A substitute for the word God to show reverence
What is Lord/Adonay
A trained scholar, a teacher, an interpreter of Jewish law, a counsellor, and an officiant of special ceremonies
What is a Rabbi
What is a Bar Mitzvah?
The main source of Jewish teaching from the medieval period to the present time.
What is Talmud?
The mass genocide targeted against Jews that happened in Europe.
What was the Holocaust?
The remaining part of the temple after it was destroyed
What is The Western Wailing Wall
Communal Place of worship for the Jews and is considered a place of gathering, of prayer, and study or learning
What is The Synagogue
Early rabbinic teachings on how to live a life according to the Torah.
What is Mishnah?
A branch of Judaism that says the Torah is absolute truth and should not be changed in any way.
What is Orthodox Judaism?
Solomon's Temple was destroyed and all of Judea was taken prisoner
What is Babylonian captivity
The text of five books of Moses written on parchment It is the most sacred object of Jewish life and is essential for worship
What is The Sefer Torah
The day that indicates the beginning and end of the Sabbath, when families come back from the synagogue and have a feast.
What is the Shabbat?
A compiled sizable body of commentary on the Bible.
What is Midrash?
A period of time where land was claimed so the Jewish people could have their own land.
What is Zionism?
The process of conversion to Judaism
What is Gerut
Means blessing which is the foundation of Jewish prayer
What is Berakkah
A Jewish festival celebrating the freedom of Hebrews from Egypt, lasts a full week.
What is the Pesach?
What is Haggadah?
What is Anti Semitism?
The Jewish creed of faith
What is Shema
The quorum of ten men (or men and women) over thirteen years of age required for worship
What is a Minyan
A ritual service and dinner where the story of the exodus is told, reenacted, and explained.
What is Seder?
What is Gemara?
The year that there was a mass displacement of people living in Palestine as the Jewish people attempted to reclaim their land.
What is 1948?