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Key word Quiz Flashcards

1
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Torah

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Oral law (The teaching and law contains 613 mitzvots)

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Tenakh

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Written law including the Torah, Nevi’im and the Ketuvim

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Tallit

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a shawl with fringed corners

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Tefillin

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leather boxes containg scripture worn around the forehead and upper arm

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Synagogue

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Jewish place of worship

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Beit Midrash

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House of learning

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Rosh Hashanah

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The “head of the year”, Jewish new year and festival of repentance, pilgrimage festival

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Kosher

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Clean, acceptable and fit to eat, complying with kosher rules

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Treyfar

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unclean and forbidden to eat, not under kosher rules

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Brit Milah

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The name of the ceremony in which circumcising takes place full filling the covenant of circumision command of Abraham and his descendants

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Bar Mitzvah

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‘Son of the commandment’

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12
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Bat Chayill

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‘Women of valour’

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Shabbat

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Day of rest, starts at sunset on Friday and ends at Sunset on Saturday

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Shema

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declaration of faith

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Amidah

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Worshippers will say private prayers from the siddur

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Mezuzah

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A stick like object to remind Jews of their obligations toward God

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Minyan

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Minimum of 10 Jews required to constitute a representative “community of Israel” for liturgical purposes

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Ketubah

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Is the wedding contract between the husband and wife’s father

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Pikuach Nefesh

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‘saving a life’

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Simchat Torah

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The festival honouring the Torah and showing gratitude towards it (showing importance)

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Sukkot

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Pilgrim festival, the feast of tabernacles

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Yad Vashem

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Jewish memorial for those who died during the holocaust

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Hevrash Kadishah

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Holy society who prepare the body

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Covenant

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A solemn promise made between people. It requires commitment from both sides of the agreement

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