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40 Cards in this Set
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Jews from Europe
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ashkenazi
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Jews from the Middle East
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sefardic
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5 Books of Moses
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genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy
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Nevi'im
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prophets
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Ketuvim
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writings
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sefer torah
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torah scroll
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yad
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torah pointer; shaped like a hand
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aron
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ark holding the torah
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parashah
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torah portion
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haftarah
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reading from Nevi'im
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Septuagunt
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greek version of the old testament
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mitzvah
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commandments (613)
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halakah
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jewish religious law
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aggadah
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texts in classic literature
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Pharisees
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political party
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Sadducees
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political party; reject rabbis interpretation of the bible
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Essenes
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jewish mystics
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Mishna
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oral law of the Jewish people
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6 parts of the Mishna
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agriculture; festivals; women; cultural law; holy things; purities
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tosefta
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2nd compelation of jewish law
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beraita
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teachings outside of the mishna
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gemara
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rabbic commentaries
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talmund
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rabbinic disscussions pertaining to jewish law
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tractate
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a section or portion of the talmund
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midrash
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a way of interpretating the torah
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amora
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jewish scholars
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semhedim
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assembly of 23 judges
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shema
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first 2 words of a torah portion
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haggadah
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passover sedar reading
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karaites
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jewish denomination relying on the TaNaKH; rejects the oral torah
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YHWH
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god
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Abraham
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father of the hebrews; genesis
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Issac
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second patriarch; Abrahams promised son
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Jacob
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3rd patriarch
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David
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2nd king of Israel
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Solomon
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3rd king of Israel
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Israel
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northern kingdom
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Judah
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southern kingdom
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Ezra
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edited the torah ; recognized jewish life in Israel after Babylonian captivity
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Maccabees
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followers of judah
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