Judaism Practises Flashcards
What is a synogogue?
A building for Jewish public prayer, study and gathering
What os the tenack made out of?
Torah
Nevi’im
Talmud
What is shabbat?
Can’t do work from Friday evening to Saturday evening
On coming of age, what do bodys become?
Bar Mitzvah(son of commandments)
On coming of age, what do girls become?
Bat Mitzvah(daughter of comandments)
What is the first step of a Jewish marriage?
The botrothel
What is aninut? (Mouring of dead)
Peroid of death to burial
What is Koiah? (Mouring of dead)
Taring one’s cloths(expression of grief)
What is the shiva (Mouring of dead)?
7 days of intense mourning at home
What is the shooshim (Mouring of dead)?
First 30 days period of mouring (lesser period)
What is the Aveilut (Mouring of dead)?
Mouring period for kids of deceased(lasts 1 year)
What is Kaddish (Mouring of dead)?
Prayer said by Jewish mourners to ask for peace.
What is yizkar (Mouring of dead)?
Serivce x4 a year to remember all they lost(in synogogue)
What os yahrzeit (Mouring of dead)?
Anniversary of death, mourners say Koddush and lit a candle in memory of the deceased.
What is a Kippah? Who wears it?
A jewish hat for men, it shows respect for God
Give three examples of things can’t do on shabbat?
- can’t go to work
- no creative work
- no destructive work
What is the bimah?
A platform where the torah is said during the service
What is a menorah?
A 7 branch candle stick, represents 7 days of creation
What is a tallit?
Worn by men everyday to pray(like a white cape)
What is a ner tamid and what does it symbolise?
Eternal light, symbolises God’s relationship with us and how God is omnipresent
What is a tefillin?
Two black boxes that jews wear to pray, inside the boxes are the words of the torah
What is a synagouge for orthodox Jews like?
- women sit seperate to men-from a gallary behind
- all rabbis are male
- person leading the services faces the arc
- kippah worn all the time
What is a synagouge for reform Jews like?
- women sit with men
- Rabbis are male and female
- person leading service faces the congrigation
- only wear Kippah in the service
What is a Tallit’s significance?
-reminds Jews they are obeying God’s word
What is the significance of the Tefillin?
It reminds Jews that they should be concentrating fully on God when they pray and their prayers should come from the heart
What is the Jewish written law called?
Tenack(made out of torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim
What is the Jewish Oral Jaw called?
The Talmud(made out of Mishnah and Gemara
What is the Nevi’im?
The prophets
What is the Ketuvim?
Writings
Why do Jews follow Shabbat?
Because one of the ten commandments is “remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy”
How many meals are in Shabbat?
3 but they are prepared in advance
What four items are placed on the table in a Jewish home during Shabbat?
- wine
- two loaves of Challah bread
- at least two candles
- the best cutlery
How do Jews welcome Shabbat?
-a female member of the family lights two candles, she beckons the family and she says a blessing/ prayer for the family
After the Shabbat services in the synogouge, what is the cup that is with the special blessing?
-Kiddush cup
What happens 8 days after a Jewish birth?
The naming ceremony
What happens in the naming ceremony?
Outhodox: families blesssed in synogogue on Shabbat. Father goes foward to recite torah blessing and to ask God for good helath for his wife and baby
When is Brit Milah and what happens?
8 days old, the foreskin is removed
When is the redemption of the first born son and what happens?
31 days old, 5 gold coins given to decendents of priests who usted to work im the temple, it frees them from “temple service”
What happens after Bat Mizvah and Bar Mitzvah?
Jews have to follow the laws a lot more closely
What are the two stages of getting married for Jews?
The betrothal
Marriage ceremony
What is the name for food that jews are allowed to eat?
Kosher
Dietry laws: What is rule number 2?
don’t mix meat with dairy
Dietry laws: What is rule number 3?
You must keep a Kosher kitchen
Dietry laws: What is rule number 1?
You are allowed to eat anything that has spit hoof and chews the grass
What does “Pesach” mean?
The feat of passover
What is the holiest day for jews?
Yom kipper
What happens in Rosh Hashama?
Special prayers are said
What is a menorah?
A many-branched candlestick that holds either 7 or 9 candles
Bimah
Platform where torah is read
What do orthodox jews empahise?
The inportance of following laws and guidence of the torah
What do reform Jews emphasise?
Importance of individual choice in how to worship
-equality for men and women
Describe Shabbat preperations in a Jewish home
Before Friday evening:
- house is cleaned
- food is prepared
- family washes and changes into clean smart clothes
How is Shabbat welcomed?
A female member of the Jewish family lights the candles
What does the head of the household do on the Friday?
Recites Kiddush blessings whilst holding up the Kiddush cup
What is the mishnah?
The first written version of Jewish oral law; part of the talmud
What is the gemara?
A commentary on the Mishnah, part of the Talmud
What is Brit Milah?
Ceremony of circumcision
What is Kosher?
Food that meets requirements for Jewish laws
Give some examples of Kosher foods?
Cows sheep, goats, deer
Give some examples of trefah foods
Pork, camels, rodents
What is Yom Kippur?
Day of attonment on the tenth day of Rosh hashana
What is the Amidah?
Forms the core of all Jewish prayer services and is prayed in silence while standing and facing Jerusalem
Name two Jewish festivals
Yom kippur
Rosh Hashana
Explain two ways in which the Bar Mitzvah ceremony is important for Jews.
Refer to sacred writings or another source of Jewish belief and teaching in your
answer.
- take full responsibilty for practising their faith
- mishnah Berurah 225:6
- boy is called to read from the torah and makes a short speech(wear a tsllit for the first time)
A jewish person dies: describe what happens?
-Jews belive the body doesn’t fully leave the soul until the burrial takes place(family members are left to grieve without following religious rules)
Shiva: 7 days of intense mourning
- mourners must stay at home:-mirrors are covered, cannot focus on their appearance + prayer services held 3 times a day
- mourners recite the Kiddish
What is the Kiddush?
Prayer recited over a cup of wine immediately before the meals of the eve of a sabbath or festival
How does the ark help with Jewish worship?
Regared as the holiest place in the synogogue because it is where the torah is kept(+2 stone tablets on the,-10 commandments)
