judaism Flashcards
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all traced back to Abraham
abrahamic faiths
the binding of Isaac
akedah
hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people
anti-Semitism
circumcision, the removal of a baby boy’s foreskin at 8 days of age; Jews do this because God told Abraham to do this as a sign of the covenant
brit milah
an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the land that was promised to Abraham’s descendants
Canaan
Jews who preserve Jewish rituals and traditions, but are more flexible in interpreting Jewish laws than Orthodox Jews (sometimes called central orthodox
conservative Judaism
an agreement between God and the people, first established with Abraham and later with Moses
Convenant
all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation
culture
spread of people from their original homeland/ the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel
diaspora
belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition
ethnicity
the escape of Jewish slaves from Egypt as told in the Torah
The Exodus
Means ‘God preserves’; name given to Jacob by God and today is the name of the Jewish state in the Middle East
Israel
satisfying the requirements of Jewish law.
kosher
Jewish laws. There are 613 mitzvot in the Torah and they guide Jews on how to live a good life.
mitzvot * (mitzvah – plural)
Jews who believe in maintaining traditional beliefs and practices and laws given by God
orthodox Judaism
meaning “fathers,” refers to three generations of foundational figures in the Book of Genesis and Jewish tradition: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Patriarchs
Passover; a Jewish festival that remembers the story of the Exodus
Pesach
group of humans categorised on the basis of inherited characteristics (such as colour of skin) note – there is some disagreement about this concept
race
types of Jews who believe that Judaism can change and modernise, less focused on tradition
reform and liberal Judaism
giving up something important for something greater
sacrifice
a non-religious Jew
secular Jew
day of rest for Jews (Sabbath), begins at sunset on Friday evening
Shabbat
the main Jewish scripture that includes the Torah
Tanakh
the most important holy text for Jews (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy
& Numbers), believed by Orthodox Jews to be written by Moses
Torah
