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Judaism Practices Flashcards

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What’s a synagogue?

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A space for Jews to meet and take part in wider activities

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How are synagogues identified?

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  • Use of Jewish smybols for example a menorah or the star of David
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Whats the importance of the synagogue for worship and prayer?

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  • Place for worship and communal prayer and to pray for example the minyan (need 10 adults)
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Whats the importance of a synangogue for education?

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  • educate Jews for all ages
  • Provide classes in Hebrew to help learn Jewish prayer
  • Have a library to help older Jews continue understand their faith
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The importance of a synagogue social activities?

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  • Provide activities for children,teenagers and adults in a social hall
  • discuss important matters
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The importance of a synagogue for charitable events?

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  • Helps Jews donate money and time
  • Hold events to raise money
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Whats the prayer hall?

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  • Where Jews come to worship and a rectangualr shape
  • Decorated with Jewish symbols or extracts from a scripture
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Whats the Ark (Aron Hakodesh)?

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  • Ornament cabinet where Torah is kept
  • At the front of the synagogue towards Jeruselum
  • 10 commandments are written above the Ark
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Whats the significance of the Ark?

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  • holiest place in synagogue
  • represents prgional ark in covenant
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Whats the ever-burning light (ner tamid)?

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  • A light placed in front and above the ark
  • An oil lamp
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Significance of the ever burning light?

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  • Symbolises God’s lights
  • Reminds Jews that menorah was lit every night in Temple
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Whats the reading platform (bimah)?

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  • A raised platform situated in the centre of the prayer hall
  • Where the Torah is read from durinh services
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Significance of reading platform (bimah)?

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  • Provides a focal point where Torah is being read
  • Reminds Jews it was the centeral feature of the courtyard
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Whats the difference of Orthodox and reform Jews?

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  • Ox emphasise how important it is to follow laws of Torah
    Where reform emphasise importance of choice deciding and how to worship and think was written by God but adapted by humans
  • Ox think men and woman shldnhave diff roles
    Reform think shld have the same
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Difference between worship orthodox and reform Jews?

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  • Ox hold daily services reform don’t
  • ox have service in hebrew. Reforms in English
  • Ox person has back to congregation reform faces
  • ox woman and men sit seperately reform sit together
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Whats a tallit and significance?

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A prayer shawl made from wool or silk. Reminds Jews they are obeying God’s word and tassel represents mitzvot

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What’s the tefillin and significance?

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  • A pair of small leather boxes containing extracts from Torah including the shema
    (Reminds Jews that they should concentrate full on God when they pray.)
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Whats the format of Jewish prayers?

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  • Opening prayers are said and consist of psalms
  • She is recited by blessings
  • The amidah is said and prayed in silence towards Jeruselum
  • Series of blessings are said
  • Amidah is followed by readings from the Torah
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Why is prayer important to Jews?

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  • Way to communicate with God
  • Strengthens the Jewish community
  • Brings Jews closer to God
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What is a shabbat?

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  • Gift from God of a day of rest and renewal
  • Time to relax and enjoy life
  • Celebrate God’s promises
  • Celebrate God’s creation
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When is Shabbat?

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Saturday morning

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Shabbat in the home explain?

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  • All work is done day before and begins Friday evening.
  • Two candles placed on table
  • Challah is placed on table
  • Wine or grape juice is placed on table
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How is shabbat welcomed?

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A female member lights candles before sunset on Friday
She waves her arms around the candle then covers her eyes to say a blessing

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Whats the preperation of a meal on Shabbat?

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  • Parents bless children and head of household recites kiddush while holding it.
  • Bread is passed around
  • Meal ends with a prayer thanking God for the food
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What happens after Saturday morning service?

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  • shares a special meal and spend time with children studiying Torah
    End of shabbat is celebrated by havdalah service
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How do Jews Worship amd prayer?

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  • pray 3 times a day and stand to pray
  • Jewish homes have one or more mezuzot and touch it to obey laws
  • The layout of the kitchen also reminds Jews of God and need to obey law
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Whats the Tenakh?

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  • Jewish sacred scripture and 24 books which found in old testement
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Whats the Tenakh made up of?

