Tefillah, Amadah and tzedekah

Question 1

tefillah

Answer 1

prayer

Question 2

What opportunity does prayer provide?

Answer 2

Allows a Jew to reflect upon the nature of God

Question 3

siddur

Answer 3

prayer book

Question 4

kavvanah

Answer 4

prayer requiring inner commitment that comes from the heart rather than just the lips

Question 5

Shulchan Arukh

Answer 5

code of Jewish law

Question 6

What does prayer help to do?

Answer 6

Keep life focused upon God’s wishes

Question 7

Berakah

Answer 7

A prayer expressing praise towards God

Question 8

Amidah

Answer 8

one of the principal prayer of the jewish liturgy. congregation stands to recite it

Question 9

What does one do before reciting the amidah?

Answer 9

Take 3 steps backwards and then forward again to symbolise entering gods presence

Question 10

shevach

Answer 10

part 1 - expressing praise

Question 11

bakashah

Answer 11

part 2 - request that both physical and spiritual needs are met

Question 12

Hoda’ah

Answer 12

part 3 - three blessings of thanksgiving

Question 13

what does the central part focus on, on shabbat morning

Answer 13

Moses receiving the covenant and the shabbat as a sign of the covenant between God and the Jews

Question 14

why may the amidah have been created

Answer 14

to identify heretics

Question 15

minyan

Answer 15

congregation or assembly of ten males over the age of 13 required before an act of communal prayer

Question 16

tzedekah

Answer 16

charity, literally meaning justice or righteousness

Question 17

tithe

Answer 17

giving a tenth of ones income, after taxes, to charity

Question 18

gemilut hasadim

Answer 18

the giving of loving kindness, doing good deeds

Question 19

pushkes

Answer 19

collection boxes left in the home for charity

Question 20

what does Maimonides say about lending money?

Answer 20

it is better to lend someone money to start their own business, rather than it is to give alms

Question 21

what else does Maimonides include when providing charity?

Answer 21

dignity of the recipient should be considered