Ch. 3- Judiasm
Food that is kosher (ritually acceptable) must be ________.
ritually prepare and only from certain kinds of animals
What marks the end of the first or 'elementary' phase of religious education in Jewish tradition?
the Bar/Bat Mitvah
In what region were Sephardic Jews found?
the Mediterranean
The documentary hypothesis suggests that ________.
the Pentateuch is a composite text consisting of four major blocks
The tallit, used in prayer, is a ________.
rectangular piece of cloth worn as a shawl
The Talmud consist of
the mishnah and Gemarah
Which of the following is a famous saying from the book of Exodus?
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
What does the term 'messiah' (Hebrew mashiah) mean?
'anointed one'
In all, Jews today number approximately ________.
14 million
In what year was the State of Israel created?
1948
In what year did the kingdom of Judah fall and the Babylonian Exile begin?
586 BCE
Yom Kippur is the ________.
Day of Atonement
Who are believed to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Essenes
What ruler(s) expelled the Jews expelled from Spain, starting in 1492?
Ferdinand and Isabella
What is the body of religious law in the Talmud known as
Halakah
Philo was a first-century ________.
Hellenized Jewish philosopher
Elie Wiesel is a famous ________.
Holocaust survivor and author
The tent-like canopy under which Jewish marriage ceremonies are conducted is called ___
Huppah
To what does 'the Diaspora' refer?
Jews living outside the ancient land of Israel
What are the three parts of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh?
Law, Prophets, Writings
Which Jewish philosopher held that all humans have two ways of relating to the world, the 'I-it' and the 'I-thou'?
Martin Buber
At what fortress did the Zealots hold out against the Romans for four years, only to commit mass suicide on the verge of the Romans breaking through?
Masada
Whose ideas inspired the Reform movement in Judaism?
Moses Mendelssohn
With whom did God make the first covenant, according to Jewish tradition?
Noah
What festival or ritual commemorates the Exodus?
Passover
The five books of Moses, which make up the first part of the Hebrew Bible, are called The ______
Pentateuch
From the traditions of what group did the rabbinic movement evolve?
Pharisees
What are the three major Jewish groups in Canada and the United States?
Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox
What mystic was proclaimed the messiah by his followers in 1666, and led a failed revolt against the sultan in Istanbul?
Sabbatai Zvi
The period of Jewish history following the Babylonian Exile is known as the ________.
Second Commonwealth
What does 'Bar Mitzvah' mean?
Son of the commandment
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak (Rashi) is famous for his ________.
Talmudic commentary
What was the name of the hill on which the temple of Solomon was built?
Zion
The principal text of Kabbalah is called the ________.
Zohar
The goal of the Maccabean revolt was to ________.
expel the Seleucids and re-take the temple
the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism, stressed ________.
humility and joy
What is the role of cantors?
leading the congregation by singing lines from the prayer books
Kabbalah is a form of Jewish ________.
mysticism
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were traditionally marked by ________.
the blowing of the ram's horn (shofar)
'Making a fence around the Torah' refers to ________.
the creation of rules to prevent inadvertent violations of the religious law
Making a fence around the Torah' refers to ________.
the creation of rules to prevent inadvertent violations of the religious law
Orthodox Judaism emphasizes ________.
the preservation of Jewish tradition
What does Hanukkah commemorate?
the purification and re-dedication of the temple after the Maccabean revolt
One of the symbolic foods eaten during the Passover seder is ________.
unleavened bread