A quorum of men and women over the age of thirteen required for worship.
What is a minyan?
100
Fulfilling the requirements of the Jewish dietary laws of kashruth.
What is kosher?
100
The book that's used to explain the events of the Exodus.
What is Haggadah?
100
A movement originally for the re-establishment of a Jewish nation
What is Zionism?
200
The remaining pieces of Herod's temple that's in Jerusalem where Jews traditionally pray
What is the Western Wall/Wailing Wall?
200
The five books Moses had hand-written on parchment.
What is a Sefer Torah?
200
A ceremonial dinner to celebrate the first night of the passover.
What is Seder?
200
The teachings on how to live in agreement with the Torah
What is the Mishnah?
200
A hebrew term for the Holocaust; it means destruction.
What is shoah?
300
One of the most important Jewish prayers.
What is Shema?
300
A jewish religious leader.
What is a rabbi?
300
The religous initiation ceremony for a Jewish boy or girl who has reached the age of thirteen.
What is a bar/bat mitzvah?
300
Rabbinic teachings that come from the Mishnah
What is the Talmud?
300
Hostility and prejudice towards Jews.
What is anti-semitism?
400
A Jewish name for God.
What is Adonay?
400
The place for congregational worship for Jews.
What is synagogue?
400
A sring passover festival remembering the freeing of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
What is a pesach?
400
The commentary and interpretation of the Bible
What is Midrash?
400
An area of a city in which minority groups such as Jews were required to live.
What is ghetto?
500
1. There is a God
2. There is only one God
3. God created the world but the world will not last forever.
4. There is only one universe
5. God cares for the world and all of its creatures.
What are Philo's Five Fundamentals of Jewish Faith?
500
It means blessing which is the foundation of Jewish prayer.
What is berakkah?
500
The most important ritual of the Jewish people.
What is the Shabbat?
500
The legal and non-legal material that is combined together to form this.