Five Pillars Of Islam
The Shahada is
what is a brief prayer proclaiming oneness of God and faith in Islam.
It is the first Pillar
What major festival takes place at the end of Ramadan?
What is The Festival of Eid-Al-Fitr
What is the Feast of Shavuot(Feast of Weeks/Pentecost)
What is
-Feast that represents the "birth of the church"
- Customs include offering new grain in woven baskets to the Lord, baking bread with the grain, and then waving it before the Lord.
The Koran
What is the "Holy Book" of Islam
What is the climate of the Middle East?
what is Hot and Dry
The Salat is
what is a requirement that Muslims must pray five times a day toward Mecca.
It is the second Pillar
What is the Feast of Pesach(Passover)
What is
- Feast that represents the Israelite's deliverance from Egypt.
-Customs including making, bundling, and leaving a sheaf of barley; and eating unleavened bread.
What is the Feast of Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashanah(Feast of Trumpets)
what is
- Feast that represents conviction
-customs include blowing a ram's horn/shofar 100 times
- Begins at the sighting of the first silver of the new moon
Midrash
What is a Jewish legend
What is the Middle Eastern economy known for?
the Zakat is
what is the act of almsgiving; giving to the poor and sick.
It is the third Pillar
What is the feast of Hag HaMatzot(feast of unleavened bread)
what is
- Feast that represents Jesus as the bread of life
- Customs include cutting down and preparing the sheaf of barley as an offering, and eating unleavened bread.
What is the Feast of Yom Kippur(Day of Atonement)
what is
-feast that represents our scape goat(Jesus)
- Jews believe that one this day every souls name will be sealed in one of two books: the book of life or the book of death
What doe Islams call their god?
What is Mount Moriah Rock known for
What is where Muhammed ascended into heaven
The Sawm is
What is requires Muslims to fast during the month off Ramadan
It is the fourth Pillar
What is the Feast of Reishit(Feast of the First Fruits)
what is
- Feast that represent Easter
- Customs include the barley being waved as a wave offering to the Lord
Memorize the Shema with help
___,O____:The ___our___,the __is __! You shall ___the ___your___with all your___, with all your__, and with all your___. And these ___which I___you ___ shall be in your___. You shall___them ___to your__, and shall___of them when you__in your___, when you___by the way, when you__down, and when you___up. You shall___them as a___on your___, and they shall be as___between yourr___. You shall___them on the _____of your ___and on your____.
________ __:__-__
The Hebrew word that means " Anointed"
What is Messiah
Ka'bah
-Known as the house of God
-it is a cube that is a very significant symbol/place in the Islamic religion
-inside is the sacred black stone that was supposedly given to Abraham by an angel
The Hajj is
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca which every Muslim is expected to make at least once in their lifetime.
It is the fifth Pillar
What is the feast of Sukkot(feast of tabernacles/booths)
what is
- final feast given to Israel
- Jewish families construct a Sukkot
-Customs include singing hymns, decorating the sukkot, and special ceremony of the "four species"
Know the Shema Without help.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6: 4-9 2.
Arabs- Major ethnic group
Arabic- Main language
what is the main ethnic group and language spoken in the Middle East
EXTRA POINTS PER CORRECT ANSWER
1. What is a shofar2. What is a mosque
3. What are the three holiest cities in Islam
1. A ram's horn blown during the "High Holidays"
2. Muslim place of worship
3. Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem