Judaism

Question 0

Yahweh (8)

Answer 0

he's their God, 
they don't say the word yahweh. 
believe his invisible and immaterial
not made of stuff and can't be seen 
loving
forgiving
compassionate
righteous

Question 1

Jew demographics

Answer 1

18 million jews in the world

over half of them live in the US

Question 2

Torah

Answer 2

First five books of the bible

Located in the tanakah

Question 3

Tanakha

Answer 3

Talmud
the oral Torah
rabbi’s interpretations of the torah

Question 4

Nebi’im

Answer 4

the prophets

Amos, micah, jerimih

Question 5

The Ketuvim

Answer 5

The Ketuvim
the wisdom literature
book of job; esther, psalms, proverbs

Question 6

Hebrew History

Answer 6

Hebrew History
-know the story of Abraham
has to move from his hometown to the promiseland
jacob
 -his twelve tribes
moses
-the exodus stories

Question 7

Meaning in Genesis

Answer 7

• need to know what they teach us about God
• creation and humans
• teach us what the jews believe about humans and creation
• know that jews believe that they are good.
• even though they are good they are not perfect
• they are limited things, but they’re not bad
• humans are also pretty good they mess up but they’re not bad

Question 8

Orthodoxy/Orthopraxis

Answer 8

• ortho means straight; correct; right doxy; belief
• orthodoxy means right or direct belief
• orthopraxis means right action
• jews care more about your right action
• what you do matters more than what you believe

Question 9

Purim

Answer 9

Purim- has to do with the book of esther
she convinces the king not to kill her people
they drink around this time and eat triange shaped cookie
Haman who was the bad guy and Morteki who was the good guy

Question 10

Rosh Hashana

Answer 10

Rosh Hashana
first day of the jewish calendar
starts off the period of judgement
God decides whose going to be saved or not
apples, honey, challah

Question 11

Sukkot

Answer 11

Sukkot
means booth or tent or temporary dwelling
it represents the forty years wandering the desert
need to be able to see through the roof to the night sky

Question 12

Hanukkah

Answer 12

Hanukkah

they have the manora represents the candle that burned for 8 days when it was only supposed to last for one

Question 13

Shabat

Answer 13

Shabat
friday at sunset until saturday at midnight
a day of rest not work
time meant to be spent with your family

Question 14

Kiddushin

Answer 14

Kiddushin
jewish weddings
chuppah represents the home you are going to build together
they break a plate to represent the destruction of the temple

Question 15

Reform

Answer 15

Reform
do not believe that the torah was written by God
they believe that it was written and can be interpreted by God

Question 16

Conservative

Answer 16

Conservative
a middle ground between reformative and orthodox
balance modern culture with traditional values

Question 17

Orthodox

Answer 17

orthodox
most conservative believe the torah was written by God
they take it literally

Question 18

How Jews find meaning in..

History

Answer 18

How jews find meaning in …..
history
reminds them where they come from
shows them how god has acted in history

Question 19

How do jews find meaning in suffering

Suffering

Answer 19

suffering
through their suffering they value things like freedom
suffering is a great teacher on how to value the little things

Question 20

How Jews finding meaning in

Messanism

Answer 20

Messianism
belief in a messiah
someone who is going to come and bring the jews back to the homeland
reverse the Diaspora (dispersal of the jewish people)

Question 21

Zionism

Answer 21

Zionism

belief in a political homeland for the jewish people

Question 22

The state of israel
why was it created?
what problems arised because of it?

Answer 22

It was created because they wanted to have land for themselves. They were always in territories dominated by other religions and they wanted a place of their own.

War between the people already living there.