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WORSHIP
RITES OF PASSAGE
FESTIVALS
ORTHODOX, CONERSERVATIVE REFORM OR HASIDISM
EXILE AND PERSECUTION
100
Daily prayer is mandatory for
What is males age 13 years or older?
100
This occurs for boys at 8 days old.
What is circumcision?
100
The festival of Lights.
What is Hanukah?
100
Life should not change to suit changes in society.
What is Orthodox?
100
Hostility toward Jews and Judaism.
What is anti-Semitism?
200
"Fit" or "Proper"
What is Kosher?
200
At age 12 or 13, boys learn to read from the Torah and become full members of their community.
What is the Bar Mitzvah?
200
Commemorating the 10th plague.
What is Pesach?
200
"Pious"
What is Hasidism?
200
Jewish people living away from their ancestral homeland.
What is Diaspora?
300
The Jewish Sabbath is
What is sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday?
300
A canopy for the bride and groom to stand under.
What is the Huppa?
300
Celebrating the story of Esther with costumes, candy and noisemakers.
What is Purim?
300
The liturgy is in English.
What is Reform?
300
Destroyed the second temple, killed 1 million, enslaved 100 000.
What is the Roman Empire?
400
For many Jews, the commandment to keep the Sabbath holy means they cannot do this.
What is work, use electricity, drive, etc.?
400
Symbolism behind breaking a glass.
What is a reminder that marriages are filled with blessings and hardships?
400
This holiday includes the building of huts in the family's backyard.
What is Sukkot?
400
Men wear long black coats, black suits, black hats, beards and have the forelock of hair at the their temples.
What is Hasidism?
400
Spread myths and rumors that Jewish people were kidnapping, raping and murdering children, virgins or saintly people.
Who are the Christians?
500
The Jewish place of worship.
What is the synagogue?
500
The prayer recited for the soul of a dead person.
What is the Kaddish?
500
The New Year followed by 10 days of awe and the day of atonement.
What are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
500
Middle position that allows some change.
What is Conservative?
500
Shoah
What is the Holocaust?