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49 Cards in this Set
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mishna
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the repetition, first recording of Jewish oral law
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gemara
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the completion, rabbinic commentary and analysis of Mishnah
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midrash
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interpretation of Bible, compilation of commentaries from Tanakh
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talmud
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record of rabbinic discussions, mishnah and gemara
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judah the patriarch
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leading rabbi in 3rd century, edited Mishnah
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rabbi akiva
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famous rabbi, expert of Jewish tradition and contributor to oral Torah
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bar kochba
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Jewish leader who led revolt against Romans and established Jewish Israel for 3 years, false messiah
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babylonian talmud
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mishnah and babylonian gemara
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halakha
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jewish law, including talmudic and rabbinic law, religious and nonreligious
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baluch sheptarani
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blessings parents recite at Bar Mitzvah
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amora
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Jewish scholars who taught oral law
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kosher
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food that fits jewish dietary laws
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Maimonides
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Orthodox rabbi and philosopher in Spain and Egypt
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tefillin
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box with leather straps, worn during morning prayer
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afikoman
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dessert, flat bread hidden and eaten after passover meal
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shofar
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ram's horn used as musical instrument in days of awe
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amidah
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central prayer from a bookthat is recited 3 times a day
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tallit
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prayer shawl worn during morning service
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days of awe
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rosh hashanah and yom kippur, return to God from sin
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chanukah
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festival of lights, rededication of the temple
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purim
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holiday in Adar, must read from Esther and give fruit
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sheva brachot
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7 blessings recited at marriage
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guide of the perplexed
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book of philosophy by maimonides that nobody knows
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ketubah
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jewish marriage contract that says husband provides for wife
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mezuzah
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commandment that a small parchment with Deuteronomy inscribed must be at Jewish doorposts
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dual torah
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oral law and written law
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hillel and shammai
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rabbis in 1st century who argued a lot but respected each other, contemporaries of Jesus
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bar mitzvah
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when kids become responsible for their actions
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kiddushin
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Jewsih law that says once a woman is divorced, she can be betrothed to any man
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nissuin
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term for marriage, union is elevation and ideal of oneness
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shiva
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supreme God in Shaivim, a branch of Hinduism
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kaddish
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rituals of mourning, blessings in Jewish prayer service that magnify God's name
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rite of passage
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ceremony marking change in social status
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mitzvah
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commandments in Torah, or any Jewish law. includes moral laws
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tanna
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rabbis of the mishnah
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havdallah
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ceremony that concludes the Sabbath, recited over wine and candles
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kiddush
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sanctifying Jewish holidays by saying a blessing over wine
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ashkenazic jews
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descendants of medieval Jeruselum of Rhineland. 80% Jews
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sephardic jews
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Jews from Iberian Peninsula (spain and portugal)
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aramaic
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Semitic language spoken by Jesus, language of Talmud and divine worship and commerce
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aliyah
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call up, Jewish immigration to Israel
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teshuva
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repentance, confession and promise to never do it again, atoning for sin
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four species
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myrtle, willow, citron, palm, waved during the sukkot celebrating harvest
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tikkun leyl shavuot
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service in shavuot evening that includes excerpts from Tanakh
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kaballah
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Jewish mysticism, tries to experience God through created world
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aggada
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texts in rabbinic literature that are presented as folklore, historical anecdotes, etc., recorded in Talmud and Midrash.
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diaspora
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group of people forced to leave their homeland
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galut
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dispersion of Jews throughout Babylonia and Roman Empire
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pilgrimage festivals
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Up until diaspora, Jews made pilgrimages to Jeruselum during the Sukkot Pesach and Shavuot
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