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Judaism Practises Flashcards

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What is a synogogue?

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A building for Jewish public prayer, study and gathering

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What os the tenack made out of?

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Torah
Nevi’im
Talmud

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What is shabbat?

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Can’t do work from Friday evening to Saturday evening

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On coming of age, what do bodys become?

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Bar Mitzvah(son of commandments)

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On coming of age, what do girls become?

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Bat Mitzvah(daughter of comandments)

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What is the first step of a Jewish marriage?

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The botrothel

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What is aninut? (Mouring of dead)

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Peroid of death to burial

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What is Koiah? (Mouring of dead)

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Taring one’s cloths(expression of grief)

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What is the shiva (Mouring of dead)?

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7 days of intense mourning at home

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What is the shooshim (Mouring of dead)?

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First 30 days period of mouring (lesser period)

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What is the Aveilut (Mouring of dead)?

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Mouring period for kids of deceased(lasts 1 year)

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What is Kaddish (Mouring of dead)?

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Prayer said by Jewish mourners to ask for peace.

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What is yizkar (Mouring of dead)?

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Serivce x4 a year to remember all they lost(in synogogue)

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What os yahrzeit (Mouring of dead)?

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Anniversary of death, mourners say Koddush and lit a candle in memory of the deceased.

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What is a Kippah? Who wears it?

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A jewish hat for men, it shows respect for God

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Give three examples of things can’t do on shabbat?

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  • can’t go to work
  • no creative work
  • no destructive work
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What is the bimah?

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A platform where the torah is said during the service

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What is a menorah?

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A 7 branch candle stick, represents 7 days of creation

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What is a tallit?

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Worn by men everyday to pray(like a white cape)

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What is a ner tamid and what does it symbolise?

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Eternal light, symbolises God’s relationship with us and how God is omnipresent

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What is a tefillin?

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Two black boxes that jews wear to pray, inside the boxes are the words of the torah

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What is a synagouge for orthodox Jews like?

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  • 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
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What is a synagouge for reform Jews like?

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  • women sit with men
  • Rabbis are male and female
  • person leading service faces the congrigation
  • only wear Kippah in the service
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What is a Tallit’s significance?

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-reminds Jews they are obeying God’s word

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What is the significance of the Tefillin?

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It reminds Jews that they should be concentrating fully on God when they pray and their prayers should come from the heart

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What is the Jewish written law called?

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Tenack(made out of torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim

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What is the Jewish Oral Jaw called?

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The Talmud(made out of Mishnah and Gemara

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What is the Nevi’im?

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The prophets

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What is the Ketuvim?

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Writings

30
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Why do Jews follow Shabbat?

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Because one of the ten commandments is “remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy”

31
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How many meals are in Shabbat?

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3 but they are prepared in advance

32
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What four items are placed on the table in a Jewish home during Shabbat?

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  • wine
  • two loaves of Challah bread
  • at least two candles
  • the best cutlery
33
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How do Jews welcome Shabbat?

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-a female member of the family lights two candles, she beckons the family and she says a blessing/ prayer for the family

34
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After the Shabbat services in the synogouge, what is the cup that is with the special blessing?

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-Kiddush cup

35
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What happens 8 days after a Jewish birth?

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The naming ceremony

36
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What happens in the naming ceremony?

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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

37
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When is Brit Milah and what happens?

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8 days old, the foreskin is removed

38
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When is the redemption of the first born son and what happens?

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31 days old, 5 gold coins given to decendents of priests who usted to work im the temple, it frees them from “temple service”

39
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What happens after Bat Mizvah and Bar Mitzvah?

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Jews have to follow the laws a lot more closely

40
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What are the two stages of getting married for Jews?

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The betrothal

Marriage ceremony

41
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What is the name for food that jews are allowed to eat?

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Kosher

42
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Dietry laws: What is rule number 2?

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don’t mix meat with dairy

43
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Dietry laws: What is rule number 3?

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You must keep a Kosher kitchen

44
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Dietry laws: What is rule number 1?

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You are allowed to eat anything that has spit hoof and chews the grass

45
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What does “Pesach” mean?

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The feat of passover

46
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What is the holiest day for jews?

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Yom kipper

47
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What happens in Rosh Hashama?

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Special prayers are said

48
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What is a menorah?

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A many-branched candlestick that holds either 7 or 9 candles

49
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Bimah

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Platform where torah is read

50
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What do orthodox jews empahise?

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The inportance of following laws and guidence of the torah

51
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What do reform Jews emphasise?

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Importance of individual choice in how to worship

-equality for men and women

52
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Describe Shabbat preperations in a Jewish home

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Before Friday evening:

  • house is cleaned
  • food is prepared
  • family washes and changes into clean smart clothes
53
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How is Shabbat welcomed?

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A female member of the Jewish family lights the candles

54
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What does the head of the household do on the Friday?

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Recites Kiddush blessings whilst holding up the Kiddush cup

55
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What is the mishnah?

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The first written version of Jewish oral law; part of the talmud

56
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What is the gemara?

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A commentary on the Mishnah, part of the Talmud

57
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What is Brit Milah?

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Ceremony of circumcision

58
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What is Kosher?

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Food that meets requirements for Jewish laws

59
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Give some examples of Kosher foods?

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Cows sheep, goats, deer

60
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Give some examples of trefah foods

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Pork, camels, rodents

61
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What is Yom Kippur?

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Day of attonment on the tenth day of Rosh hashana

62
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What is the Amidah?

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Forms the core of all Jewish prayer services and is prayed in silence while standing and facing Jerusalem

63
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Name two Jewish festivals

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Yom kippur

Rosh Hashana

64
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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.

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  • 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)
65
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A jewish person dies: describe what happens?

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-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
66
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What is the Kiddush?

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Prayer recited over a cup of wine immediately before the meals of the eve of a sabbath or festival

67
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How does the ark help with Jewish worship?

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Regared as the holiest place in the synogogue because it is where the torah is kept(+2 stone tablets on the,-10 commandments)

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