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NIGHT Novel Vocab
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9th Grade
11/22/2011

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Messiah
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One who is anticipated as, regarded as, or professes to be a savior or liberator.
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synagogue
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A building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith.
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pipel
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a young or adolescent boy
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kaddish
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A prayer recited in the daily synagogue services and by mourners after the death of a close relative.
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Yom Kippur
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A holy day observed on the tenth day of Tishri and marked by fasting and prayer for the atonement of sins. Also called Day of Atonement.
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cabbala
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an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament
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Aryan
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In Nazism and neo-Nazism, a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially one of Nordic type, supposed to be part of a master race.
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Talmud
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The collection of ancient Rabbinic writings consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara, constituting the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism.
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Rabbi
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person trained in Jewish law, ritual, and tradition and ordained for leadership of a Jewish congregation, especially one serving as chief religious official of a synagogue.
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automaton
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One that behaves or responds in a mechanical way.
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truncheon
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A short stick carried by police; a billy club.
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Gestapo
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The German internal security police as organized under the Nazi regime, known for its terrorist methods directed against those suspected of treason or questionable loyalty.
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