The Chosen

Question 0

Abba

Answer 0

Father

Question 1

Yiddish

Answer 1

A language spoken by many Europe Jews and their descendants.

Question 2

Apikorism

Answer 2

Jews who are not Hasid; a very negative term

Question 3

Ark

Answer 3

An enclosure in a synagogue or temple for the scrolls of the Torah.

Question 4

Blatt

Answer 4

A section of reading from the Talmud.

Question 5

Caftan

Answer 5

A long garment like a jacket.

Question 6

Challah

Answer 6

Type if bread

Question 7

Gematriya

Answer 7

A mystical method of interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures based on the numerical value of the letters in words.

Question 8

Goy

Answer 8

A non-Jew

Question 9

Hasidic

Answer 9

A sect of Jewish mystics that originated in Poland in the 18th century.

Question 10

Havdalah

Answer 10

A brief service at the end of Shabbat.

Question 11

Jewish Orthodox

Answer 11

Strictly observing the traditions of Judaism as formulated in the Torah and Talmud.

Question 12

Kabbalah

Answer 12

A book of Jewish mysticism.

Question 13

Kaddish

Answer 13

A prayer for someone who has died.

Question 14

Kosher

Answer 14

Food that is considered ok to eat by Jewish law.

Question 15

Mitnaged

Answer 15

A sect which is opposed to Hasids.

Question 16

Nu

Answer 16

“Good” “well” “continue”, similar to “so”

Question 17

Phylacteries

Answer 17

A leather box that holds passages from the Torah, worn during prayers.

Question 18

Rabbi

Answer 18

The Jewish religious leader.

Question 19

Shabbat

Answer 19

The sabbath.

Question 20

Shofar

Answer 20

A wind instrument made from a ram’s horn.

Question 21

Shul

Answer 21

School

Question 22

Tallit

Answer 22

A shawl for prayer.

Question 23

Talmud

Answer 23

Collection of writing made up of 2 parts: Jewish civil law and religious law.

Question 24

Tefillin

Answer 24

An assist and reminder used in Jewish prayer.

Question 25

Torah

Answer 25

The first 5 books of the Old Testament.

Question 26

Tzitzit

Answer 26

The fringes worn by orthodox Jewish men.

Question 27

Yeshiva

Answer 27

A school for Talmudic studies (religious and secular).

Question 28

Zionism

Answer 28

The political support for the creation and develop of a Jewish homeland in Israel.