Religions of the World- Judaism

Jews believe that _________ and _____ will prevail and God's reign will triumph at the end of history

Goodness, Love

The __________ contains prescribed ways to apply the commandments in the Torah to daily life

Halakhah

It is also the time when a baby is given his _______ ______

Hebrew name

When the Temple was destroyed, Jews no longer had a center of worship or a role for the ___ ____

High priest

_____ blamed Jews for Germany's loss in WWI and Germany's economic problems during the Great Depression

Hitler

After WWII, many Western countries began to support Jewish struggles for a _____ in Palestine

Home

_________ is encouraged in Reform Judaism

Individualism

The Enlightenment emphasized _________ _________

Intellectual Freedom

The founder of Hasidism was __________, also known as Ba'al Shem Tov

Israel ben Eliezer

The area we now know as Israel was once divided into two kingdoms: the kingdom of _______ in the north and the kingdom of _______ in the south

Israel, Judah

In Christian countries of Europe, they were often unjustly accused of being the killers of _______ and were treated as unbelievers

Jesus

The destruction of the Temple forever changed a Jewish movement that had begun with _______ about 40 years earlier

Jesus

The movement included Jews and non-Jews who had accepted Jesus as the ___________

Jewish Messiah

The story of Abraham, Sarah, and their descendants is told in ________ _____________

Jewish scriptures

The religion is called Judaism because the Jewish people trace their heritage to the Hebrew people who lived in the kingdom of _______

Judah

The main Jewish mystical teachings are _________ (12th century), and _______ (18th century)

Kabbalah, Hasidism

When a parent dies, a son or daughter recites a special prayer of sanctification called the _______ every morning and evening for 11 months after the death

Kaddish

Judaism strongly encourages people to ______

Marry

Several Jewish mystical movements became popular in the _______ ________

Middle Ages

Most settled in large cities such as _________ and __________

Montreal, Toronto

________ _________ continues to ovserve all the ancient rules and practices, they believe God gave the whole Torah- oral and written- to Moses at Mount Sinai

Orthodox Judaism

Some Zionists began to emigrate to ________

Palestine

______ is one of the most important feasts of the Jewish year

Pesach

Rabbinic Judaism began with the ______

Pharisees

Moses showed Pharaoh the power of the Lord through 10 _____

Plagues

People became skeptical of traditional _____, ______, and ______ beliefs

Political, social, religious

He taught that communion with God happened through _______, ____ _______, _________, and ______

Prayer, good deeds, humility, joy

Mystics search for God through a life of ______, ________, _________

Prayer, meditation, reflection

Many of the first Jewish Canadians were fur traders or members of the British Army stationed in the province of ________

Quebec

Only what could be known by _______ was acceptable; everything else was superstition

Reason

It is a solemn day of fasting, when Jews seen ________ with God

Reconciliation

When Pharaoh sent his chariots after them, the ___ ___ parted to let the Israelites through, but drowned Pharaoh's men

Red Sea

_________ ________ attracted Jews who had mixed more frequently with the rest of the population. They wanted to enjoy freedoms, interpret scripture with more modern methods, and became less concerned with traditional purity laws

Reform Judaism

Ashkenazi Jews split into three traditions: ______, _______, and _______

Reform, Conservative, Orthodox

Less emphasis was placed on ______, and Jews in some parts of Europe became more accepted

Religion

Before a wedding, a marriage contract is prepared to ensure that the husband will treat his wife with _______

Respect

The Halakhah includes laws about ______ ______, such as what foods cannot be eaten, and other impure things to avoid

Ritual purity

____ _________ is the Jewish new year

Rosh Hashanah

Interpreters were known as ________ or ________, thus the name Rabbinic Judaism

Scribes, Rabbis

The ceremony ends with the recitation of _____ ______ for the marriage

Seven blessings

________ is the day the Lord rested and is the most sacred day for Jews

Shabbat

The _____, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one," is the most important confession of faith in Judaism

Shema

One of the most exciting rituals is the sounding of the ____, or ram's horn, to herald the start of the new year

Shofar

Shabbat is celebrated in the _________

Synagogue

They set up _______ so they would not be dependent on the Temple in Jerusalem

Synagogues

The ______ is the second most important Jewish sacred writing

Talmud

The Shema sums up the Jewish scriptures, or ______

Tanakh

Torah is the ________________

Teaching or guidance of God

The ___ _________ contain the most important instruction on how to live the covenant

Ten Commandments

It encouraged people to gather in synagogues or study houses to study the _________

