Jewish Texts
Terms We Should Know
Rituals
Terms We May Know
100

Man who received the revelation from God on Mount Sinai

Who is Moses?

100

A repeated action with a deeper meaning?

What is ritual?

100

Sabbath (Shabbat) commemorates God ___ on the seventh day of creation?

What is resting?

100

Stories that convey cultural values and teach lessons

What is myth?
200

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible?

What is Torah?

200

correct action

What is orthopraxy?


200

The commemoration of the Israelite's exodus from slavery in Egypt.

What is Passover?
200

Deliberation over right/wrong, good/bad

What is ethics?

300

An acronym made up of the first letters of the three sections of the Hebrew Bible

What is Tanakh?

300

Theories about God, the divine, and other ultimate concerns in religion

What is theology?

300

For Jews, Yom Kippur is the Day of ___

What is atonement?

300

The most traditional Jewish group

What is orthodox?

400

The ____ is Jewish Oral Law

What is Talmud?

400

Judaism is not a ____ religion, as it's not defined by beliefs

What is creedal?

400

Food that meets the dietary requirements of Jewish law

What is Kosher?

400

The academic study of human cultures, societies, and development

What is anthropology?

500

Name which means "one who struggles with God"

What is Israel?

500

Rituals bring the "sacred" into "___" spaces?

What is mundane/profane?

500

During Hanukkah, the candlesticks are placed in a ___.

What is menorah?

500

Understanding the origin and meaning of the world/universe

What is cosmology?
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