Judaism

Question 1

Synagogue

Answer 1

• building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith
• also refers to synagogue as an assembly or gathering of Jews for the purpose of religious worship

Question 2

Shekinah

Answer 2

• the power of gods presence

- for Jews it is the settling of the presence of God and his greatness

Question 3

Shabbat

Answer 3

• Jewish day of rest and the seventh day of the week

- Jews abstain from work and remember when God created the world and rested on the seventh day

Question 4

Kosher

Answer 4

• means ‘clean’ or ‘fit’

- word used to describe food that Jews are able to eat

Question 5

Torah

Answer 5

• the Jewish written law

- represent the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible, commonly known to non-Jews as the Old Testament

Question 6

Mitzvot

Answer 6

• acts we are to perform or avoid day in, day out

- there are 613 mitzvot including the 10 commandments

Question 7

Messiah

Answer 7

• the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation

- Jews believe a king will be sent by god to save the Jews

Question 8

Covenant

Answer 8

• a promise or an agreement

- Jews believe that god has chosen them and has made several covenants with them throughout history