The Chosen Vocabulary

Question 1

freedom to choose your own way of life without obligation to religious commandment

Answer 1

Apikorism

Question 2

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

Answer 2

hasid

Question 3

observe a strict form of orthodox judaism

Answer 3

hasidism

Question 4

also called sabbath, a day of rest and religious observance on the 7th day of the week (Saturday)

Answer 4

Shabbat

Question 5

synagogue

Answer 5

Schul

Question 6

the ordination of a rabbi within all modern Jewish religious movements

Answer 6

Smicha

Question 7

the law of god, as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures

Answer 7

Torah

Question 8

a righteous and saintly person by Jewish-religous standards

Answer 8

tzaddik

Question 9

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

Answer 9

tzitzit

Question 10

an Orthodox Jewish school

Answer 10

yeshiva

Question 11

a movement/developmental and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel

Answer 11

zionism

Question 12

the Holy Land in which most of the biblical narrative is located

Answer 12

palestine

Question 13

a church for Judaism

Answer 13

synagogue

Question 14

to study and review

Answer 14

Mishnah

Question 15

the main body of the Talmud

Answer 15

Gemara

Question 16

a language used by Jewish people

Answer 16

Yiddish

Question 17

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

Answer 17

bar mitzvah

Question 18

the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend compromising the Mishnah and Gemara

Answer 18

Talmud

Question 19

a person who is not Jewish

Answer 19

Gentiles