Judaism

Question 1

Synagogue

Answer 1

A temple of worship for Jewish worships

Question 2

Minyan

Answer 2

Minimum number of people who can make daily prayers valid. Have to be Adult.
Orthodox=male
Liberal=male and female
Must have 10 Adults

Question 3

Menorah

Answer 3

a sacred candelabrum with seven branches used in the ancient temple in Jerusalem

Question 4

Star of David

Answer 4

Is found on the outside of a synagogue. It is the symbol for Judaism

Question 5

Torah scrolls

Answer 5

The religious scrolls for Judaism

Question 6

Beit K’nesset

Answer 6

a synagogue: often used in the names of congregations

Question 7

Shul

Answer 7

A school

Question 8

Bimah

Answer 8

the altar part or sanctuary in ancient and Orthodox churches

Question 9

Aron Hakodesh (the ark)

Answer 9

is the most important place inside all synagogues. The Aron Hakodesh is where the Torah scroll is kept

Question 10

Ner tamid

Answer 10

DescriptionA sanctuary lamp, chancel lamp, altar lamp, everlasting light, or eternal flame is a light that shines before the altar of sanctuaries in many Jewish and Christian places of worship

Question 11

Cantor (chazzan)

Answer 11

an official who sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue

Question 12

Tallit

Answer 12

a fringed garment, traditionally worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews

Question 13

Tefillen

Answer 13

a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of the Torah

Question 14

Tzitzit

Answer 14

specially knotted ritual fringes, or tassels, worn in antiquity by Israelites and today by observant Jews. They represent the 613 scrolls

Question 15

Amidah

Answer 15

is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy

Question 16

Shema

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is a Jewish prayer, and is also the first two words of a section of the Torah, and is the title of a prayer that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services

Question 17

Shabbat

Answer 17

The weekend of rest starting from friday evening to Sunday morning.

Question 18

Kiddush

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is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays

Question 19

Shabbat services

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A service which some Jews attended to show their faith.

Question 20

Challah bread

Answer 20

The bread which is cut during shabbat and prayed over

Question 21

Mezuzah

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a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah

Question 22

Nevi’im

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the second main division of the Hebrew Bible

Question 23

Ketvium

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is the third and final section of the Tanakh

Question 24

Mishnah

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an authoritative collection of exegetical material embodying the oral tradition of Jewish law and forming the first part of the Talmud

Question 25

Tenakh

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an acronym derived from the names of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible

Question 26

Talmud

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the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara

Question 27

Naming ceremony

Answer 27

an event at which a person or persons is officially assigned a name

Question 28

Brit Malah

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a Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony performed by a mohel on the eighth day after the infant’s birth

Question 29

Circumsision

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the action or practice of circumcising a young boy or man.

Question 30

Bar and bat Mitzvah

Answer 30

The official beginning of an adult when he or she turns 13

Question 31

Marriage

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legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship

Question 32

Mourning of the dead

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to feel or express sorrow or grief. to grieve or lament for the dead. to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person’s death

Question 33

Dietary laws

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any of the laws observed by Orthodox Jews that permit or prohibit certain foods

Question 34

Rosh Hashanah

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Literally means ‘head of the year’

Question 35

Yom Kippur

Answer 35

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement