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Aggadah
–Lore
–Some in Talmud, most in Midrash
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Ashkenazim
- –those Jews who come from Europe, especially
- eastern Europe
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Bar (Bat) Mitzvah,
–“Son/Daughter of the commandment”
- –Rite of passage, in which one reads from the
- Torah
- –Boys age 13, girls age 12 (no bat mitzvah in
- orthodox groups)
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Conservative Jews
–Halfway between orthodox and assimilated
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Gemara
–Part of the Talmud
- – Commentary by later rabbis on issues raised in
- the Mishnah
Palestinian and Babylonian.
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Halachah
–Law
–Part of oral torah
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Hanukkah
- –the festival of lights which celebrates the
- Jewish victory over the Hellenization program of Antiochus IV
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Hasidim
– Group of Ultra-Orthodox Jews
–Mystical Rabbis
–Long forelocks
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Kippah
–Small head covering worn by men.
–yarmulka
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Kosher
– “fit”
–food which Jews are permitted to eat
No pork, no mixing milk and meat, etc.
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Messiah
–The anticipated savior of the Jews. Means “anointed one.”
–Earthly
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Mezuzah
–“doorpost”
- –first two paragraphs of the Shema,
- placed in a small box affixed to the door post
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Midrash
–“search
–Written form of the Aggadah.
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Mikveh
–ritual bath in running water
–used by priests or orthodox women
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Minyan
- – ten males (orthodox) or males and females
- (conservative or reform) required for certain prayers
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Mishnah
- – the written compilation of what had been oral Halachah
- (law). Discussions of the early rabbis.
–It was set down in written from about 200 ce.
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Mitnagdim
–Group of Ultra-Orthodox
–opponents of the Hasidim
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Moses
- – the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of
- Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
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Orthodox Jews
- –Groups
- that live strictly by all the jewish commandments
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Orthodoxy
- –Adherence
- to correct beliefs and doctrines.
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Orthopraxy
adherence to correct actions or practices.
- –More
- important in Judaism than orthodoxy
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Passover
- –spring
- festival celebrating the deliverance from Egypt
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Pogrom
- –organized
- riots which resulted in the murder of Jews and the pillaging of their homes and
- possessions
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Purim
- –spring
- festival celebrating the deliverance of the Jews in the days of queen Esther
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Rabbi
–“my master”
–an authorized teacher
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Reformed Jews
–Consider most of the Jewish laws irrelevant to the modern world.
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Rosh Hashanah,
- –festival
- celebrating the new year
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Sabbath
- –The
- holy day of rest and reflection observed each Saturday
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Seder
– the order of the ritual of the Passover meal
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Sephardim
–Jews who have come from Spain or Arab lands
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Shema
- –literally “hear”; the name for Israel’s
- fundamental confession of faith found in Deuteronomy 6:4
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Shofar
- – the ram’s horn sounded 100 times on Rosh
- Hashanah and again to end Yom Kippur
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Succoth
- –the feast of the tabernacles, commemorating
- divine protection of Israel during her wanderings in the wilderness
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Synagogue
- – a Jewish house of worship, often having
- facilities for religious instruction
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Talmud
- –the Mishnah plus the Gemara; the foundational writings of the Orthodox
- Jewish life
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Tanak
- – the made up name for the Jewish bible (the
- Christian old testament) based on its three parts – Torah, Nevi’im
- and Ketuvim
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Tefillin
- –two leather boxes which are worn on the arm and
- on the forehead at weekday morning prayers
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Torah
– the Penteteuch. Or the first five books of the Tanak
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Yom Kippur
–the day of atonement
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