Judaism

Question 1

What type of religion id Judaism?

Answer 1

Monotheistic

Question 2

What is monotheistic?

Answer 2

A religion that believes there is only one God

Question 3

What is the Shema?

Answer 3

A jewish prayer affirming belief in the one God found in the Torah

Question 4

Why do they write G-d instead of God?

Answer 4

show a sign of respect

Question 5

What is the Tenakh?

Answer 5

Jewish scriptures

Question 6

What is in the book of Shema that refers to the saying there is only one God?

Answer 6

“The Lord is our God, The lord alone”

Question 7

What is the Torah?

Answer 7

five books of moses which form the first section of the Tanah

Question 8

What 3 things do Jews thing God is and what do they mean?

Answer 8

Omnipotent - all powerful
Omniscient - all knowing
Omnipresent - being everywhere at all times

Question 9

Who do Jews think created Evil?

Answer 9

God

Question 10

What is the mitzvot?

Answer 10

jewish rules or commandments

Question 11

What does Shekhinah mean?

Answer 11

the diveine presence of God

Question 12

Who did God give the ten commandments to?

Answer 12

Moses

Question 13

What were the commandments originally scribed on?

Answer 13

Two tablets of stone

Question 14

How many laws are in the Torah?

Answer 14

613

Question 15

When do Jews think the two main times when god judgement happens?

Answer 15

during festival of Rosh hashanah and after death

Question 16

What is the rosh hashanah?

Answer 16

Jewish new year

Question 17

What does Shekhinah mean?

Answer 17

God’s divine prescence

Question 18

What is a rabbi?

Answer 18

jewish religious leader and teacher

Question 19

What is the blessing which Jews say to god once someone has died?

Answer 19

“Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, the true judge”

Question 20

How do Jews mourn for someone?

Answer 20

Intense mourning while waiting for burial then 7 days after followed by 30 days of lesser morning

Question 21

What is the Sheol?

Answer 21

Place of waiting where souls are cleansed

Question 22

What does the word Messiah mean?

Answer 22

the anointed one

Question 23

What are some of the Ten commandments

Answer 23

"You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God"
"Remember the sabbath and keep it holy"
"Honor your father and your mother"
"You should not commit adultery"
"you shall not steal

Question 24

What does Pikuach nefesh mean?

Answer 24

the obligation to save a life, even if doing so breaks Jewish law

Question 25

Why does some Jews disagree with Organ donating?

Answer 25

they believe that the body should be complete when buried

Question 26

What is a minyan?

Answer 26

a group of at least 10 adults

Question 27

What is a bimah?

Answer 27

A platform in a synagogue from where the torah is read

Question 28

What is the Aron Hakodesh?

Answer 28

the ark where the sacred scrolls are kept

Question 29

What is a cantor?

Answer 29

a person who lead prayers in the synagogie

Question 30

What is the tallit?

Answer 30

prayer shawl

Question 31

What it the tefillin?

Answer 31

small leather boxes containing extracts from the torah strapped to the arm and forhead

Question 32

Where is the boys named?

Answer 32

at their circumcision eight days after birth

Question 33

where is the girl named?

Answer 33

father announces her name in the synagogue the first sabbath after

Question 34

quote to show all men must be circumcised?

Answer 34

“any male who is uncircumcised…has broken my covenant”

Question 35

Why do Orthodox Jews give a small amount of money to the firstborn son 31 days after the birth?

Answer 35

redeem him from temple sevice

Question 36

What is the shiva?

Answer 36

intense period of mouring that lasts for seven days

Question 37

What is the Kaddish?

Answer 37

A prayer said by Jewish mourners that praises God and asks for peace