Ancient History
Beliefs
Religious Practices
Judaism
Sacred Texts
100

The exile of the Jews from the Holy Land.

What was the diaspora?

100

The god that Jews believe in.

Who is Yahweh or God?

100

What is the name for a celebration for a boy or girl coming of age?

What is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah?

100

The leader of a Jewish congregation.

Who is a rabbi?

100

The first five books of the Old Testament.

What is the Torah?

200

The name of the Promised Land to which Abraham brought his family.

What is Canaan?

200

The belief in only one god.

What is monotheism?

200

The name of the place where Jews go to pray.

What is a synagogue?

200

The only country where Jews are in the majority.

What is Israel?

200

There are 613 of these in the Torah.

What are the commandments?

300

The most important prophet in Judaism.

Who is Moses?

300

The 10 laws brought to the people by Moses from God.

What are the 10 Commandments?

300

An ethnic and religious identity given to those who descended from Abraham.

What is Judaism?

300

A special diet for Jews that follows religious laws.

What is kosher food?

300

A sacred text that provides an interpretation of the Torah?

What is the Talamud?

400

He invited his family to Egypt when their was a terrible drought in Canaan.

Who is Joseph?

400

Two religions that rose out of Judaism.

What are Christianity and Islam?

400

A day of religious observance and rest that starts at sun down on Friday.

What is the sabbath?

400

An ancient place of Jewish worship that was finally destroyed for the last time by the Romans.

What is a temple?

400

The language most often used to recite from the Torah.

What is Hebrew?

500

He made a covenant with God.

Who is Abraham?

500

A claim to the promised land and being God's chosen people

What was the Abrahamic Covenant? Or what did God promise Abraham?

500

Another name traditionally used for Jewish people. (Just for identification, not as insults.)

Who are the Hebrews and/or Israelites?

500

Three major forms of Judaism.

What are Orthodox, Reform and Conservative Judaism?

500

A record of Jewish law.

What is the Mishnah?