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Bar bat mitzvah

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Coming of age ceremony initiated into adult ritual responsibilities first for boys some now for girls (bat)

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Bris

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Removal of foreskin from 8 day old infant

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Covenant

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An agreement

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The first Covenant was

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God and Abraham - circumcision of boys

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Diaspora

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Jewish world outside of ancient Israel

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This began with the Babylonian exile

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Diaspora

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Penateuch

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First five books of Hebrew bible

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Documentary hypothesis

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Theory that the first five books of the Hebrew bible was not written by one person (Moses) but compiled over a long period with multiple sources

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The exile

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Deportation of Jewish leaders from Jerusalem by the babylonians 586 BCE

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What marked the transition from Israelite religion to Judaism

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The exile

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Hebrew bible

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Canonical collection of Jewish texts

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Holocost

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Burnt offering- burnt sacrifice - ancient sacrifice mandated in Hebrew bible

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Holocost

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Persecution and murder of 6 million European Jews by nazis - WW2

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12 Tribes

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Descendents of Jacob the Hebrew patriarch

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Kabbalah

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Midevil Jewish mystical tradition

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Kippah

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Dome or cap

Hebrew for skullcap

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Kosher

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Food that is ritually acceptable

All rabbinic regulations re animal slaughter have been observed

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Passover

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Major spring festival

Agricultural rebirth

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Rabbi

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Teacher - expert in Torah interpretation - after 2nd temple destruction rabbi is scholarly and spiritual leader of Jewish congegation

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Rabbinic movement

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Legal teachers who becane dominant voices of Judaism after the destruction of the temple

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Rosh Hoshanah

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New year festival - september

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Sabbath

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Sundown Friday to sundown saturday - day of rest

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Synagogue

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Place of assembly for congregational worship

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Halakha

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Collective body of Jewish religious laws from written and oral torah

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Hasidism
Jewish religious group devotion to dynastic leader wearing distinctive clothing and greater than average study of torah
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Messiah
Future heroic figure will rescue the righteous judge the wicked restore peace in the world
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Messiah
The anointed one
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Mitzvah
A commandment - rabbinic movement identified 613
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Tallith
Prayer shawl traditionally worn by men
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Yom kipper
Day of atonement 10 days after rosh hasanah Day for reflection of one’s conduct
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Zionism
Movement for the re establishment of a homeland - protect Toon of a Jewish nation Israel
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Get
Hebrew for divorce documebt
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This commemorates the exodus the time when Moses led the Israelites from slavery in egypt
Passover
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Hanukkah
Celebrates purification and rededication of the temple
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Celebrates divine deliverance through divine intervention
Hanukkah
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Current day hannukkah
Reminder of an earlier victory in the struggle for national liberation from foreign oppressors
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Tenants of Hasidic movemebt
Communicate with god thru humanity good deeds prayer and joy - importance of mutual help forbearance and other virtues
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Tallit
Prayer shawl
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Kippah
Skull cap
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Tefillin
Prayer garb - 2 small black boxes that ho,d passages from the scripture - long leather straps
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This is intended to fulfill the commandment to bind the words of Torah upon the hand and —— between the eyes
Tefillin
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How did nazis justify their antisemitism
Blamed Jews for Germany’s economic problems - afraid Jews would sully their superiority
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A factor in Nazi success
Long history of European Christianities tradition of seeing Jews as Christ killers - used New Testament to support these views
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Final Solution
Kill the Jews
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Actions nazis took
Cruel laws; took away national identity; looted their homes and businesses; took away livelihoods; work and concentration camps; gas chambers killed 6 million
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The UN response after WW 2
UN voted to partition Palestine create two states 1 Jewish 1 Arab
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4 sects that emerged during enlightenment period
Sadducees Pharisees Essenes Zealots
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Four covenants were made with god and
Noah Abraham Moses David
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Covenant between god and Noah
Arc - flood - Noah could not consume life blood of animals and avoid shedding blood of another person And god will not bring another floods destroy living things
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Symbol of first covenant
Rainbow
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God and Abraham. Meaning of Circumcision | Patriarchal period
Specifically applies to people Begin privileged relationship with one god Circumcision sign of commitment to Jewish religion
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Covenant mount Sinai | Moses
Obey gods commandments | 613 mitzvot - commandments of Torah
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Covenant between god and David
Promised a messiah of davidic lineage would always rule over people of Israel
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Hellenism
Influx of Greek ideas and customs that influenced Jewish traditions
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Sadducee
Upper crust Only Torah is legitimate No angels
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Pharisees
Lower ranking priestly families Recognized Torah and oral Torah Angels do exist
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Essenes
Lived in seclusion Stressed ritual purity Celibate God would one day see them as the only legitimate Jewish community
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Zealots
Fiercely resistant to foreign occupation of Judea Rebelled against Roman authority God alone should be king in judea
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Mishnah and Gemara are parts of
The Talmud
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Four movements in Judaism
Orthodox Conservative Reform Reconstructionist
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Talmud
All commentaries on Jewish scripture
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Shared beliefs of Jewish identity
God is the creator unique formless eternal Veracity of words of prophets God gave law to Moses Messiah will come someday and redeem humankind The good will be resurrected once the messiah has restored the world

Intro Western Religion (10 decks)

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