People
Who is Abraham?
This is the section of the Hebrew Bible with the first five books written by Moses.
What is The Torah?
He wrote the Torah, fought against the pharaoh of Egypt, and led the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Who was Moses?
This is one weekly day of rest practiced by the Jewish people on Saturday.
What is The Sabbath?
This is the symbol for Judaism and the Nation of Israel.
What is The Star of David or The Seal of Solomon?
This is the candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
What is the Hanukkah Menorah?
This is what a Jewish religious leader is called.
What is a rabbi?
These are the books of The Torah.
What are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
He was the King of Israel who was originally a shepherd. He defeated the giant Goliath and was a military general.
Who was King David?
Jewish prayer shawl.
What is a tallit?
This is the place (building) where Jewish people worship today.
What is a synagogue?
An ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, north of Ancient Egypt, between the years 1020-922 B.C.
What is The Kingdom of Israel?
This King of Israel is said to have been one of the wisest men to have ever lived. He built the great Jewish Temple and wrote the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs.
Who was King Solomon?
A love story in The Old Testament that teaches how God can create a blessed ending out of a difficult situation and how it came about that Israel's noble King David had a Moabite (non-Jew) as his great-grandmother. The distant relative of The Lord Jesus.
What is The Book of Ruth?
After Jacob wrestled with Jehovah, he changed his name to this.
What is Israel?
The area on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, north of Egypt, which was promised to Abraham's descendants by Jehovah.
What was Canaan?
These are the three great monotheistic religions in the world today.
What is: Judaism (Jews), Christianity (Christians), and Islam (Muslims)?
The night the Angel of Death passed over the houses of the Israelites marked by the blood of the lamb, and spared the firstborn sons from death. The Jewish holiday and the feast that celebrates the deliverance of the Chosen People from bondage in Egypt and the Exodus to the Promised Land.
What is Passover?
Son of Abraham and Sarah, born when they were very old. His descendants became the Hebrew people.
Who was Issac?
This is the name of the entire Hebrew Bible.
What is The Tanakh?
The great-grandson of Abraham who became the vizer of Ancient Egypt.
Who was Joseph?
The ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel, where the Temple of Jehovah was built. It is the most holy city in the world. The Temple to Jehovah was constructed by King Solomon; Jesus was crucified and resurrected there, and Muhammad was carried on a journey to Heaven.
What is Jerusalem?
The place that the Hebrews escaped to when they left Egypt. That entire generation died there except for two men.
What is The Sinai Desert?
A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God, such as Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad.
What is a prophet?
The two "spies" that showed faith in god by saying god will help them re-conquer the promised land. The only two Hebrews who left Egypt and were able to enter Canaan.
Who were Caleb and Joshua?
This text contains the writings of many rabbis. The rabbis wrote comments about how to understand the teachings in the Tanakh and how to practice Judaism.
What is The Talmud?
He achieved stunning victories against Seleucid forces, leading to the purification and rededication of the Jerusalem Temple in 164 BC, celebrated as Hanukkah.
Who was Judah "The Hammer" Maccabee?
To be determined, not giving up.
What is to be resolute?
This celebrates the rededication of the temple in the Book of Macabees when the menorah burned for eight days with one day's worth of oil.
What is Hannakah?
This is an agreement or contract, such as the one between God and Abraham.
What is a covenant?
Ruth's second husband, who became her redeemer.
Who was Boaz?
This text is sometimes called "the Hebrew Bible." It has three major parts: the five books of Moses, prophets, and writings.
What is The Tanakh?
Abraham's son by Hagar, Sarah's servant. The founder of the Arab tribes. His descendants became the Islamic people.
Who was Ishmael?
A great number of people or things.
This is the name of the Jewish God—the Self-Existent One.
Who is Jehovah or Yahweh?
These are ideas of right and wrong that are located in places such as The 10 Commandments and The Book of Proverbs.
What are ethics?
The 2nd King of Israel. He defeated the giant Goliath as a young boy. His star is the symbol of the Israeli flag today. He wrote most of the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament. He was the distant relative of The Lord Jesus.
Who was King David, son of Jessie?
The study of the hidden meaning of numbers and their influence on human life.
What is numerology?
Jewish Day of Atonement- fasting and reflecting on one's sins. The most holy day for Jews. It is the last day following 10 days of repentance that includes fasting, refraining from bathing, and any pleasures.
What is Yom Kippur?
The ritual celebration marking the coming of age of a Jewish child, at which time the person takes on the religious responsibilities of an adult. It happens at age 13.
What is bar mitzvah/bat mitzvah?
To divide or give out in shares, such as the Kingdom of Israel being divided under the control of the 12 Tribes of Israel.
What is to apportion?
From -1 Samuel 17. Now it is used as a term where an underdog fights a more powerful enemy. Someone or something smaller and weaker wins a great victory over a more powerful opponent, which no one expected.
What does the phrase, "David and Goliath," mean?
The number of Jewish laws in The Book of Numbers.
What is 613?
Personal appeal or attraction; magnetism.
What is charisma?
Quarrelsome, inclined to argue to a great degree, fighting.
What is contentious?
This was the fate of the great Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
What was its destruction by the Roman Empire's General Titus, son of the Emperor Vespasia?