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E10.U4.P1 Flashcards
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12th Grade
11/11/2014

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Term
Judaism
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The religious culture of the Jewish people. One of the worlds oldest religions that make up the the cultural system of Jewish law, custom, and practice of the whole individual and community.

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Torah
Definition

 

The Jewish bible. 

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Messiah
Definition

 

The Hebrew name for the promised deliverer of humanity.

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Rabi
Definition

 

a teacher who is educated in the Jewish Law. 

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Sabbath
Definition
a holy day of rest observed by the followers of Judaism on the seventh day of the week, Saturday.
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Yom Kippur
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a holiday that falls on the tenth month on the Jewish calender (September). It is a day for confession, repentance and prayers for forgiveness of wrongdoings committed during the year against God and His covenant. 

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Hanukkah
Definition

 

an annual Jewish festival celebrated throughout eight consecutive days. 

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Synagogue
Definition

 

assembly houses for community prayer, study and meeting. 

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Jerusalem
Definition

 

The capital and largest city of Israel. 

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Talmud
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The jewish laws and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara. 

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Anti - Semitism
Definition

 

discrimination against Jews. 

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Shtetl
Definition

 

a small Jewish community in Eastern Europe.

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Ghettos
Definition

 

a section of a city, inhabited by Jews.

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Liberation
Definition
the act of gaining equal rights
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Emaciate
Definition
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
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Pogroms
Definition
an organized massacre of Jews.
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Kaballah
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an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament. 

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Kaddish
Definition

 

a liturgical prayer. 

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Shekhinah

Definition

 

The presence of God on earth

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Shtibl
Definition
little room
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Beadle
Definition
a ceremonial officer of a church, college or smaller institution.
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Mystical
Definition
spirtually symbolic
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Zohar
Definition
Brilliant.
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Gestapo
Definition

 

the secret police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods. 

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Shavuot

Definition

 

One of the three pilgrimage festivals and a special sabbath. A day of no work and holy assembly. 

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Facism
Definition

 

a political movement that employs the principles and methods of fascism, especially the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.

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