Tanakh
What are Jewish Scriptures
Holds Supreme Significance for the Zoroastrian peoples; evident in meticulous care/organization of this. As well as within the central roles this has in rituals.
What is Fire
The Anointed One
Who is the Messiah
After the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, the Jews lost the institutional center of their tradition and religion which then brought about a replacement sanctuary
What is a Synagogue
The relationship between God and the Jewish
What is an intimate, contractual relationship
Mitzvot
What are The Ten Commandments
Zoroastrian Dualism
What is druj giving rise to good thoughts, words, and deeds, asha giving rise to evil thoughts, words, and deeds
Compilers of Talmud
Who are Rabbis
The day of atonement
What is Yom Kippur
It remained one of the crucial turning points in the history of Judaism.
What is the Exodus from Egypt
Aliyah
What is the "Ascend" or return to Israel
Ahriman, “the Foul Spirit”
Who is Angra Mainyu
The all-powerful, creator of all good things deity in Zoroastrianism
Who is Ahura Mazda
The day of rest
What is Sabbath/Shabbat
Written & compiled in the second temple period by Rabbis
What is the Talmud
Shoah
What is The Holocaust
Ohrmazd’s “Holy Spirit”
Who is Spenta Mainyu
Ruled during the construction of the first temple
Who is King Solomon
Features a Seder meal
What is Passover
The idea of a just, compassionate, and omnipotent Creator God does not exist is one of three answers to what question
What is The question of evil
ALSO
(The people of Israel are punished for their sins against God. and God periodically conceals Himself from human understanding, thereby creating a seeming void in which evil, for a time, may prevail)
Hasidim
What is The Pious Ones
Founder of Zoroastrianism
Who is Zarathustra
Guardian spirits for human beings
Who are Fravishis
This holy day includes fasting, prayer, repentance, and wearing nothing made of leather.
What is Yom Kippur
An authoritative form of ritual behavior that would enable the observant Jew to sanctify daily life and fulfill the commandments imparted to Moses on Sinai.
What is Halacha