a place for congregationional worship that emerged during the exile
What is the synagogue
100
the passover feastival in the spring commemerating the liberation of the isrealites slavery in Egypt
What is pesach
100
rabbinic teachings derived from the Mishnah is the main source of jewish teachings
What is Talmud
100
hostility and predjuice towards jews
What is Anti- Semetism
200
The Jewish creed of faith
What is Shema
200
a word that is defined a blessing
What is berakkah
200
a celebration when a jewish boy turns thirteen
What is bar mitzvah
200
the book used to explain the events in the exodus
What is Haggadah
200
a hebrew term for the holocaust meaning destruction
What is shoah
300
Where is the most significant place for the Jews to go to pray?
What is the Western Wall
300
a group of ten males over the age of thirteen meeting for worship
What is minyan
300
fulfilling the requirments of jewish dietary laws
What is Kosher
300
legal and non material in a compilation of literature
What is Gemara
300
an area of a city in which minority groups such as jews were required to live
What is Ghettos
400
the substitute for the name God
What is lord/adonay
400
a jewish scholar or teacher
What is Rabbi
400
a ritual service and ceremonial dinner for the first one or two nights of passover
What is Seder
400
early rabbnic teachings on how to live a life and accordance with the torah
What is Mishnah
400
a movment originaly for the re-establishment of the jewish nation
What is Zionism
500
Five beliefs - there is a God. There is only ONE God. God created the world, but the world will not last forever. There is only one universe. God cares for the world and all of its creatures.
What is Philo's Five fundamentals of Jewish faith
500
the five books of moses handwritten on parchment
What is Sefer Torah
500
the most important ritual of jewish people
What is Shabbat
500
interpretation and commentary on the bible
What is Midrash
500
jews accept without question that the torah is from God