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What are the sub-topics of Judaism practices?

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Introduction to synagogues
Inside a synagogue
Celebrating Shabbat
birth ceremonies
Daily prayer services
Bar & Bat Mitzvah
Marriage
mourning for the dead
Jewish food laws
Pesach
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

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What is a synagogue?

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A place of worship for Jews

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What does a synagogue contain?

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Star of David
Ark
10 commandments
Yad
Bimah
Menorah
Ner tamid

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What is the Ark?

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Cupboard that houses the Torah scrolls- the most important feature in a synagogue

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What is a yad?

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A pointer used to read the scrolls

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What is the Bimah

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Platform in the centre of the synagogue. The Torah scrollsare read from here

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What is a menorah?

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A seven-branched candlestick- representing each day of God’s creation

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What is the Ner Tamid?

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Eternal light. Always burning. It shows God is always present

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What is Shabbat?

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The celebration of the sabbath (Jewish holy day)

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What is a Chollot?

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Loaves of bread in shabbat and festivals

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What is Havdalah?

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A ceremony marking the end of Shabbat

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What is the Kiddush?

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A prayer said over wine to sanctify the Shabbat

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What do the woman of the home do during Shabbat?

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Light the candlesand welcomes Shabbat into the home. She will recite a blessing of the commandments. She then recites a blessing for the family

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What do the two candles during Shabbat represent?

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The fourth commandment,’ keep the Sabbath day holy’

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What will the father do at Shabbat?

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He will bless the children and recite the Kiddush over the wine. He will then read the Genesis story of creation

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What other practices do Jews do at Shabbat?

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They will wash their hands to remind them when G-d saved them from the wilderness

The father will break the bread and recite the sacrifice of the temple

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What is a Kippah?

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A hat worn by Jews which is a sign of respect for God

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What is a Tallit

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Woollen shawl that shows the man is obeying God’s kaw. Worn on the shoulders

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What is the Tefillin?

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Leather boxes worn on the upper left arm and the forehead. Contain prayers

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What is Minyan?

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Where Jews are required to pray 3 times a day

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What is the Amidah

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A standing, silenced prayer which is said facing Jerusalem

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What does a daily prayer service consist of?

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  1. Opening prayers
  2. Shema
  3. The Amidah
  4. Final prayers
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Shema?

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Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our Gid is one… you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might

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What is Brit Milah?

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When a new born baby is circumcised which is the symbol of the covenant with Abraham

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Why is it important for Jews to have children?
God's commandment in Genesis,' Be fertile and increase in number'
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What was Bar Mitzvah mean?
Son of the commandment
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What is Bar Mitzvah?
The ceremony to mark the point in a child's life when they become responsible for keeping the covenant
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How old does a boy do his Bar Mitzvah?
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What is betrothal?
A period of time, for 12 months before the wedding, where the couple are engaged. The couple are apart from each other
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Why does the groom break a glass?
To show regret for the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem
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What is the first period of mourning?
When close family members stay with the body and mourn
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What is the second period of mourning?
Shiva- a 7 day intense mourning, beggining on the day of burual. Mourners recite the Kiddush praising God and asking for peace
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What is the third period of mourning?
Lasts 30 days after death. Activities that are not in the spirit are avoided
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What is the fourth (final) period of mourning?
Lasts 11 months. Mourners do not attend parties and continue to recite kiddush. They light a candle burning for 24 hours
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What is Kosher
Fitting; food a Jew is permitted to eat
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What is Kashrut?
The state of being Kosher
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What is Treifah?
Not kosher
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What is shechitah?
Jewish method of slaughtering animals
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What is a shochet?
Jewish butcher
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What law says that certain types of food is permitted?
Deuteronomy 14:6- You may eat the animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud
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What animals are kosher?
Beef Lamb Chicken Deer Goat Fish
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What quote talks about eating sea animals?
Deuteronomy 14:10- 'But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for it is unclean'
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What was the Jewish law say about mixing meat and dairy?
Deuteronomy 14:21- 'Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk'
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What animals are Treifah?
Camel, rabbit, hydrax, pigs
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What is pesach?
An eight day festival reminding the Jews of the last of 10 plagues and the death of every Egyption first born
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What food is there at the Seder meal?
Roasted egg Lamb bone Salt water Parsley Horseraddish Cheroset Wine Matzos, unleavered bread
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What items are at a Seder meal?
Seder plate Matzos Cups
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What does the first cup of wine at a Seder meal represent?
Freedom of the Jews and four promised God made to Abraham
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What does the dipping the Parsley at a Seder meal represent?
The way God cared for the Jews when they were travelling in the desert
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What does the Matzah at a Seder meal represent?
The haste with which the children of Israel left Egypt
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What does the second cup at the Seder meal represent?
God's promise of deliverance from the Egyptions
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What do the bitter herbs at the Seder meal represent?
The bitterness of the forced labour of the Israelites
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What does the Charoseth at the Seder meal represent?
The mortar used to make the bricks to build pharoh's buildings
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What does the egg at the Seder meal represent?
In memory of the daily temple sacrifice. Symbol of new life and spring time
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What does the shank bone ate the Seder meal represent?
Reminder of the lamb which was killed so its blood could be put on its doorstep
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What does the third cup at the Seder meal represent?
God's promise of redemption
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What does the fourth cup at the Seder meal represent?
Symbolises God's promise of release to Moses
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What is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Year
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What is Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement when Jews pray to God and repent of their sins
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What do Jews wear during Rosh Hashanah?
White to symbolise purity White kittel
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What are Jewish customs at Rosh Hashanah?
Tashlich Shofar
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What is Tashlich?
A ceremony where prayers are said next to a river Running water symbolises water taking away the sins. Fish are thought to protect the evil eye
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What is Shofar?
When a horn is blown to remind the Jews of great sacrifice that Abraham was prepared to make
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What are other customs of Rosh Hashanah?
Write cards "L'shana Tovah"- a good year Sweet foods Eating round chalots
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What are the 10 days of Penitence?
They begin on Rosh Hashanah and end on Hom Kippur
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What happens during the 10 day of penitence?
All Jews put aside evil ways by performing good deeds
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What is the 10 days of penitence prayer called?
Selichot
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Why is Yom Kippur celebrated?
It is the day when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two new tablets to replace the ones the had smashed to the golden calf
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What are the practices at Yom Kippur?
There is fasting for 25 hours The Yahrzeit candle is lit at the meal before fasting where Jews remember the dead

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