Holidays
Jewish/Israeli Foods
Hebrew/Yiddish Words
Jewish Leaders
Jewish Celebrities
100
What Jewish holiday is the remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt?
Passover
100
Jewish believe that humans are created in the image of what?
God
100
What is the name for a celebration of a boy becoming a man?
Bar mitzvah
100
Do the Jews have a single leader, or head of the Church?
No
100
What Prophet brought the ten commandments down to the people from the mountains?
Moses
200
What holiday commemorates the revolt against the Greeks and includes lighting candles and oil?
Hannukah
200
Do the Jews believe in Resurection after death?
Yes, but only for the rightous
200
What is the name of a celebration of a girl becoming a woman?
Bat mitzvha
200
Approximately how many Jews are there through out the world?
14 million?
200
What were the ten commandments stored in? **Hint: this was carried into battle**
the Ark of the Covenant
300
What holiday is the Jewish New Year that also celebrates the day Adam and Eve were created?
Rosh Hashanah
300
Although Jewish do not believe that Jesus was the messiah, do the believe that there is a messiah?
Yes (they are patiently awaiting his coming)
300
Jewish were the first to believe in what idea?
monotheism
300
Define Reform Judaism
stressing accomodation of Judaism to the outside world
300
What Sacred text covers ethical and religious maters as well as history and folklore?
the talamud
400
What is the holiest day of the Jewish year where people fast and spend many hours praying and repenting?
Yom Kippur
400
Do the Jews accept Jesus as the Christ, the son of God?
No.
400
What is another word for the Jewish Sabath?
Shabat
400
Define Orthodox Judaism
people that hold fast to the halachah and resist change in religious practices
400
What does the Torah have in common with Christian scriptures?
the first five books of the Old Testiment
500
What holiday is a high holiday and includes building a hut outside and eating in it?
Sukkot
500
What does the Abrahamic Covenant promise Jews?
A claim to the promised land, and the position of Gods chosen people
500
What is the word for a Jewish temple?
synagogue
500
What are two major forms of Judaism?
Orthodox and Reform
500
What form of Jewish law addresses morality, responcibility, ethics, and religious practices?
the Halachah
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