Torah

It is a written record of the ______

Torah

The ____ presents the teachings of Judaism in the form of a story

Torah

Synagogues have two purposes: they are places where _____ is taught, they are places of worship outside _________

Torah, Jerusalem

The Tanakh has three parts: ______, ______, _______

Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim

Today, the largest number of Jews in Canada live in _______ and _______

Toronto, Montreal

___ _____ is the Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur

________ (Jewish revolutionaries) rebelled, and the Romans laid siege to Jerusalem, destroying the city and the Temple

Zealots

________ is a movement to establish a national Jewish state in Palestine

Zionism

Kabbalah's teachings are found in many texts, including the ______

Zohar

Before the _____ century, mysticism and religion were ways of knowing and understanding life

17th

In ____, the UN voted to divide Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state with Jerusalem under international control

1947

In the _________, another wave of Jewish immigrants came from French colonies in North Africa

1950s

The two groups parted ways at the end of the ____ century

1st

The destruction of the Temple in the ____ of the Common Era had an enormous impact on Judaism because it had been the centre of all Jewish worship and sacrifice

1st century

Pesach celebrates the freedom won by Jewish slaves when they escaped from the Egyptian Pharaoh over ____ years ago

3000

________ people died when the Temple fell

3000

Approximately __________ Canadian Jews today trace their origins back to Russian and Eastern European Jews who emigrated to escape persecution during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

330,000

Others are descended from the ________ Holocaust survivors who came to Canada in 1945, after WWII

40,000

About _ million of these victims were Jews

6

In the first story, God creates the world in ___ days, creates humans on the 6th day, and rests on the 7th day, making that day holy

6

In ______ CE, Judea was under the Roman Empire

66

It is performed when a baby boy is _ days old

8

Genesis also tells the story of ________ and his wife Sarah

Abraham

The circumcision is a sign on the body of God's covenant with ___________

Abraham

Judaism traces its origins back 3800 years to __________ and _________, patriarch and matriarch of Hebrews or Israelites

Abraham, Sarah

In the second story, God creates ____ and ___, then banishes them from the garden of Eden

Adam, Eve

_____ felt betrayed, who were promised independence in Palestine

Arabs

The synagogue contains an ___, where the Torah scrolls are kept

Ark

In the Diaspora, Jews became divided into two major groups: the __________ in northern, central, and eastern Europe, and the __________ around the Mediterranean

Ashkenazim, Sephardim

After being exiled to _______, the Jews were dispersed among other nations

Babylon

The ____ _____ or Bris, is the rite of circumcision

Brit Milah

_____, which controlled the region, submitted the issue to the UN

Britain

Moses was called by God, through the _____ ____, to lead God's people out of slavery

Burning bush

The couple exchange rings under a ______, which symbolizes the home they will make together

Canopy

Conflict developed between ___________ Jews and _________ Jews (Pharisees)

Christian, Rabbinic

_________ and ____________ survived, but were changed by the events

Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism

It is a huge book of ____ and religious laws and ethical teachings

Civil

____________ arose as a reaction to Reform Judaism, it follows many, but not all, of the 613 commandments of the Torah, such as the order of prayers and some dietary laws, it is the largest branch of Judaism in Canada

Conservative Judaism

It is the story of a ______ made between God and Abraham

Covenant

Studying and interpreting the Torah became an important way of helping Jewish people follow the laws of the ________

Covenant

The rest of Genesis tells the story of God's faithfulness to his _______ with Abraham

Covenant

The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are called the ____ __ ___

Days of Awe

__________ means "dispersion" or "scattering"

Diaspora

The story picks up when Abraham's descendants, the children of Israel, had become slaves to the __________

Egyptians

According to Kabbalah, the true nature of God is known as ___ ___ meaning "without end"

Ein Sof

Three events have shaped Judaism in the past three centuries: the __________, the __________ (Shoah), and the founding of the _______ __ ___________

Enlightenment, Holocaust, State of Israel

The second book of the Torah is _______

Exodus

After WWII, the _____ of many Jews was shaken, and they wondered if God was punishing them for their lack of faithfulness

Faith

Canada has the ______ largest Jewish population in the world

Fourth

Shabbat begins at sunset on ______ and ends at sundown on Saturday

Friday

_______, the first book of the Torah, contains the two stories of creation

Genesis

It is celebrated in the first month of the year, on the ____ day of Nisan

15th

During WWII, between __ and __ million people were killed in concentration and labour camps by German Nazis and their allies

16, 20

The Jewish population of Europe was reduced from 9.5 million to 1.6 million in __ years

12

In ________ CE, the Romans expelled the Jews from Judea, forcing them to take refuge in other countries

135