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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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What year was the Spanish expulsion

A

1492

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2
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What year the french revolution

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1789

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3
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During the golden age of Spain how were the Jews treated?

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Quite well, they were excepted, wealthy and happy

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4
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When the Christians conquered Spain what rules did Jews have to follow ?

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They were forced to wear a yellow star

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5
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What choice were the Jews given under the Catholics ?

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Baptism or death

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6
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What were Jews who converted from Judaism to Christianity called?

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New Christians

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7
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What is a Marrano?

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They were Jews who pretended to convert to Christianity but were secretly Jewish

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8
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What are old Christians ?

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People who has always been christian

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9
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Who was the king and queen during the Spanish Inquisition ?

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Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

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10
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What was the Spanish Inquisition ?

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A court of law who tried to find out if Christians were following christian law

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11
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Who was the head of the Spanish Inquisition ?

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Tomas Torquemada

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12
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What is a Martyr

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Someone who died for their beliefs

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13
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What is the Missionary Activity ?

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Christians who want to convert Jews to Christianity

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14
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What do Jews believe happen after death?

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Jews believe that our soul goes to Olaf Habah
The goose are rewarded and the bad are punished
The bad can only go to OLam Habah once they repent

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15
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In 1492 what choice did queen Isabella and King Ferdinand give the Jews?

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Convert to Christianity or be expelled (kicked out)

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16
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Why do we remember the Spanish expulsion even though May Jews were kicked out of many European countries ?

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It effected 150000-300000 people

Created the Sephardic diaspora

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17
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If you are Sephardic it means your ancestors came from —

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Spain

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18
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If you are Ashkenazi it means your ancestors came from —

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Germany

19
Q

What is a Zionist

A

You believe that the Jews should have the state of Israel

20
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Name ways you can be a Zionist

A 
Go to yom haatzmaut rally 
Learn about Israel
Pray for Israel 
Travel to Israel
Speak Hebrew
21
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In the 1400s in Spain what social class were the Jews in

A

Middle class

22
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Why did the Spain economy plummet when they kicked out all the Jews

A

Because the Jews were their middle class

23
Q

What is Kabbalah

A

Jewish mysticism

24
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What is the book of Kabbalah called ?

A

Zohar

25
Q

Who is believed to have written the Zohar

A

Shimon bar hochai

26
Q

Who is the lead rabbi in Tzfat?

A

Rabbi Lauria

27
Q

What is the non+kabbalistic reason of why bad things happen to the world.
Why is there bad in the world

A

We all have the option to be good or bad. We have a yetzer hatov and yetzer harah
We has humans can decide if we want to be good or we want to be bad.
It’s up to us

28
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According to Kabbalah how did God create the world

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In order to create the world god had to become smaller (shrink) to create the world

29
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What is t(e kabbalistic way to explain of why there is bad in the world

A

Because the vessels broke, the vessels broke there was chaos +evil Jews must try to fix it by doing tikkun olam

30
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How many mitzvot are there
How many are do’s
How many are don’t do’s

A

613
Don’t do 365
Do 248

31
Q

What is shulchan aruch and who wrote it

A

Code of Jewish law- simple form of Jewish law. Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote it

32
Q

What does renaissance mean

A

Rebirth

33
Q

Before the renaissance what was the world focused on

A

The church and god

34
Q

What bad things did. Alexander the 6th do

A

Murdered
Pedophilical
Incest
Bribed people

35
Q

When was the destruction of the first temple

Who destroyed it ?

A

Babylonians -586BCE tisha b’av

36
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When was the destruction of the second temple?

Who destroyed it ?

A

70CE by the Romans on Tisha b’av

37
Q

Who was Martin Luther

A

Martin Luther tried to convert the Jews kindly and when he realized it didn’t work he made a seven point plan to convert them.

38
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Where did the Jews go after they got expelled ?

A

Portugal
Ottoman empire
North africa
Saved

39
Q

Wha5 was the Nasi family real last name

A

Mendez

40
Q

Who were the nasi family

Explain about them

A 
Marranos 
Lived in Portugal 
Daughter refuses to marry christian men
They left to Italy
Then to Israel 
Then openly returned to Judaism
41
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Who wrote the mappah

A

Rabbi isserles

42
Q

What were inventions created during the renaissance

A

Printing press
Clock
Compass
Microscope

43
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Who was Martin Luther ?

A

His plan was for him to be nice to the Jews and teach them about Protestant so that they will convert
The plan did not work and he made a 7 point plan

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