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a building for Jewish worship

The person who helped free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

the situation of Jews living away from their homeland

Israel was granted statehood in

The five books of the Torah are

The person renowned for building the Temple called the "Beautiful".  He was David's son.

a teacher of Torah and leader of Jewish worship

A form of Judaism from 18th century eastern Europe; leadership of the tzaddik. 

The Israelite king whom Jews have always regarded as a prototype of the Messiah:

the high point of the Passover festival

a movement committed to the establishment of a Jewish homeland

The people who destroyed the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE

Greek for "five books"; the Torah

the starting point for rabbinic study of the oral Torah, composed about 200 CE

what Yom Kippur emphasizes

Torah defines and applies

a coming of age service for a Jewish girl

He received the law at Mount Sinai and is regarded as the Torah's author:

Jews are allowed by the laws of Kashruth to eat a cheeseburger

This man was Abraham's grandson; his name was changed to Israel.

A "nabi", or mouthpiece for God, is called this in English:

Jews believe that God is

God's name appears in the Hebrew Bible in the equivalent of which letters?

literally "Instruction", the will of God revealed to mankind

Jewish mysticism which teaches that God can best be known with the heart

The revolt the Jews waged against Rome ended in 135 CE when the Romans

writings blending the oral and written forms of Torah, based on the Mishnah

the persecution of the Jews by German Nazis from 1933 to 1945

a prayer of mourning

Jews refer to the Hebrew Bible as the

This man was called the first Patriarch; God called him to be a "great nation".

the most famous of the 613 laws of the Torah

These conquered Palestine and the surrounding area in the seventh century CE.