Preview& Chapter1 Flashcards
Premonition
Anticipation of an event usually bad, even without any warning
Bestial
Like a beast or animal
Blandishments
Something used to coax or lure
Crucible
Container for cooking at high heat
Phylacteries
Small boxes containing scripture; worn by Jewish men for daily prayer
Pillage
To rob with open violence
Compatriots
Fellow countrymen
Edict
Official statement; law
Expound
To set forth in detail
Firmament
The sky, or heavens
Heretically
Completely sealed; air tight
Pestilential
Filled with disease; contagious
Torah
Hebrew Bible
Talmud
A collection of teachings of early rabbis from the 5th and 6th centuries
Cabbala
Collection of traditions lore that probes the mysteries of the universe
Ross Hashanah
Marks the New Year on the Jewish calendar
Yom Kippur
The holiest day of the Jewish calendar
Passover
8-day festival commemorating the freezing of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage
Diaspora
Countries outside of Israel inhabited Jews
Assimilation
To accept the culture of another group while giving up one’s own
Ghetto
A section of a city in which Jews were required to live surrounded by walls
Genocide
Intention is the total annihilation of a race or ethnic group
Holocaust
The destruction of 6 million Jews
Aryan Race
“Perfect race”