Judaism Key Words

Question 1

Monotheistic

Answer 1

Religion that believes in only 1 God

Question 2

Rabbi

Answer 2

Jewish religious teacher/ figure of authority

Question 3

Tenakh

Answer 3

The Written Law. The Hebrew bible

Question 4

Torah

Answer 4

First 5 books of the Tenakh
Books containing teaching of God as revealed to Moses

Question 5

Shema

Answer 5

Jewish prayer affirming belief in 1 God, in Torah

Question 6

Mishnah

Answer 6

First collected and written down version of the oral teachings

Question 7

Gemara

Answer 7

2nd collected and written down version of the oral teachings

Question 8

Talmud

Answer 8

Oral law written down formed of both the Mishnah and Gemara