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49 Cards in this Set
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The term "Israel" means |
God-wrestling |
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The term "Israel" refers to |
-land -nation -people |
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Number of prayer services each ordinary weekday |
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Number of prayer services on Sabbath and holy days |
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Number of prayer services on the Day of Atonement |
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Number of benedictions in Amidah on Sabbath |
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Torah Literature |
-Genesis -Exodus -Leviticus -Numbers -Duteronomy |
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Prophets |
-Isaiah -Jeremiah -Ezekiel -Amos -Hosea |
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Writings |
-Psalms -Proverbs -Job -Ruth -Ezra -Chronicles |
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Mishnah Literature |
-Seeds -Sacred Time -Tors -Women -Purities -Holy Matter |
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Minhag |
a custom or tradition, but not actually law |
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Mishnah |
-first collection of Jewish Rabbinic law -c.200 CE -six orders |
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Talmud |
-next collection of law
-c.600 CE -commentary on Mishnah |
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Codes |
medieval comprehensive guides to Jewish law |
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Mitzvot |
laws found in the Biblical text itself |
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Kabbalah |
mystical literature in general, especially of high Middle Ages |
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Shulhan Arukh |
-most authoritative Code of Jewish law -15th century |
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Tosephta |
collection of laws that dissented from authoritative Mishnah |
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New Testament |
example of literature not found in Jewish texts |
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Joseph Karo |
wrote the most definitive code of Jewish law in 16th century |
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Maimonides |
author of "Guide for the Perplexed and the Mishneh Torah (Yad)" |
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Zohar |
chief book of Kabbalah |
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Rashi |
wrote commentaries on both entire Bible and Talmud |
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Lamentations |
grief poetry regarding the destruction of Jerusalem |
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Song of Songs |
-love poetry -wedding poetry -erotic poetry |
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Psalms |
religious poetry sung during worship |
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Jeremiah |
a book of life and preaching of a prophet |
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Judges |
refers to Deborah, Samson, Gideon and other ancient leaders of Israel |
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Genesis |
includes stories of creation and the flood and ancestors like Abraham |
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T/F Jewish worship today consists of prayer except on holidays, when cattle are sacrificed |
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T/F The name YHVH in Hebrew is written, but it is never pronounced |
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T/F The word "Jew" derives from the word "Judah" |
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T/F The word "Jew" is impolite and should not be used |
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T/F The Old Testament was the last work of Jewish literature written |
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T/F The Palestinian Talmud is the one used by the Palestinians |
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T/F The Babylonian Talmud is the one that came to be considered authoritative |
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T/F There are blessings that can be said upon seeing a rainbow or a storm or a wise person |
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T/F There is a blessing that can be said when doing something for the first time |
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T/F There is a tradition of trying to say 100 benedictions over the course of each day |
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T/F Maimonides wrote a commentary on the Mishnah alone, as if Talmud did not exist |
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T/F Maimonides wrote the first concise collection of Jewish Law in the form of a Code |
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T/F The most authoritative Code of Law was Shulchan Arukh, meaning "set table" |
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T/F Sephardim eat rice during Passover, Askenazim do not |
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T/F Sephardim originated in Spain, Askenazim originated in Greece |
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T/F Sephardim make up the vast majority of Jews in the world today |
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Kabbalah teaches that Justice/Discipline/Law is partly fragmented from Love/Compassion |
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T/F Kabbalah teaches that the male principle is partly fragmented from the female principle |
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T/F Kabbalah teaches that there is no transcendent God, only God in the world |
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T/F Kabbalah means "that which is received" |
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