Jewish Holidays
This celebrates the survival of the Jews in ancient Persia when Queen Esther of Persia hid her true identity as a Jew to help save her people.
Purim
The Hebrew Bible says that Moses was born a Hebrew but raised as a what?
Egyptian prince
What is one quality of Jeremiah that helped the Jews keep their religion throughout the Babylonian invasion and the big Exodus that followed?
courage
The Jews followed the teachings of which original prophet (first to spread monotheism)?
Abraham
a binding agreement; a compact or promise
covenant
This is the Day of Atonement on which the Jews fast for 25 hours, remembering tragedies and asking for forgiveness.
Yom Kippur
He had a vision that God told him to do so.
Jeremiah said that loyalty to God was even more important than what?
religious rituals
Describe the climate in which the Jews lived (in Jerusalem).
It was semiarid.
A person who is forced to live away from his or her native country or homeland.
exile
This is the Jewish New Year on which Jews eat apples with honey.
Rosh HaShanah
When Moses told the Pharaoh to "let my people go," how did the Pharaoh respond?
He refused.
What did Jeremiah say about the Exodus? What did it teach the Jews?
That they could practice their faith anywhere, not just in the temple.
The Jews homeland was located at the crossroad (at the intersection) of what?
many powerful empires
A short saying that tells a basic truth. Also plural as a book in the Hebrew and Christian Bible.
proverb
Sukkot
What were the consequences of of the Pharaoh refusing to free the Jews?
God brought many plagues or disasters.
Jeremiah's idea about being able to practice Judaism anywhere was very important during which part of Jewish history?
Why did the Jews have to leave their homeland so often?
Because powerful empires invaded their land and forced them to leave.
Another name for the Hebrew Bible.
Tanakh
This is the eight-day Festival of Lights celebrating the re-dedication of the Second Temple.
Hanukkah
Why did the Pharaoh finally decide to let the Hebrews go?
Because god brought many plagues and disasters the Egyptians.
What is the Jewish Diaspora experience?
The many times in history when the Jews were forced to leave their homeland and spread to others parts of the world.
Name one area to which the Jews were forced to flee.
Middle Eat, southwestern Asia, Europe, Russia, North America
The first five books of the Hebrew bible.
Torah