe in maintaining the traditional beliefs and practices of Judaism and the laws given by God

Question 21

Pilgrimage

Answer 21

A journey taken for religious reasons

Question 22

Polytheist

Answer 22

Someone who believes in more than one god

Question 23

Promised land

Answer 23

An area of land in the Middle East given to Jews by God

Question 24

Prophet

Answer 24

A messenger of god

Question 25

Rabbi

Answer 25

The leader of a synagogue

Question 26

Reform and Liberal Jews

Answer 26

Jews who believe that Judaism can change or modernise over time

Question 27

Sacrificial alter

Answer 27

A place where animals were killed as offerings to God

Question 28

Secular

Answer 28

Non-Religious

Question 29

Shema

Answer 29

Most important prayer in Judaism

Question 30

Siddur

Answer 30

Jewish prayer book

Question 31

Synagogue

Answer 31

Jewish place of worship

Question 32

Tallit

Answer 32

A symbolic shawl worn during prayer

Question 33

Tanakh

Answer 33

Main Jewish scripture which includes the Torah

Question 34

Tefillin

Answer 34

Two boxes are worn during prayer which contains verses from the Torah

Question 35

Torah

Answer 35

Holy text for Jews

Question 36

Trefah

Answer 36

Food Jews are not allowed to eat

Question 37

Twelves Tribes of Israel

Answer 37

The families of the sons of Jacob

Question 38

Yad

Answer 38

A pointer used to read the Torah in the synagogue

Question 39

Abraham

Answer 39

A man who God made a covenant with that he would have many descendants who would be a great nation.

Question 40

Isaac

Answer 40

Son of Abraham and the second patriarch

Question 41

Jacob

Answer 41

The son of Isaac and the third patriarch

Question 42

Moses

Answer 42

A man who received the laws including the Ten Commandments of God

Question 43

Solomon

Answer 43

King of Israel who built the first Temple in Jerusalem