Unit 7:Judasim vocab Flashcards
To learn Jewish vocab
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Shema
A Jewish prayer affirming belief in one God
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Messanic age
A future time of global peace when everyone will want to come closer to God, possibly through the intervention of the Messiah
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Torah
The 5 books of Moses- that make up the first part of the Tenakh
The Jewish written law
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Talmud
A commentary by the Rabbis on the Torah: It consists of the Mishnah and the Gemara.
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Shabbat
The Jewish Holy day of the week: a day of spiritual renewal starting shortly before sunset on Friday and continuing to night time on Saturday.
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Pikuach nefesh
The obligation to save Jewish life; even if doing so breaks Jewish law
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Promised land
The land of Canaan that God promised to the Jews
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Circumcision
The removal of the foreskin from the penis
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Mitzvoth
Jewish rules or commandments
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Shekinah
The divine presence of God
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Covenant
An agreement; IN Judaism it refers to an agreement between individuals , often on behalf of the Jews, and God.
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Messiah
The anointed one; a leader of the Jews wo is expected to live on earth at some time in the future.
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Chosen
The word used to refrence to the Jews after the Sinal Covenant
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Plagues
10 curses,God sent upon Eygpt as so to convince Pharoh to release his chosen people
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Eygpt
The place where the Jews escaped from slavery
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The 10 commandents
The basis of the sinal covenant
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Proimised land
The land that God promised to the Jews after their escape from Eygpt
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Exodus
The book in the Torah, in which the story of Moses is found
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Sinai
The mount on which moses made his covenant with God
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Nation
The Jews as a collective
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Pesach
Festival in rememberance of the jews escaping egypt
Celebrated for 7-8 days
It is the oldest Jewish holiday
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Passover Seder
A ritual performed by a community/multiple genrations of family, involing a retelling of Exodus,and a meal
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Haggadah
The book containing the story of exodus and the ritual of seder
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Covenant
An agreement in Abrahamic religions between God and man
