Judaism Flashcards
Follow most laws but adapt them to modern world
Liberals
Follow most laws
Orthodox
Follow all laws to specific detail
Ultra Orthodox
How do jews see free will?
Jews believe that god created free will so humans can choose between good and evil and make their own choices
How do jews see evil
Jews believe evil is necessary because if we were able to inly choose good it wouldn’t have as much significance
This refers to gods ongoing presence in the world
Shekhinah
Basically heaven for jews
Gan eden
Purgatory for jews
Sheol
Life after death
Resurrection
Gods promise to moses on mount sinai
Gods promises are to lead them to the promised land
The sinai covenant
Saving a life and overrides any jewish law
Pikuach nefesh
Singular jewish law
Mitzah
Multiple jewish laws
Mitzot
Jewish law book, written in hebrew
Torah
Jewish holy book
Tenakh
Rabis explaining explaining how the torah
Talmud
How many good mitzvot are there
248
How many bad mitzvot are there
365
A ceremony to show the connection between God and jewish people, it represents the covenant between them, this happens 8 days after birth
Brit milah
This ceremony happens after birth and they ask good to keep the child safe
Naming ceremony
This happens after 31 days from birth and they reedem them from the temple and to honor it
Redemption of the first born
Coming for age at 12 for girls
Bat mitzvah
Coming at age for boys at 13
Bar mitzvah
A festival that represents the birth of the jew nation after they were freed from slavery by Moses, they git given the promised land and were chosen as gods chosen people
Pesach
Couple is setaside for each other and ni other
Bethrodal
This ceremony takes place any day except on shabbat or a festival, the couple may fast on this day
The wedding
The jewish holy day of the week, a day of spiritual renewable starting shortly before sunset of friday and contuining to sunset, its a day of rest
Shabbat
The first days which begin in the day of the burial, the mourners, they also dont wear leather shoes and mirrors are covered
Mourning of the day
An anual festival which begins in December lathough the date changes yearly as teh jewish calendar differs from ours
Hanukkah
The place for jewish public prayer, worship and study
Synagogue
Found outside synagogue, symbol of judaism
Star of david
Inside handwritten torah scrolls are kept
The ark
Pointer to read the scrolls
Yad
Platform in the centre of the synagogue
Bimah
Means head of the year
Rosh hashanah
Horn that is blown in rosh hashanah
Shofar
A quorum of ten jewish adults required for certain religious obligations
Minyan
A synagogue
Beit k’nesset
A word orthodox jews use to call a synagogue
Shu
A light that is on the ark
Ner tamid
A shoulder cloth used for for praying
Tallit
Small boxes containing torah scrolls
Tefilin
Knotted rigual frindges and there are 613 of them like the number of mitzvah
Tzitzit
Central prayer
Amidah
Jewish prayer
Shema
Jewish wine used in the shabat
Kiddush
Bread used in shabbat
Challad
What member of the family lights the two candles for shabbat
The female
What happens after the evening ceremony at the synagogue (shabbat)
They share a special meal at home
a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah
Mezuzah
Second main division of the bible
Nevi’im
Final version of the tenakh
Ketuvin
Collection of jewishoral traditions
Mishnah
