Sacred Texts/Worship
Jewish Beliefs
Ancient Israel
Terms
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The name of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible

The Torah

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Jewish holiday that celebrates the Israelites exodus from Egypt

The Passover

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What was the Exodus?

The Israelites escaping from Egypt

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Monotheism

Belief and worship of one God

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Synagogue

Jewish house of worship

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Ethical monotheism

The shared belief in a single God who lays out a proper and moral way to live

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Th first king of Israel

Saul

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Sabbath

Weekly day of rest

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Rabbi

Jewish religious teacher

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In Judaism, righteousness is...

Living in a way that is right and in agreement with God’s laws

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The king of Israel who built the first Temple

Solomon

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Covenant

Binding agreement

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The Talmud

 A series commentaries on the teachings of Moses and the Hebrew Bible

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Jewish holiday that commemorates their victory in the Maccabean Revolt

Hanukkah

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This event marked the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora

587 BC Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple

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Prophet

Person believed to be chosen by God to bring truth to the people

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The three sections of the Hebrew Bible

the Torah (the law)

the Prophets

the Writings

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Who were the patriarchs of the Jewish people?

Early Jewish forefathers like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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How many Jewish Temples have there been? What happened to them?

2 Temples. 

The first was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC and the second was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD

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Diaspora

Jewish communities outside the ancient Jewish homeland, from a Greek word meaning dispersion, or scattering