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1) Torah (5book of Moses which form Jewish laws)
2) Nevim
3) Ketuvim

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Whats the Talmud?

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  • A commentary by early rabbis on the Torah
  • Contains how to interpret the Torah
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Whats the Talmud made up of?

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  • Mishnah (commentary of Torah)
  • Gemara (collections of discussions)
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What difference between Torah and Talmud for orthodox and reform Jews?

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Reform Jews don’t look at it the same Orthodox Jews do

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What’s the naming ceremnoy?

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  • boys and girls are blessed in the synagogue after their birth
  • father recites whole Torah and asks for good helath
  • A baby girls name will be announced and a boys at circumcision
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Whats the Brit Milah?

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  • happens when a boy is eight days old
  • Close friend place baby on empty chair emphasises Elijah
  • circumcise picks up baby and places on knee
  • baby’s father blessed son
  • Circumcised in quick operation and healed
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Whats redemption of first born son?

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  • People give money to newborn son. 30 days after to redeem him from service
  • Five silver coins given to kohen
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What’s the significance of the Brit Milah?

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  • Recalls covenant made with Abraham
  • provides lifelong reminder they are chosen one
36
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Whats the significance of first born son?

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  • comes from command 18
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Why is the Bar or Bat Mitzvah important?

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  • When a Jew becomes an adult
  • Brings Jews closer to God
  • When a Jew is meant to follow Jewish law
  • When a boy is allowed to become a minyan
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How do you celebrate a Bar mitzvah?

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  • After 13th birthday the boy reads from Torah
  • Boy wears a Tallit for first time and lead service
  • Boys father thanks God after and responsible for own actions
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How do you celebrate a Bat Mitzvah?

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  • Similar to boy
  • reads from Torah and gives speech
  • Often followed by celebratory meal
40
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What’s Betrothal?

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  • A period of time before wedding where engaged for 12 months
  • Do not live together.
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How do Jews prepare for a wedding?

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  • Fast to cleanse sins
  • Bride joins groom under chuppah symbolises home
  • Orthodox groom places ring on wo,an
  • Marriage contract is signed
  • 7 wedding blessings are recited
  • Rabbi makes short speech and groom breaks glass
  • couple get a private room
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What are the periods of mourning?

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  • Jews first hear death of family member. Say a blessing
  • Buried within 24 hours and don’t leave family body until burried
  • Grieve without following laws
  • Shiva starts which is mourning of 7 days
  • Thrid mourning starts for 30 days
  • final period for 11 months don’t attend parties
  • formal mourning ends after year
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What happens at a funeral?

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  • Body carefully washed and wrapped and wrapped in plain linen cloth.
  • funeral takes place in cementery
  • Put in a tombstone
44
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Where do dietery laws come from?

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Passages in Torah Leviticus 11

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What are the categorised foods called?

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Kosher or trefah

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How do Orthodox react to diatery laws?

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  • Strictly and beleive come from God to test obedience and develop self-control
47
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How do reform react to diatery laws?

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  • Laws are outdated and up to individual if should follow
48
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Whats Kosher?

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Must be killed in certain way. Killed by sharp knife and trained Jew and conscious when killed

49
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What should Jews be careful of and quote?

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Keep milk and meat seperate
“You shall not boil a kid in it’s mothers milk”

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How should the layout of Jews Kitchen be?

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  • Two sinks and two food preperations
  • colour code untensils
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Where did Rosh Hashanah come from?

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  • Remembers God’s creation of world and a day of judgement
  • Day which God created humans. Judges on their past actions
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Observence of Rosh Hashanah?

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  • Influenced by Behaviour during festival so they take actions to improve God’s judgement
  • Day of festival they share dinner
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Yom Kippur meaning?

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  • Day of Atonement and holiest day of Jewish calendar
54
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Origins of Pesach?

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  • Celebrates the Jews escape from slavery in Egypt.
  • Remembers final plagie
  • Remove yeast from home
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Significance of Red wine?

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  • reminder of lambs blood that Jews smeared ln lamp post. Save children from plague
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Significance of unleavened blood?

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  • celebrate the escape from egypt. Hidden for children to hunt
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Significance of Sedar plate?

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  • green vegetable symbolises new life
  • Salt represents tear
  • Bitter represents bitterness

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