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Religion: Judaism Flashcards

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Attached to the right side of the doorpost as you enter a room, normally front doorway

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Mezuzah

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Garment worn during the morning prayers

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Tallit

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Sometimes called a yarmelka or a skullcap, small round cap worn on the head

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Kippah

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A rams horn blown during the month prior to rosh hashanah as well as during rosh hashanah services and at the end of Tom Kippur

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Shofar

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By whom and when was Judaism founded

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Abram ( later abraham) and 1800 b.c.

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Where was Abraham from

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Ur of Mesopotamia

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What did Abraham believe in

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One god named Yahweh

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Where did Yahweh lead Abram and his wife Sarai ( later Sarah)

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Canaan

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What is current day Canaan

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Israel

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What did Yahweh make with Abraham

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A covenant naming his descendants the chosen people

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What was Sarah and Abrahams son named and who descended from him

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Isaac and the Jews

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What was Isaac’s sons name and what did this lead to

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Israel and led to the name Israelites of Israelis

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Refers to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands

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Diaspora

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About how many jewfish people live in Israel today

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7 million

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14
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Whom does the Jewish status pass through

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Mother ( matrilineal)

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About how many Jews are there in the world

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13-14 million

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A day of rest and prayer each sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday

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Sabbath

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Jewish new year which begins the high holy days, a ten day period of repentance and renewal; takes place in fall

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Rosh hashanah

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Last of the high holy days, aka the day of atonement

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Yom Kippur

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Spring holiday that celebrates the escape from Egypt

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Passover

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8 day winter observance of a 163 b.c. Jewish victory and the red education of the Temple in Jerusalem

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Hanukkah

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What are the two most important holy days

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Rosh hashanah

Yom Kippur

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Is Hanukkah very holy

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No

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Small group with absolute adherence to old rules and customs (Hasidic)

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Ultra-orthodox

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Strict but not absolute, believe that laws should not be changed

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Orthodox

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Most sabbath and kosher laws still apply, more roles given to women

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Conservative

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Willing to hanger rules to make religion compatible with modern times

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Reform

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What is the praying style of Hasidic Jews ( ultra-orthodox )

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Women pray up on a balcony and men pray down below

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First 5 books of the Old Testament - tells the story of Abraham and the covenant

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Torah

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Early commentaries on the Torah written around the 2nd century ad

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Talmud

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The prayer book used in Jewish worship

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Siddur

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Circumcision of 8 day old baby boys

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Brit Milah

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Ceremony honoring the arrival of manhood at age 13

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Bar mitzvah

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Honoring the arrival of womanhood at age 12

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Bat mitzvah

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A traditional public marriage ceremony ending with a glass broken by the groom to symbolize the scattering of the Jewish people

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Kiddushin

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Quick, uncomplicated burial. No cremation or embalming, followed by seven days of observant mourning

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Shiva

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Professional mourners

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Wailers

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Prejudice against the Jews

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Anti semitism

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What country contained most of the worlds Jewish population in the 1800s

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Russia

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What were the deadly episodes ethnic cleansings that occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries called

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Pogroms

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How many Jews died in the holocaust

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6 million

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What is the Jews view regarding the afterlife

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They think there is a heaven, but it is not their focus

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What was the journey called when Moses led the Jews parting the Red Sea and involving the Ten Commandments

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Exodus

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What are Jews called in the bible

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Hebrews or children of Israel

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The term Jew and Judaism come from?

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Tribe or kingdom of Judah

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Jew now refers to all physical and spiritual descendants of

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Jacob (aka Israel)

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Good deeds

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Mitzvot

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Jewish place of worship and it’s leader

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Synagogue and Rabbi

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How do Jews feel about new members

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They do not attempt to convert people

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How many commandments are Jews responsible for

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613

50
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What is the language of the Jews and how many times during the day do they pray

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Hebrew

3

51
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Food laws

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Kosher

52
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Cycle the Jewish calendar is based on

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Lunisolar

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