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This book in the Jewish Bible is an example of how God blesses the Jewish people who follow His commands such as respecting their elders and leaders.
What is The Book of Ruth?
This is the section of The Hebrew Bible with the first five books.
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 what a person who acts as a messenger from God is called.
What is a prophet?
This is the candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
What is the Hanukkah Menorah?
Who is Abraham?
This is the book in the Torah that tells the story of the Hebrews leaving Egypt.
What is The Book of Exodus?
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?
This is one weekly day of rest practiced by the Jewish people on Saturday.
What is The Sabbath?
This is the belief in many gods.
This is the definition of religious sacred writings, such as: The Jewish Torah, The Christian New Testament, and The Muslim Koran.
What are holy scriptures?
He was the pharaoh of Egypt, who chased the Hebrews out of the land of Egypt to The Red Sea.
The book of the Bible written primarily by King David of Israel which are the songs that are still sung today in Jewish and Christian worship (like Mass).
Who was Anne Frank?
This was the name of the "promised land," given to Abraham and his decedents by God.
What was Canaan?
This is the place (building) where Jewish people worship today.
What is a synagogue?
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?
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 Book of Proverbs.
Who was King Solomon?
This book in the Hebrew Bible was written by King Solomon and teaches the readers the correct ways to live good lives pleasing to God.
What is The Book of Proverbs?
She was the ancient Queen of Persia. There is a book of the Bible named after her that tells the story of her saving the Jewish people from being killed because of an evil plot by the king's vizier.
Who was Queen Esther?
This was the capital city of Israel under King David and King Solomon.
What was Jerusalem?
This is what a Jewish religious leader is called.
What is a rabbi?
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?
These are the prophets that Maria asked to be on the test. Their stories are in the Hebrew Bible after the books of the Torah in the section called The Prophets or Neviim (in Hebrew).
Who were: Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah.
This is the name of the entire Hebrew Bible.
What is The Tanakh?
He was the leader of family of the Maccabees who revolted against their Greek rulers.
Who was Judah "The Hammer" Maccabee?
This is a phrase that is used when an underdog (a less powerful person) fights a more powerful enemy.
What does the phrase, "David and Goliath," mean?
These are the three great monotheistic religions in the world today.
What is: Judaism (Jews), Christianity (Christians), and Islam (Muslims)?
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?