"Religion"
The fictional account from the Greek writings that became the basis for the sci-fi film, "The Matrix."
What is the Story of the Cave?
The holiday celebrating Jewish independence from the Greeks in 165 BCE and the cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem, it is celebrated over eight days sometime in late November to late December.
What is Hanukkah (Chanukkah)?
Moses, the Exodus, and the Ten Commandments.
What is 1250 BCE?
The modern buildings that are Jewish houses of worship.
What are synagogues (aka temples)?
Considered the Father and Mother of Judaism.
Who are Abraham and Sarah?
Term for anything that conforms to Jewish laws and customs.
What is Kosher?
The weekly day of rest.
What is Sabbath (Shabbat)?
The author(s) of the Greek story that inspired "The Matrix."
Who are Socrates (who thought of it) and Plato (who wrote it down)?
The holiest day in the whole year, it is when people fast and say sorry to God and each other for wrongs done in the past year.
What is Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)?
Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar.
What is 1800 BCE?
The holiest city in the world for Jews.
What is Jerusalem?
Israel's greatest king, as a boy he conquered Goliath the Giant and later composed most of the Psalms.
Who is David?
The 9-light candelabra for Hanukkah.
What is the Menorah?
The total number of rules (mitzvot) within the Torah, it is also the name of a contemporary Jewish male acapella group.
What is 613 (Six-Thirteen)?
What are "order" and "purpose"?
The holiday commemorating the last plague God sent onto the Egyptians when the Angel of Death caused the deaths of all first-born sons, so that Pharaoh would free Moses and the Israelites from slavery.
What is Passover?
Kings Saul, David, and Solomon.
What is 1000 BCE?
The Torah consists of these biblical books.
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
The spinning top for Hanukkah.
What is a Dreidel?
Meaning "anointed one," the king or savior whom God will send to restore all things.
Who is the Messiah?
The Jewish New Year that occurs in the Fall, its name in Hebrew literally means, "The Head of the Year" and is celebrated with apple slices dipped in honey, symbols of prosperity.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
The Four "Sacreds" of Religions.
What are Sacred Texts, Sacred Practices/Beliefs, Sacred Times, and Sacred Places/Spaces?
Shabbat, or the weekly sabbath day of rest for Jews, is this time period each week.
When is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown?
The destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians.
What is 586 BCE?
The TANAKH is an acronym of the initials of these three parts of the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible.
What are the Torah, the Prophets (nevi'im), and the Writings (or Wisdom Literature - ketuvim)?
The one sentence of faith in Judaism, the Shema, consists of what two elements?
What is "Our God, One God"?
The liberator of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.
Who is Moses?
These four nouns are the four main branches of Judaism today.
What are:
Orthodox (most strict)
Conservative (middle of the road)
Reform (more liberal)
Reconstructionist (most liberal)?
The two lessons about resistance from "The Matrix" and its Greek inspiration.
What are resistance from with ourselves, and resistance from others?
Taken from the book of Esther, the Jewish Queen of the Persians around 479 BCE, this holiday recounts how Esther saved her people from a holocaust at the hands of the Persian Prime Minister, Haman.
What is Purim?
The dates of both the building of the Second Temple as well as its destruction by the Roman Empire.
What are 520 BCE and 70 CE?
The only thing remaining of the Temple grounds in Jerusalem, this is the holiest site in the world for Judaism.
What is the Western Wall (or the Wailing Wall)?
Refers both to the primary language of the Old Testament as well as to the ancient Israelites.
What is "Hebrew"?
Literally meaning "teacher," this term refers to a leader of worship in Judaism.
What is Rabbi?
The ancient Hebrew name for God.
What is Yahweh?