key words Flashcards
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define Torah
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- the Jewish scroll containing the first 5 books of Jewish scriptures (teaching/instruction)
2
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define Tanakh
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- Hebrew name for the Bible.
3
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define Mishnah
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- the collection of oral laws (a teaching that is repeated).
4
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define Talmud
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- the work of scholars as a running commentary to the Mishnah (teaching/study)
5
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define Gemara
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- a rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah + the second part of the Talmud.
6
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define Midrash
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- refers to the method of interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures (to search)
6
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define Vayyitzer
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- formed
7
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define Tzelem
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- image
8
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define Nefesh
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- soul
9
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define Teshuvah
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- return (to goodness)
10
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define Yetzer Hatov
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- good inclination
11
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define Yetzer Hara
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- bad inclination
12
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define Kabbalah
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- Jewish mystical traditions
13
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define atone
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- to make amends
14
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define repent
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- to regret + change one’s behaviour
15
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define kosher
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- food which Jews are permitted to eat
16
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define kashrut
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- religious dietary laws
17
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define mitzvot
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- commandments/laws relating to Jewish life based on the Torah + Talmud
18
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define chukim
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- commandments for which no particular reason has been given to keep them.
19
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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.
20
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define kabbalah
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- how God relates to the world
21
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define devekut
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- devotion to God
22
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define ‘Baal Shem Tov’
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- Master of the Good Name
23
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define Rebbe/Tzaddik
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- righteous man
24
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define tzedakah
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- charity, literal meaning is ‘justice’ and ‘righteousness’.
25
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define tithe
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- the giving of one tenth of one’s income to charity.
26
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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
