God’s Chosen Words
The Hebrew Translation for “My Master” or “My Teacher.”
What is a Rabbi?
When Abraham entered the promise land.
What is around 1800 BCE.
Also known as the festival of lights,” it celebrates the victory of the Jews led by Judas the Maccabean over the Syrian Greeks led by Antiochus IV.
What is Hanukkah?
Derives from the Hebrew word “way” meaning it refers to food permitted by Jewish dietary laws. Jews observe these dietary laws to remind themselves that they are to be a holy and separate people.
What is Halakhic?
It is the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, holy ground.
What is Israel?
A religious ceremony that symbolically ends the Shabbat, usually recited over kosher wine or kosher grape juice.
What is Havdalah?
The time of Moses, Exodus, and the occurrence reception of the Law.
What is around 1250 BCE?
It is celebrated on the first day of the Jewish month of Tishri and is the day that Jews believe God judges each individual for his or her actions of the previous year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
A binding solemn agreement between human beings or between a God and his people, holding each to a particular course of action.
What is a Covenant?
The event marked by the year 537 BCE.
What is the Return from Babylonian exile?
This comes from the Hebrew word kaser meaning proper and commonly refers to food permitted by Jewish dietary laws. Jews observe these dietary laws to remind themselves that they are to be a holy and separate people.
What is Kosher?
What is around 1200 BCE.
It is also known as Passover, celebrating the Hebrews’ freedom from Egyptian slavery when the angel of death “passed over” the houses of the Hebrews that were marked with the blood of a lamb.
What is Pesach?
The type of biblical interpretation found in rabbinic literature, especially the Talmuds. It assumes that the Scriptures provide answers for every situation and every question in life.
What is Midrash?
The construction of this building began around 800 BCE.
What is the Second Temple?
A candelabra with seven or nine lights that is used in Jewish worship.
What is a Menorah?
The year that marks the beginning of the Davidic Kingdom.
What is around 1050 BCE?
It is considered the holiest day of the year for Jews and is a day of prayer, fasting, and repentance.
What is Yom Kippur?
The sanctuary inside the tabernacle in the Temple of Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
What is The Holy of Holies?
This nation was conquered around 331 BCE by this person.
What is Jerusalem by Alexander the Great?
This is a commandment of Jewish Law.
What is Mitzvot?
The year that marks the construction of the first temple in Jerusalem and the year that marks the destruction of the first Temple and the Babylonian Exile.
What are 950 BCE and 586 BCE?
It is an eight day commemoration of the time when the Jews were in the desert for forty years and later when they were in Israel and built covered huts (booths) to protect themselves from the elements during harvest.
What is Sukkot?
Between 1947 and 1956 thousands of fragments of biblical and early Jewish documents were discovered in eleven caves near the site of Khirbet Qumran on the shores of the Dead Sea. These important texts have revolutionized our understanding of the way the Bible was transmitted and have illuminated the general cultural and religious background of ancient Palestine, out of which both Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity arose.
What are The Dead Sea Scrolls?
A traditional Jewish home attaches a ______ on at least one exterior doorpost of the house.
What is a mezuzah?