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Yom Kippur
sacred day of rest and prayer
100
Sighet
What is a town in Transylvania where Elie lived
100
rabbi
What is a Jewish religious teacher
100
little air, hot, barely standing room
What is condition of cattle cars
200
Kabbalah (Cabbala)
What is Jewish mystical writings
200
synagogue
What is Jewish house of worship
200
cattle trains
What is Train cars used to transport the Jews to the concentration camps
200
A-7713
What is Elies identification number
200
Rosh Hashanah
What is Jewish New Year; start of the Days of Awe; culminates in Yom Kippur
300
Shoah
What is a Hebrew word for the holocaust
300
ghettos
What is Jewish settlements set up by the Germans
300
Shlomo
who is elies father
300
nobody believes what he says when he comes home
who is moishe the beatle
300
yellow star
What is all Jews wear this identifying symbol
400
Kaddish
What is A prayer for the dead
400
Buchenwald
What is a concentration camp
400
Moshe the Beadle
who is Elie's spiritual mentor and friend
500
Anti-Semitism
What is hatred, hostility or prejudice against Jews
500
gallows
What is The place of several hangings
500
hitler
who is leader of the nazies
500
work sets you free
What is an ironic statement
500
Tanakh
What is the written Torah (or Hebrew Bible
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