modern movement continuing a strict taditional belief in the binding character of the torah and Halakhah
100
Rabbi
My master; title for teacher of the law; spiritual leader of a congregation
100
Shavuot
Feast of weeks, commemorating the giving of the torah on mt.sinai
100
Tanakh
Hebrew scirptures comprised of torah, Nevi'im, and khetuvim
200
Messiah
End-time kinf, descended from king david, Expected to redeem ismael
200
Pesach (passover)
Spring festival commemorating deliverance from egypt
200
Reconstructionist Judaism
modern movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan, emphasizing judaism as a civilization
200
shema
Statement proclaiming the unity of god, based on beuteronomy
200
Torah
the first five books in the hebrew scriptures; also the whole of scripture; also the whole corpus of revelation, including oral torah
300
Mishnah
Code of jewish oral law complied ca.200 c.e by judah the prince
300
Pharisees
Party in ancient judaism teaching the oral torah, along with the qritten torah, resurrection of the bodt, and application of the law in everyday life
300
Reform Judaism
Modern movement attempting to conform tradition to conditions of modern life, allowing changes in the halakhah
300
Sukkot
Feast of booths, autumn harvest festival
300
Yahweh
Special covenant name of israels god as it was probably pronouced; written YHWH in the hebrew scriptures; at a certain point jews stopped pronoucing this sacred name and substituted the name adonai
400
Mitzvot
commandments given by god
400
prophets
inspired people who spoke god's word and advocated reforms in israel, especially from the eighth to the fourth centuried B.C.E; recorded words of individual prohpets became part of the sacred scripture
400
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish new year, first day of tishri; beginning og high holy days
400
Synagogue
Greek term translating hebrew "house of assembly"; jewish place for prayer and study
400
Yom Kippur
Jewish day of atonement on the tenth of tishri, a solemn day of repentance
500
Moses
leader of israel in the exodus from egypt and the founding of the coveneant on mt.sinai
500
Purim
Early spring festival remembering events of the book of esther
500
Sabbath
seventh day of the week, sacred day of rest and study for jews
500
Talmud
Jewish oral torah comprised of the mishnah and gemara; exists in a palestinian and a babylonian version
500
Zealots
Jeish religious party in the roman period that adovcated resistance to roman occupation