Judiasm

Question 1

Tzaddik

Answer 1

In the Hasidic tradition, a “righteous man,” as powerful as the rabbi in a traditional Talmudic community but revered for mystical piety and devotion, not as a direct link between heaven and earth, whose holiness was so powerful that, like moses, he could intervene on behalf of the faithful and change the mind of God.

Question 2

Tefillin

Answer 2

Small box containing words of Torah that is placed on their head.

Question 3

Shofar

Answer 3

Rams horn that is used religiously and blown through.

Question 4

Tanak

Answer 4

The written Torah, recorded, or Hebrew Bible

Question 5

Torah

Answer 5

The 613 commandments given to the Jewish people to follow by god.

Question 6

nevi’im

Answer 6

Prophets

Question 7

Ketuvim

Answer 7

Writings

Question 8

Pesach

Answer 8

Jewish term for Passover Festival

Question 9

Shema

Answer 9

in Judaism, the essential confession of monotheistic faith

Question 10

Halakhah

Answer 10

is the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the Written and Oral Torah.

Question 11

Mitzvah

Answer 11

Command

Question 12

Mitzvot

Answer 12

Act of human kindness

Question 13

Bar Mitzvah

Answer 13

Right of passage for Jewish boys where they are “Under the law” and able to read to follow the Torah completely

Question 14

Bat Mitzvah

Answer 14

Right of passage for Jewish girls where they are “Under the law” and able to read to follow the Torah completely

Question 15

Rosh Hashanah

Answer 15

The Rosh Hashanah starts with the synagogue that explains the story of creation

Question 16

Yom Kippur

Answer 16

The Rosh Hashanah holiday ends on the holiday of Yom Kippur ten days later.This day is when Jews fast.

Question 17

Covenant

Answer 17

The agreement between God and the people of Israel whereby they are chosen to be God’s people; God agrees to guide and protect them; the people agree to follow God’s commandments.

Question 18

Sephardim

Answer 18

The Jewish traditions that originated from Spain or Portugal

Question 19

Dual Torah

Answer 19

The scriptures of Rabbinic Judaism, composed of the written Torah (Tanak) and the oral Torah (Talmud)

Question 20

Moshiach

Answer 20

Messiah and the belief that King David will return

Question 21

Rabbi/Rabbinic

Answer 21

Judaism of the post biblical premodern period

Question 22

Ashkenazim

Answer 22

Jews who traditions originated in central and eastern europe

Question 23

Hanukkah

Answer 23

is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple

Question 24

Kabbalah

Answer 24

Jewish Mysticism

Question 25

Talmud

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Oral torah

Question 26

Shabbat

Answer 26

Holiday where Jews do no work in honor of God resting after his creation of life

Question 27

Hasidism

Answer 27

A form of Judaism emerging in the eighteenth century, focused on piety and joy, with strong roots in Jewish Mysticism

Question 28

Zionism

Answer 28

The desire to return to the land of Israel as a homeland

Question 29

Kosher

Answer 29

What is suitable or fit to do or eat in the Jewish religion

Question 30

Seder

Answer 30

a Jewish ritual service and ceremonial dinner for the first night or first two nights of Passover

Question 31

Reform

Answer 31

Constant evolution and change

Question 32

Conservative

Answer 32

preserve Jewish tradition and ritual but has a more flexible approach to the interpretation of the law than Orthodox Judaism.

Question 33

Orthodox

Answer 33

Jews who adheres faithfully to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism