Jewish Holy Texts
The lamb skin scroll kept in the ark, which has no vowels. A general term describing all of Jewish literature/learning, but also the physical item which is a holy item in the Jewish religion
The Torah
Literally "a thing of Torah"
D'var Torah
After reading the 'Akeidah' text, we split into two teams, based on whether we thought Abraham passed or failed G-d's test, then we engaged in a _____.
Debate
Opinions/additional thoughts/ideas/stories about the text (typically) written by rabbis either ancient or modern day. Can be short snippets, or longer writings.
Rabbinic Commentary
We answered a _________________ in our journal most weeks of class to help summarize our thoughts and opinions on class topics and discussions.
Question of the Day
A vague term whose definition changes depending on speaker and context. In America, it most often refers to a Christian compilation of religious texts, but this is not an inherently Christian word.
Bible
The Jewish breakdown of the Torah into smaller units. Each unit has a name, based on the first significant word of the section.
Parshiot (singular Par'sha)
Our last project! An interpretation of Torah text where we made an Instagram account, a play, a comic strip, an interview, a campaign poster or text conversation.
Creative Commentary
There are two versions of this holy text the Babylonian and Jerusalem ________, which contains the Gemara and the Mishnah.
Talmud
Name one of the rabbinic commentators that we learned about.
Rashi, Ramban, Ibn Ezra, Nachmanides
A book which contains the entire three-part Jewish bible, composed of Torah, Nivi’im, and Ketuvim. It's name is an acronym composed of the first letter of each unit: tav, nun, and khaf.
Tanakh
The breakdown of Torah text into sections which is not inherently Jewish, but are used to help reference specific sections of text. These are the result of Christian scholars trying to make it easier to read and reference text.
A way to explore Torah text through acting, using a previously developed script. (The ones we performed were based on the portion 'Yitro')
Par'sha play
What does either Nevi'im or Ketuvim mean?
Nevi'im (Prophets); Ketuvim (Writings)
Name the five books of Moses in English
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
From the Hebrew word for five, chameish, this is a printed book containing the five books of Moses. Some have nothing but the Hebrew text (with vowels). Others include translation and/or commentary.
Chumash
la’asok b’divrei torah
This is a Jewish art form which is thousands of years old, where Hebrew text is written in small font to create representational images
Micrography
A genre of rabbinic literature that both gleams meaning and practice from Bible stories as well as fills in "gaps" in those stories. They are structured following the books of the bible (an example was the story of Abraham and the idols)
Midrash
Name the five books of Moses in Hebrew
Be-reshit, Shemot, Va-yikra, Be-midbar, and Devarim
One common way to read Torah. This book is essentially a Tanakh, except it contains extra notes from specific rabbinic commentators
Mikraot G'dolot
There are _____ books in the Torah and _____ parshiot. (Remember, the whole Torah is read in one year)
5; 54
An extended form of sacred imagination. We took on the role of one of the characters in the story, and then spoke from their perspective, but there was no script. Sort of like an interview, except we are these characters, rather than ourselves.
Bibliodrama
From the Hebrew meaning "repetition," a collection of rabbinic laws that defined Jewish practice after the Second Temple was destroyed. Compiled in approx 200 CE and structured by topic
Machloket L'shem Shemayim, translates to _________________ and essentially means constructive, respectful conflicting ideas and discussions. This term arose from two Rabbinic scholars, Hillel and Shammai
Disagreements for the Sake of Heaven