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| 24141589 | Mezuzah | religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law, contains text from shema | |
| 24141590 | shema | a liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult Jewish males to declare their faith | |
| 24141591 | immanence | the idea that God or the divine is present in the world, A trait of God which refers to God's intimate union with and total presence to his creation | |
| 24141592 | shabbat | day of rest, worship, and celebration. patterened after 7th day of creation, Jewish Sabbath, from friday sundown to sat. sundown | |
| 24141593 | Tefillin | (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as phylacteries) contain copies of the shema which gaurd against the temptation of sin | |
| 24142077 | Halakah | Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures | |
| 24142078 | eschatology | the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment from greek words meaning accounting for the furthest all 3 monotheistic religions include it | |
| 24142079 | hasidism | A form of Judaism arising in eastern Europe in the eighteenth century that emphasizes mysticism, a personal relationship with God, purity of heart and devotion to god in every aspect of life, every action can be seen as a kind of prayer, a close-knit community, and the leadership of the zaddik who guide them in important life decisions, a charismatic holy man. | |
| 24142080 | shofar | A horn made from a ran. It represents Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own son for god. (He never ended up actually sacrificing Isaac, though) blown on rosh Hoshanah | |
| 24142081 | yom kippur | the holiest day in the Jewish calender, the Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness, focus on their relationship with god- no work is done -refrainments | |
| 24142082 | rosh hoshanah | Jewish New Year "head of the year" observed as day of reflection and renewal- No work is done, special prayers are said in synagogue services and the shofar a ceremonial horn is blown | |
| 24142083 | allegorical interpretation | was developed as a means of integrating Judaism with Greek philosophy: this is a method of reading texts symbolically | |
| 24142084 | Moshiach | the anointed one, will be both a piritual and secular ruler, a human appearing in the end of times: restore temple in jerusalem, line of david, great military leader, and also a judge who establishes jewish law, in every generation the potential for a Moshiach to arise | |
| 24142085 | mishnah | Written down in about 200 C.E., but contains collected teachings of the rabbis of the preceding four centuries; along with the Talmud, it is the most important text of the oral Torah. | |
| 24142086 | Talmud | written between 400-600 ce these are rabbinical commentaries on the Mishnah | |
| 24142087 | Rabbi | A teacher; someone well versed in Halakah; rabbis are not necessarily kohein and so do not perform any sacrificial rituals | |
| 24142088 | kabbalah | Jewish mysticism. Followers believe that every aspect of the Torah has hidden meanings that link the spiritual world to everyday life. | |
| 24142089 | tanakh | A common way of referring to the Hebrew Bible, derived from the first letters of the Hebrew names of its three sections: Torah (T), Prophets( neviim) (N), and Writings( ketuvium) (K). | |
| 24142090 | Torah | 5 books of moses( genisis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy) also known as pentateuch | |
| 24142091 | Nevi'im | the book of the prophets | |
| 24142092 | Ketuvim | other writings ( psalms, song of solomon, the book of job) | |
| 24142093 | tikkun | to fix and repair | |
| 24142094 | Mitzvah | there are 613 mitvot contained in the torah: following these in daily life is at the heart of what it means to be a jew. | |
| 24142095 | Bar Mitzvah | (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility and under the law or commandments | |
| 24142096 | bat Mitzvah | (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility | |
| 24142431 | pesach | Festival of Passover, commemorates the deliverance of Israel from captivity in Egypt: no chamets -anything made of wheat rye barley oats or spelt | |
| 24142432 | seder | a special meal that includes rituals and the recitation of a special set of prayers on the first night of passover | |
| 24142433 | hanukkah | (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC | |
| 24142434 | covenant | (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return | |
| 24142435 | reform | judaism develops in the 19th century it accepts cultural pluralism and assimilation while maintaining jewish identity | |
| 24142436 | orthodox | judaism develps in germany in the middle 19th century it rejects the tenets of reform judaism and maintains the importance of traditional forms of belief and practice. some are segregationish with regard to cultural assimilarion and som are intergrationist | |
| 24142437 | conservative | judaism develops in the 20th century as a compromise position between reform and orthodoxy | |
| 24142438 | reconstructionist | judaism in an outgrowth of reform judaism but its followers are much more stringent than reform jews in followinng the mitzvot. rather than compromising with the modern values of the enlightenment. reconstructionism seeks to preserve what is best of ancient traditions following mitzvot not because they are ordained by god but rather because they are valuabe guideline for living | |
| 24142439 | sinai | The mountain where Moses received the Law from God 10 commandments | |
| 24142440 | midrash | the ongoing interpretations of the Torah's unchanging laws as they pertained to changing day-to-day realities | |
| 24142441 | adam | first man and our first father ( committed the first sin; 'adam' in hebrew is referred to humanity in general) | |
| 24142442 | zarathustra | the mythical founder of chief prophet of the Ancient Persian religion known as Zoroastrianism, which influenced Jewish and later Christian belief | |
| 24142443 | moses | Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai | |
| 24142444 | moses maimonides | Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204) | |
| 24142445 | ahura mazda | Name of the God in Zoroastrianism. He has six attributed called his "Amesh Spentos" which include: Divine Law, Powerful, Beneviolent, Pure, Perfect, and Immortal. | |
| 24143968 | theodor herzl | founded a movement known as Zionism, promoting the creation of an independant Jewish state in Palestine. | |
| 24143969 | abraham | the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac | |
| 24143970 | david | (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites |
