Judaism Practices Flashcards

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Bar Mitzvah

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Celebration of a boy coming of age at 13

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Bat Mitzvah

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Celebration of a girl coming age 12

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What happens during a bar mitzvah

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The boy reads from the torah

He’lll wear a tallit for the first time

Makes a short speech

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4
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What happens during a bat mitzvah

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The girl reads from the torah

Gives a short speech

May lead part of prayer service

The girl may make a speech at the end of synagogue service

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5
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Rites of passage

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Religious rituals which celebrate the 4 important events of life

Birth, coming of age, marriage, death

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6
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What happens to boys when they are 8 days old

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Brit Milah

Ceremony of male circumcision

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7
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Mohel

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Trained circumciser

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8
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Sandek

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Companion of the child

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9
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Dietary laws

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Rules that deal with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation & food combinations

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10
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Kosher

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Food that meets requirements of jewish law

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Trefah

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Food jews are forbidden to eat

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12
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What food does trefah originally describe

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Animals whose flesh had been torn by a predator so couldn’t be eaten

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13
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When can meat be eaten by jew

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The animal must be healthy and slaughtered by a trianed jew with a sharp knife

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14
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Examples of kosher food

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Cows, sheep, goats, deer

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15
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Examples of trefah food

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Pork, camel, rodents, reptiles

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16
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Kosher meaning in hebrew

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Clean or fit

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17
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When can jews eat fish

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If they have fins and scales

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18
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Shabbat preparations

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Is jewish homes all work is done

Home is prepared before Shabbat begins Friday evening

House is cleaned

Food is prepared

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19
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What happens during shabbat lighting the candle

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A female member lights candles

She lights them for anout 18 minutes

Says a prayer

20
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Shabbat

Friday meal

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Family washes their hands before meal

Head of household removes cover from challah loaves and liftes them up says a blessing

Then meal begins which lasts few hours

Meal ends with prayer of thanksgiving for food

21
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Shabbat

Saturday

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After morning service in synagogue the family enjoys another meal at home

End of shabbat marked by havdalah service

22
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Havdalah ceremony

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When 3 stars appear in the sky shabbat is over

This is marked by havdalah ceremony

23
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Marriage

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A legal union between a man and women

24
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Teaching from bible about marriage

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“Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh”

Genesis 2:24

25
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What happens after betrothal ceremony

A

Marriage contract signed in prescence of a witness

26
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Periods of mourning

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When death is anounced

1st, 2nd, 3rd period of mourning

Final period of mourning

After the first year

27
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What happens at jewish funeral

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Prayers, psalms, readings from scripture, short speech by rabbi

28
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Rosh Hashanah

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The jewish new year period

Lasts for 10 days and finishes with Yom Kippur

29
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How do jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah

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Special meal at home

Special prayers

Special synagogue service

30
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What happens during Yom Kippur

A

No work is done

No food or drink

No bathing

31
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Tallit

A

A prayer shawl

32
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Tefillin

A

Small leather boxes containing extracts from the torah

33
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Amidah

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‘Standing prayer’

Central prayer of jewish worship

34
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Bimah

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Platform in synagogue from where torah is read

35
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Rabbi

A

A Jewish religious leader and teacher

36
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Ner tamid

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Eternal light kept burning in the synagogue

37
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Synagogue

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A building for Jewish public prayer, study and
gathering

38
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Minyan

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Group of at least 10 adults

39
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Orthdox jews

A

Jews who strictly follow the laws

40
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Reform jews

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Jews who believe the laws in the torah can be adapted for modern times

41
Q

Cantor

A

A person who leads or chants prayers in synagogue

42
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Where are men’s and women’s seats in synagogue

Orthodox church

A

Men - both left and right

Woman - at the bottom

43
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Where are men’s and women’s seats in synagogue

Reform church

A

Together near the middle

44
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Kippah or yamulkah

A

A skull cap

45
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Nebi’im

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Books about the lives and teachings of prophets

46
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Why is pesach important to jews

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Reminds them of moses and israelites and the slavery