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Judaism Practices Flashcards

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Importance of the synagogue

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  • worship God needs a group of people
  • place of learning
  • do social activities
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Tzitzit + quote

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  • on clothes to represent mitzvot

- “sign on your hand and forehead, god’s word in your mouth”

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Kippah

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Worn by Jews on head for respect

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Star of David

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Represents shield of King David

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Menorah

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Candlestick

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Ark

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Where the Torah scrolls are kept

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Rabbi

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Leader/ teacher of the congregation

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Bimah

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Where the Torah is sung

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Ner Tamid

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Eternal light which is kept burning

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Teffillin

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Black box to keep Torah scrolls with you

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Tallit

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Clothing worn by men in prayer

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Examples of Jewish faith around the house

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  • everyday opportunity to worship God
  • commandments spread around the house
  • mezuzah on the doorposts
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Challah

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Jewish bread for celebration

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Kiddish Cup

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Holds the wine for the blessings

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Havadalah Cup

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Candle representing the light

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Besamin

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Soothe soul after the cup

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Items on the table in the Jewish home (2)

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  • on the table 2 candles represents commandments
  • bread represents loaves in the wilderness
  • wine is sweet for joy/celebration
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What happens in shabbat?

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  • no cooking/cleaning prepared before
  • Friday service 45 mins (family) and then Saturday is longer
  • Ark is opened for the Torah scrolls and decorated
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Quote for God’s word (about Torah)

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“Sweet like honey” as the Torah comes around Jewish people touch their lip

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Jewish Service (2 parts)

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  • Shema: Proclamation or faith

- Amidah: Standing prayer with 18 blessings thanking God and asking what to do to be good

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Reform Synagogue

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  • importance of feee will
  • modern
  • equality
  • mostly in own language
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Orthodox Synagogue

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  • in Hebrew
  • emphasis on Mitzvot
  • Men at front and Woman above at the back
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Birth ceremonies (3)

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  • Brit Milah: boy circumcised (Abraham Covenant) 8 days after birth and placed in chair to represent prophet Elijah
  • Naming Ceremony: Boy/Girl blessed on first Sabbath after they are born, father reads from Torah
  • Redemption of the first born: 31 days after birth to redeem from the temple in Jerusalem
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Marriage (2 stages)

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  • betrothal year before so marriage is “made holy” (legal) and plan out future
  • ceremony on any day but Shabbat, fast before, and groom breaks glass to represent broken temple
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Importance of marriage + quote

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  • unites to procreate
  • usually from similar Jewish backgrounds
  • “become one flesh”
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Stages of the Morning of the Dead (5)

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1st) Buried within 24 hours, grieve with company
2nd) Shiva is intense period of morning (1 week) where they don’t do anything like working and don’t focus on their appearance
3rd) 30 says after, no music or parties
4th) 11 months, time of reflection
5th) After year it ends, but keep having anniversaries

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Morning of the Dead quote + importance

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  • “Jacob tore clothes in sorrow”

- blessing to accept God’s decision

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Funeral (3 features)

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  • body washed carefully
  • not in Synagogue as it is a place of life
  • tombstone for remembrance
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Dietary Laws

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Rules for food that can and can’t be eaten

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Kosher Food

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  • food that Jews can eat

- eg: cows, Fish with scales, certified cheese, fruit/ veg free of insects

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Trefan Food

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  • food that Jews can’t eat

- eg: pork, camel, rodents, fish without scales

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Dietary law Quotes (2) + importance

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  • “make sure that you do not partake blood” as blood is life

- “do not boil kid in mothers milk” can’t mix meat and dairy

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Rosh Hashanah

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  • origins of the creation story and judgement
  • month before blow horns
  • prayers for forgiveness
  • remove fish head, to keep ‘head in the game’
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Yom Kippur

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  • most important day
  • “practice self-denial”
  • repent through 25 hour fast
  • intense prayer
  • horn to ‘wake up Jews’
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Pesach

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  • passover meal
  • this remembers Hebrew’s escape from slavery and the angel of Death passing over making every fist born Egyptian Son die
  • remove yeast from bread as Hebrews didn’t have time for it to rise
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Parts of the Sedar plate (5)

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  • salt water: tears of slaves
  • herbs: bitter times
  • egg: new life after Egypt
  • lamb: sacrifice
  • parsley: new life
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Bar Mitzvah

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  • boys 13th Birthday
  • read from Torah
  • becomes a man
  • responsible for their own actions
  • son of the commandments
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Bat Mitzvah

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  • girls 12th birthday
  • read from the Torah
  • lead congregation
  • daughter of the Commandments

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