The Chosen Vocabulary Flashcards
freedom to choose your own way of life without obligation to religious commandment
Apikorism
a member of a strictly orthodox jewish sect in palestine in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC which opposed hellenizing influences on their faith and supported the maccabean revolt
hasid
observe a strict form of orthodox judaism
hasidism
also called sabbath, a day of rest and religious observance on the 7th day of the week (Saturday)
Shabbat
synagogue
Schul
the ordination of a rabbi within all modern Jewish religious movements
Smicha
the law of god, as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
Torah
a righteous and saintly person by Jewish-religous standards
tzaddik
the fringes or tassels worn on tradition/ceremonial garments by Jewish males as reminders of the commandments of Deuteronomy 22:12 and Numbers 15:37-41
tzitzit
an Orthodox Jewish school
yeshiva
a movement/developmental and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel
zionism
the Holy Land in which most of the biblical narrative is located
palestine
a church for Judaism
synagogue
to study and review
Mishnah
the main body of the Talmud
Gemara
a language used by Jewish people
Yiddish
the religious initiation of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 and is regarded as ready to observe religious precepts and eligible to take part in worship
bar mitzvah
the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend compromising the Mishnah and Gemara
Talmud
a person who is not Jewish
Gentiles
