Judaism
Judaism is considered the first ______________ religion.
monotheistic
He brings the Ten Commandments back to the city of Jerusalem in Israel according to one story in the Hebrew Bible.
David
Ruth was the first ____________ to Judaism.
convert
Passover celebrates/remembers what event?
The Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
He was raised in the pharaoh's palace and later freed the Hebrew slaves in Egypt.
Moses
The Torah
Where were the Ten Commandments kept?
In a cabinet called the Ark of the Covenant.
Ruth faced many hardships with her mother-in-law but finally made it back to Judah. What was her mother-in-law's name?
Naomi
What is the name of the meal that contains many symbolic foods typically eaten during Passover?
He wrote the Psalms.
King David
Exodus
The Ten Commandments form the basic laws of which two religions?
Judaism and Christianity
Why did Naomi tell Ruth not go come when Ruth wanted to follow Naomi to Judah?
Because Ruth had not been born a Jew.
What is the meaning of the word "Passover"?
He led the Exodus from Babylon back to Jerusalem in the 5th century BCE. He was known as the "Second Moses" and also called the "scribe of law of the God of heaven" because he brought the law of Moses back to Jerusalam rebuilding the faith of the Jews.
Ezra
The basic commandments of Judaism can be found where?
Ten Commandments
How did Moses get the Ten Commandments?
Moses climbed Mount Sinai and spent 40 days and 40 nights up there. When he came down, he brought two large stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were carved.
What did Ruth do when Naomi told her not to follow her to Judah?
Ruth followed anyway.
How were the Jews spared from death?
Allah parted the seas and allowed them to escape with Musa (AS) from Egypt.
He was a scholar, philospher, rabbi and priest who built a Jewish school and began a new form of Judaism focused more on Torah study and laws than temple worship.
Yohanan ben Zakkai
Who is considered the father of monotheistic faiths, including Judaism?
Abrahim (Ibrahim)
live their lives according to the laws of God.
What reason did Ruth give for following Naomi to Judah?
Ruth said that your people will always be my people and your God will always be my God. (She really wanted to become a Jew.)
What were the Jews suffering from in Egypt (under the tyranny of Phir'oun) before they were saved?
slavery
He wrote an explanation of the Talmud. His enemies forced him to flee back to his home in Fez, Morocco. He later went to Spain where he started a school to study the Talmud.
Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi