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Judiasim
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Religious Studies
12th Grade
01/15/2014

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Ashkenazi Jews
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The second wave of Jewish immigrants to the United States began in the nineteenth century among the Ashkenazi, Jews of eastern Europe who were fleeing persecution and pogrom
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Bar mitzvah
Definition
boy’s ritual, at age 13, that moves him into full membership of the religious community and adulthood
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bat mitzvah
Definition
extension of bar mitzvah ritual to females by the Conservative and Reform Jewish communities
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circumcision
Definition
ritual called Bris or Brit milah required for every male at 8 days old, when the child is circumcised and named
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covenant
Definition
a contract, usually with God
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Diaspora
Definition
Jews who were dispersed in the Roman Empire
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dual Torah
Definition
the sacred oral and written teachings that established the covenant with Israel
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gentile
Definition
non-jewish person
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halakhah
Definition
the premodern Talmudic tradition; Jewish law
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Hasidism
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a movement marked by piety, great devotion, and expression of great joy in response to God’s presence, which is found everywhere in creation
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Israel
Definition
“wrestler with God”; Jacob renamed by God
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Kabbalah
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Jewish mysticism, emerged in the late medieval period; defining work is the Zohar, Book of Splendor
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kosher
Definition
rules for dining
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Marrranos
Definition
in Spain in the late 1400s, 13,000 Jews, most of whom had been forcibly baptized as Christians, were condemned as Marranos—Jews masquerading as Christians while practicing their Judaism in secret
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Mishnah
Definition
the writings that form the core of the Talmud, primarily written by students of Hillel
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mitzvot
Definition
deeds of loving kindness
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Rabbinic
Definition
the Judaism of the dual Torah under the leadership of the rabbis
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Sephardic Jews
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the first wave of Jewish immigrants to the United States, starting in 1654, were the Sephardic Jews, of Spanish or Portuguese extraction, seeking religious freedom
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shema
Definition
Judaism’s creed that states, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one”
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synagogue
Definition
the jewish place of worship, not a temple
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Talmud
Definition
insights of the oral tradition written down, from second to fifth centuries, initiated by the Pharisees; emergence of Rabbinic Judaism
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Tanak
Definition
Jewish Bible that came into existence at end of first century; called the Old Testament by Christians
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temple
Definition
center of jewish culture and life until its destruction in 70 AD by the romans.
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Tisha B'av
Definition
the day of mourning for commemorating the historical tragedies of Judaism, especially the fall of the first and second temples
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Tzaddik
Definition
Hasidic term for a righteous man
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Zionism
Definition
the belief that Israel is a land left solely to the Jews, nationalistic
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Aggada
Definition
the non-legalistic rabbinic texts especially in the Talmud.
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