Judaism Study Guide 4/30/14

Question 0

Who is ethnically Jewish?

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Anyone born of a Jewish mother

Question 1

How many years does Jewish history go back?

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4000 years

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Nomadic people who lived in the Middle East

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Hebrews

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A Hebrew, father of the Jewish people

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Abraham

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Abraham’s son, Isaac’s son whom god named Israel

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Jacob

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The descendants of Abraham

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Israelites

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1250 BCE, Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt by a man named Moses

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The exodus

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Chooses by god to free the Israelites from Egypt and plead with the Egyptian king

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Moses

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God sent this when the pharaoh refused to free the Israelites

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Ten plague

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When Israelites reached the Red Sea, how did god help them and what happened to the warriors chasing them?

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Parted the Red Sea and the drowned the warriors

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After the exodus, Moses received this from god and told them to follow the set of laws

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The 10 commandments

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40 years after the exodus, Israelites reached the promise land called

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Canaan

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Believed to have established a capital city in Jerusalem around 993 BCE

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King David

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David’s so , built a temple in Jerusalem that became the main focus for Israelites worship

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King Solomon

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What was the role of the prophets?

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To remind the Israelites of their promise to god and warned them of what would happen if they disobeyed

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What does the Canaan eventually become known as

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Israel

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What did the exiled Israelites became known as

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Jews

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The movement of Jews to various countries

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Dispersion

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Communities of Jews living outside of Israel and said to be living in

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Diaspora

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Jews and their view of the messiah

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Jews were waiting for god to send a messiah who would reestablish a Jewish kingdom and begin an age of peace called the messianic age

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Jews were forced to live in separate inferior areas called

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Ghettos

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Prejudice against Jews

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Anti-semitism

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Between 1871&1907, Russian Polish and Lithuanian Jews were victims of large scale massacres called

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Pogroms

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Old land of Israel renamed by the Romans

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Palestine

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The worst persecution of Jews during WW2 by hitler

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Holocaust

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German dictator of WW2 controlled the nazis

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Hitler

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Jews who began to settle in Palestine during the 19th century

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Zionists

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When was Palestine divided to create the modern state of Israel?

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1948

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When is Israel as created, who did it create tension between?

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Israelites and non Jewish Palestinians, mainly Muslim Arabs

Question 29

Collection of 24 books which are arranged in 3 main sections

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Tenakh

Question 30

Means teaching the first 5 books of the tenakh

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Torah

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Sacred writing were written in this language, the language of the Israelites

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Hebrew

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Who did god speak the words of the Torah to

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Moses

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Contains the thoughts on the tenakh of about 2000 rabbis 2 parts

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Talmud

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Which are the two parts of the Talmud?

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Mishnah and the Gemara

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How are religious Jews divided?

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Two main groups, orthodox and non orthodox

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Hat or skull cap worn by orthodox men

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Kippah

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He do orthodox and non Orthodox Jews differ

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Orthodox Jews accept the Torah and all its law as being agod's word to Moses, to be obeyed without question, non Orthodox Jews accept that human beings played an important part in making the laws and so have tried to adapt to the modern life

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Another Hebrew based language spoken widely by east European Jews in previous centuries

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Yiddish

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Means a meeting place, a place to worship and learn more about their faith and meet other people, rectangular buildings with seats on 3 sides 4th side facing Jerusalem.

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Synagogue

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Teacher of the faith and law

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Rabbis

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An important prayer said each night before sleeping

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Shema

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The Jewish holiday that begins at sunset on Friday and lasts until sunset on Saturday, day of rest and religious thought

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Sabbath

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Importance of the Jewish mother

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Important role in keeping the faith alive, she is responsible for making sure that her family takes an active part in worship, she is also responsible for preparations of religious festivals

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Most Jewish houses have small plastic, metal or wooden cases attached to the door posts, contains texts from the Torah

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Mezuzahs or Mezuzots

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Food the must be prepared in accordance with gods law

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Kosher

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A boys coming of adulthood at age 13 means son of the covenant marked by a ceremony in the synagogue followed by a party

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Bar mitzvah

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What is the Jewish calendar based on?

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Moon's cycles

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Jewish new year, 2 day festival begins a 10 day period of atonement

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Rosh hashanah

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Ten days after Rosh hashanah comes the day of atonement the most sacred day in the year and services are held continuously from morning to evening

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Yom Kippur

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Or pesach, help in march or April, marks the escape of the Israelites from Egypt

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Passover

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Unleavened bread or bread made without yeast what Israelites ate during the exodus

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Matzah

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Celebrates the giving of the 10 commandments to Moses

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Shavuot

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Festival in which Jews spend time living in temporary dwelling made of wood or leaves

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Sukkot

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Jewish Festival of Lights | Celebrates Jewish rededication to the temple of Jerusalem

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Hanukkah