Sacred Texts/Worship
The name of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
The Torah
Jewish holiday that celebrates the Israelites exodus from Egypt
The Passover
What was the Exodus?
The Israelites escaping from Egypt
Monotheism
Belief and worship of one God
Synagogue
Jewish house of worship
Ethical monotheism
The shared belief in a single God who lays out a proper and moral way to live
Th first king of Israel
Saul
Sabbath
Weekly day of rest
Rabbi
Jewish religious teacher
In Judaism, righteousness is...
Living in a way that is right and in agreement with God’s laws
The king of Israel who built the first Temple
Solomon
Covenant
Binding agreement
The Talmud
A series commentaries on the teachings of Moses and the Hebrew Bible
Jewish holiday that commemorates their victory in the Maccabean Revolt
Hanukkah
This event marked the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora
587 BC Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple
Prophet
Person believed to be chosen by God to bring truth to the people
The three sections of the Hebrew Bible
the Torah (the law)
the Prophets
the Writings
Who were the patriarchs of the Jewish people?
Early Jewish forefathers like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
How many Jewish Temples have there been? What happened to them?
2 Temples.
The first was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC and the second was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD
Diaspora
Jewish communities outside the ancient Jewish homeland, from a Greek word meaning dispersion, or scattering