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30 Cards in this Set
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Sabbath
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shabat/a weekly day of rest and worship for Jews, beginning at sundown Friday and ending at sundown Saturday
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synagogue
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congregation of jews assembled for religious instruction and worship; also the building they worship in
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congregation
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gathering of ppl for religious worship
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gentile
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not jewish
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Talmud
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writings that are the basis of jewish civil and religious law
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Torah
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handwritten scrolls w/ 1st 5 books of old testament in Bible; books of Moses
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Kaddish
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jewish prayer recited by mourners after death of a close relative
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benediction
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blessing, esp at end of service
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harangues
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anrgy speech that critisizes/blames ppl
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assimilationist
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a person who changes to become part of/take on values of dominant culture
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dungarees
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jeans
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tzitzit
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finges of vestlike undershirt, only for males
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lithe
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bending easily/flexable/limber
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apikorsum/apikoros
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heretic, denied faith
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shamashim
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body guard
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adept
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good at something
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zealousness
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passionate devotion to a cause
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disheveled
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messy, usually physical appearance
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samovar
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an urn (Russian) to make tea
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momzer
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bastard child, illegal child from affair (derogatory)
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desecration
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messing up/destroying something valuable
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Semetic
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Jewish
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eking
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not get much/hard to get
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shleppers
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lazy person, unkept, disheveled
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virtuosity
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talent, being really good at something
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parochial
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restricted, narrowness of thought; controlled by religious representation
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minyan
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10 men make a congregation
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mitnaged
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someone opposed to jewish ways
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gematriya
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act of manipulated the number counterpart of Hebrew letters to create meanings
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Kaballah
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jewish mysticism
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