keywords (jews) Flashcards
1
Q
bar mitzvah/ bat mitzvah
A
initiation ceremony for girls/boys.
2
Q
brit millah
A
covenant of cutting/ circumcision ceremony.
3
Q
yahrzeit
A
anniversary of death.
4
Q
pesach
A
the festival of passover.
5
Q
rosh hashannah
A
the jewish new year.
6
Q
yom kippur
A
the day of atonement.
7
Q
shavuot
A
a jewish festival celebrating god giving the ten commandments to moses.
8
Q
pilgrimage
A
a religious journey, made to some sacred place.
9
Q
piety
A
religious devotion.
10
Q
rosary
A
a set of prayers common in the roman catholic church, said to the virgin Mary. it is also a string of beads.
11
Q
lourdes
A
a leading place of pilgrimage for roman catholics after bernadette had visions of the virgin Mary.
