Reading #19: Chapter 11 Judaism: The Teachings of Judaism, pp. 385-390
What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, revered in Judaism and containing almost all the sacred legislation, referred to collectively?
What is the Torah?
What term historically connoted both a political and spiritual community in Judaism and now identifies a Middle Eastern nation-state established in 1948?
What is Israel?
In Jewish Kabbalistic thought, as referenced by Video #1 by Rabbi Briestowitz, what term describes the secondary soul characterized by negative drives like egotism and selfishness, which challenges the holy divine soul?
What is the animal soul?
According to the Book of Proverbs, what is the essential starting point on the journey to wisdom, defined as a healthy respect for God's definition of good and evil?
What is the "Fear of the Lord"?
What is the sub-sect of Judaism practiced by the main characters?
What is modern Orthodox Judaism?
What is the belief in a singular, benevolent Creator God who imparts moral principles to humanity?
What is Ethical Monotheism?
What is the term for the redeemer figure in Judaism who is expected to rescue Israel and the world from evil, with interpretations evolving over time?
What is the Messiah (mashiach)?
According to Video #2 by Rabbi Moshe Krasnianski, what are the Evil Inclination and Satan seen as in Judaism?
What are tests or opportunities for personal growth?
What is the central theme of the Book of Ecclesiastes according to the video?
What is the idea that life is meaningless?
When do Orthodox Jewish women typically start wearing a wig?
What is after marriage?
What is the collection of rabbinic teachings and interpretations, often referred to as the "Oral Torah," that holds almost equal sanctity and authority to the Torah in Judaism?
What is the Talmud?
Which text first fully articulated Jewish views on the afterlife?
What is the Talmud?
According to Video #3 by Rabbi Manis Friedman, what is the Torah's view of punishment?
What is correcting or undoing the damage caused by sin?
In the Book of Job, Satan challenges Job’s love for God, proposing that Job is only a good person because of what?
What is God rewards him?
What does the breaking of a dinner plate symbolize in Jewish weddings?
What is it symbolizes the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem?
What is the concept in Judaism that describes the unique, contractual relationship between God and the Jewish people, akin to a marriage and containing reciprocal obligations?
What is the Covenant?
What Jewish prophet's vision of a heavenly throne served as an inspiration for mystics seeking a glimpse of God and heavenly beings?
Who is Ezekiel?
According to Video #4 by Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein, God's response to Moses when asked about the reason for suffering indicated that understanding such reasons would cause the loss of what essential human quality?
What is compassion?
According to the video about Ecclesiastes, what are the three disturbing observations made by the critic?
What are the march of time, the certainty of death, and life's random nature?
What other Jewish communities outside of the UK are featured in this show?
What are Paris, Israel and the United States?
What historical event prompted many Jewish theologians to reexamine traditional responses to the Problem of Evil, challenging the idea of a just and compassionate omnipotent Creator?
What is the Holocaust?
What is the form of Jewish mysticism that focuses on the divine emanative powers known as Sephirot and began in Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries?
What is Kabbalah?
Who are the biblical figures that Video #5 by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks cites as examples of those who questioned the existence of evil and suffering, demonstrating that such questioning is a part of deep faith?
Who are Abraham, Moses, Jeremiah, and Job?
In the Bible, which Hebrew word, often translated as "wisdom," represents an attribute of God used to create the world and guides people in making wise decisions?
What is "Chokma"?
Besides wigs, what are some examples of Orthodox Jewish fashion observed in the Manchester Jewish community?
What are modest clothing for women and traditional hairstyles for men (curls or payot)?