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define Torah

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  • the Jewish scroll containing the first 5 books of Jewish scriptures (teaching/instruction)
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define Tanakh

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  • Hebrew name for the Bible.
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define Mishnah

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  • the collection of oral laws (a teaching that is repeated).
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define Talmud

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  • the work of scholars as a running commentary to the Mishnah (teaching/study)
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define Gemara

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  • a rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah + the second part of the Talmud.
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define Midrash

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  • refers to the method of interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures (to search)
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define Vayyitzer

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  • formed
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define Tzelem

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  • image
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define Nefesh

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  • soul
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define Teshuvah

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  • return (to goodness)
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define Yetzer Hatov

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  • good inclination
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define Yetzer Hara

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  • bad inclination
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define Kabbalah

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  • Jewish mystical traditions
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define atone

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  • to make amends
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define repent

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  • to regret + change one’s behaviour
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define kosher

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  • food which Jews are permitted to eat
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define kashrut

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  • religious dietary laws
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define mitzvot

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  • commandments/laws relating to Jewish life based on the Torah + Talmud
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define chukim

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  • commandments for which no particular reason has been given to keep them.
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define halakhah

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  • the Jewish Law (the path that one walks). Refers to rules + practices Orthodox Jews must follow.
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define kabbalah

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  • how God relates to the world
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define devekut

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  • devotion to God
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define ‘Baal Shem Tov’

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  • Master of the Good Name
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define Rebbe/Tzaddik

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  • righteous man
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define tzedakah

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  • charity, literal meaning is ‘justice’ and ‘righteousness’.
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define tithe

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  • the giving of one tenth of one’s income to charity.
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define gemilut hasidim

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  • ‘the giving of loving kindness’ (doing good deeds).
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define alms

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  • donations of food and money to the poor.
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define pushkes

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  • collection boxes for charity

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