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

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible?

What is Torah?

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

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

What is Tanakh?

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

The Mishnah (part of the Talmud) comprises Jewish oral ___?

What is law?

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 Talmud is made up of the Mishnah (teaching) and the ___ (the discussions of rabbis)

What is Gemara?

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

Most Jewish prayers books are made up of the ___ (Sabbath and daily prayers) and the mahzor (prayers used during festivals.

What is siddur?

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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