World Religions: Judaism

What can Jews do on Shabbat?

This is the holiest holiday in Judaism

This animal, sacrificed in ancient Yom Kippur rituals, bore the sins of the Jewish people.

How many traditional Jewish laws are there?

This is the place within the synagogue where the Torah is stored.

Within the Tanakh, the Ketuvim includes...

Celebration of the saving of the Jewish people from genocide. Described in the Book of Esther

Which land animal is NOT kosher?

What is the name of this Jewish prayer shawl?

This is comprised of the following books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy.

This Jewish branch's major differences w/ Orthodoxy is flexbibility in reinterpreting Jewish laws for modern life.

One of two small black leather cube-shaped cases containing Torah texts written on parchment

Jewish prayer hat.

All are Kosher laws except...

Shabbat/Shabbos is from Friday at sunset until Saturday at sunset.

Pesach is also known as...

The most strict branch of Judaism.

A Jewish harvest festival. Commanded in the Torah. Jews build "booths" or "tabernacles."

This event marks a boy or girl officially becoming a son or daughter of the Commandment.

What is this sacred place of prayer for Jews?

What fowl (bird) is NOT kosher?

Commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures. It includes the Mishnah.

The Hebrew word "shema" means what?

The 3 Core Identifiers of the Jewish Religion: God, The Torah, The People.

What does this mean?

What is this set of 8 candles that is used during Hanukkah?

Progressive Jewish branch sees Judaism as a civilization not just religion. Some are deists, pantheists or panentheists.

It is against Kosher law to mix dairy with meat?

"Kosher" means ‘fit’, ‘correct’, and ‘proper’

Jewish New Year

During this celebration noise-makers whenever the name ‘Haman’ is said.

This is an acronym Jews use to refer to Hebrew Scriptures.

The three main Patriarchs

"Tashlich" is the casting off of bread into water to symbolize the new beginning of a new year during Rosh Hashanah.

This is a house of assembly, prayer and study.

Celebrates the rededication of Second Temple and a miracle of oil. It is the Festival of Lights.

The Books of Moses. The most important scriptures for Jews.

On Yom Kippur, Jews fast from...

On Rosh Hashanah, Jews blow this which is made from a ram's horn

This contains a small writing of the Holy Shema and is placed on the door frame of Jewish households.

The Day of Atonement. The most holy day for Jews in which people seek forgiveness of sins from God and fellow humans.

For Jews, cremation is acceptible.

This word means "commandment"

What water animal IS kosher?

The largest Jewish branch in the US, they usually wear clothes that blend in with non-Jews. Some eat shellfish or pork.

"Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one..."

Since Jews don't focus on the afterlife they focus on ‘repairing the world' through good actions. This is called...

Jews are buried ...