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JUDAISM Flashcards

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Israel

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To wrestle with god
Isra- wrestle
El- god

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Isaac

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Abrahams son, offerd to sacrifice to prove faith to God

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Brit

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Covenent

Brit malah - circumcision performed 8 days after son is born

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Exodus

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Hebrews migrated to Egypt but enslaved, rescued from slavery by god thru moses, wandered desert for 40 yrs
Rescue celebrated at passover
Arrived at mt sinai where for 40 days and 40 nights, moses recieves the Torah from God

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Ark of the Covenant

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Where the torah was stored

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Solomons temple

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Political and religious center of Jewish life bc only legit place to worship, at this time worship was animal sacrifice
Temple destroyed by babylonians in 586 bce

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Diaspora

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Disperal of the Jews

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Zion

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Promised land

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Halakhah

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Jewish law

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God

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One god, monotheistic, first strcitly monotheistic religion
Creation shows gods divine power
HUMANS NOT BORN WITH ORIGINAL SINBUT HAVE GOOD AND BAD INCLINATIONS IN THEM, WITH THE FREE WILL TO CHOOSE WHICH TO FOLLOW

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Mashiach

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Messiah, will come to bring peace and the end of days, messiach will not be divine but a descendant of Kind David

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Olam ha ba

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New age of peace that will follow the messianic age

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Views on afterlife

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No clear consensus on a paradise or hell, most believe it wont be a separate realm, but a time in which justice will be served

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THE TANAKH OR HEBREW BIBLE

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Three parts:
Torah
Neviim
Ketuvim

TaNaKh (get it)

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Torah

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5 books of Moses
Transmitted by god to Moses on mt sinai
Covers creation story all the way throught the death pf moses
In scroll form, hand copied, cannot touch the paper

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Neviim

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Prophets
Covers settlement in Canaan to the destruction of the first temple
Focus is moral behavior

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Ketuvim

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Misc writings
Psalms (poems written by David)
5 scrolls
Other stuff including books of job

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Oral torah aka rabbinic texts

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Bc god explained torah to moses but not written down initially
Contains explanation of the written Torah
Contains:
Books of Midrash: advice on how to apply the bible to modern life
Talmud
-mishnah and gemara

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Talmud

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Teaching
Focuses on Halakah (jewish law) and Aggadah (ethics and morals)
Has two parts:
Mishna: legal opinions debates by rabbis, compiled in 2nd century ce
The gemara: rabbinic discussion of the gemara

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Worship

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Initailly animal sacrifice and individual prayer but after destruction of the 2nd temple, began to focus on prayer and studying holy texts
Public prayer 3x a day, on sabbath and holidays

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Synagogues

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Gathering places

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Prayer

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Recited in Hebrew
3x a day
Rabbi doesnt need to be present
5 books of the Torah are read throught the year

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Amidah

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Central prayer, praises God, includes requests and public declaration of the wishes of the people of israel

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Shma

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Statement of ultimate affirmation of jewish faith, recited before prayers
“Hear o Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One”

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Kashrut

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Food laws

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Kosher

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Permitted, only animls that chew cud and have clocen hooves, must be slaughtered by adukt jew, meat and dairy separated

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Shabbat (sabbath)

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Commemorates creation story, only sacred day in 10 commandments, day of rest from sunset friday to sunset saturday

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Rosh hashanah

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Day of judgement, not actual judgement day
Starts new year
Wake up call to think and live morally

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Yom kippur

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Day of repentance/atonement
10 days after rosh hashanah 
Adults fast
Solemn introspection and prayer
Turn back to god
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Sukkot

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Feast of tabernacles
Commemorates time in desert wo homes
5 days after yom kippur

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Passover

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Remembers angel of death passed over israelite infants

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Shavu’ot

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Commemorates revelation at mt sinai and giving of the torah

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Beth din

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Rabbinical court

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Reform movement

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More ethics less ritual
Conforms to modernism
More womens rights

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Conservative

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Sought to preserve historic judaism
Allowes minor modifications for modernity
Compromise bt reform and orthodox

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Orthodox

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Traditionsalists
Adhere to written and oral torah
See jewish law as completely binding

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