Israel's Beginning
Belief in one God
What is monotheism?
The scattering of the Israelites to many other nations.
What was the diaspora?
A binding agreement between God and man.
What is a covenant?
This celebration is to commemorate the delverance of the first born from the angel of death and freedom from slavery in Egypt.
What is the Passover?
The two Jewish religious groups of the time.
Who were the Pharisees and the Saducees?
Israel's first king
Who was Saul?
In 586BC this king destroyed Jerusalem and the temple.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
God promised this man his descendents would become a great nation.
Who was Abraham? (the Abrahamic Covenant)
This is where Jewish people worship and pray together.
What is a synogogue?
A Jewish religious teacher.
What is a Rabbi?
The restoration of the broken relationship between God and man.
What is atonement?
This is a term used that means absorbed, like," when the Israelites were taken captive by the Assyrians they became absorbed with the Assyrian culture."
What is assimilated?
God promised this man his throne would have a legitimate heir forever.
Who was David? (the Davidic Covenant)
This celebration commemorates Queen Esther's bravery that saved the Jewish people from Hamen's persecution.
What is Purim?
This port city was thought to have been destroyed by an unstable foundation or a tsunami.
What is an Caesarea Martima?
A king of God's special choosing.
Who is David?
These were people who had intermarried during the captivity.
Who were the Samaritans?
God gave Israel laws that told the people how to live to please Him. Through this came this covenant.
What is the Mosaic covenant?
This is a celebration of the rededication of the temple by Judas Maccabeus and his army. It is celebrated with great joy!
What is Hanukkah?
The Mishnah and the Gemara, which are the collection of Jewish law are contained together in this book.
What is the Talmud?
The Hebrew name for the one true God.
What is Yahweh?
Judas Maccabeus and his army did this. just as Daniel had prophesied.
What is rededicate the temple?
We are reminded of this covenant every time we partake in communion or the Lords supper.
What is the New Covenant?
This spinning top is used for a game to celebrate the Festival of Lights.
BONUS: Each of the Hebrew letters on the spinning top are the first letters of the Hebrew words for a " ___________ ___________ __________ __________
What is a driedal?
BONUS: great miracle happened there
The Jewish people that held out on the top of this place committed mass suicide rather than be taken by the Roman army.
What is Masada?