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The people who destroyed the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE

Jews believe that God is

a building for Jewish worship

The five books of the Torah are

the situation of Jews living away from their homeland

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

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

Greek for "five books"; the Torah

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

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

a movement committed to the establishment of a Jewish homeland

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

Israel was granted statehood in

a prayer of mourning

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

Jews refer to the Hebrew Bible as the

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

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

the high point of the Passover festival

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

Torah defines and applies

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

what Yom Kippur emphasizes

the most famous of the 613 laws of the Torah

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

a coming of age service for a Jewish girl

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

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

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

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

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

a teacher of Torah and leader of Jewish worship