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Judaism Review
Review for Work Religions
Question | Answer |
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Monotheism | One God |
Yahweh (YHWH) | Hebrew God |
Rabbi | Their version of a priest |
Torah | Old Testament |
Tanakh (TNK) | Prophets and Historical |
Mishnah | Oral teaching explaining the Old Testament that was written down |
Talmud | Commentary of the Mishnah |
Zionism | Movement back to the promised land |
Sabbath | 7th day rest, Friday sunset → Saturday sunset |
Orthodox | Very little change in the way they practice, Torah is important to them, Sabbath is important (Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown), rarest kind, Rabbi’s are always men, worship in only Hebrew |
Conservative | Old practices open to modern ways, somewhat strict on dietary & Sabbath laws, worship in hebrew, allow women Rabbis |
Reform | As society changes so do they, worship in vernacular (language of where they live), Women Rabbis, lose observance of the law |
Rosh Hashanah | 2 day feast; Days of Awe (1 week)(Fasting) → Yom kippur |
Yom Kippur | Holiest day of the year |
Bar Mitzvah | Age 13, Becoming a man |
Bat Mitzvah | Age 13, Becoming a woman |
Exodus | Hebrew people leaving Egypt (Exit) |
40 years | Wandered in the desert for 40 years (3 week trip) |
Ark of the Covenant | Temple built by King Solomon held it and it had the 10 commandments and other holy artifacts. |
Promised Land | Moses can’t go into the promised land, Joshua leads people in |
Temple | Built by King Solomon, destroyed by the Babylonians, rebuilt, destroyed by the Romans |
Diaspora | Dispersion of the Jews around the Mediterranean |
Holocaust | The mass murder of Jews by the Nazi's |
Abram (Abraham) | father of Judaism; moved away from his home and had a son |
Sarah | Wife of Abraham |
Isaac | Son of Sarah and Abraham, has twins (Esau & Jacob), Jacob pretended to be Esau to get his father's power |
Jacob | Jacob has 12 sons |
Joseph | Son that was sold into captivity, captured and sold by his brothers, sold to the Egyptians, worked his way up as a slave, accused of flirting with the wife, |
Joesph #2 | thrown in jail, interprets dreams, interprets Pharaoh’s dream and saves them from famine, Joseph’s family is starving because of the famine, they send people to go get food from Egypt, reunite with Joseph |
Moses | Saves Hebrew people from Egypt, never got to the promised land |
Joshua | Leads people into the promised land |
Saul | One of the three kings; the first king, was jealous of David and tried to kill him |
David | One of the three kings; was very close to God but made some bad mistakes |
Solomon | One of the three kings; David’s son; wisest king ever |
Assyrians | Took over the Northern Kingdom |
Babylonians | Destroyed the temple and took over the Southern kingdom |