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14 Cards in this Set
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MITZVOT
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613 Commandments
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Scripture
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Torah
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Tenak
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Hebrew bible
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Synagogues
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1. Prayer 3 x's daily w/ minion
2. Lessons in Mishna 3. Special services on sabbath & holidays 4. Ark, Bimah, candles, lamp, pulpit |
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The after life
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1. Enternal spirit
2. Reunion w/ loved ones 3. Spirtual or physical resurrection 4.OLAM-HA-VA (world to come) 5. Ganeden (purely righteous, spiritual prison) 6.Gehinnon (12 Mon limbo) |
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Orthopraxy
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Right practice
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The life cycles
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1. Birth: naming circumcison, & redemption of 1st born
2. Bar/Bat mitzvah in confirmation 3. marriage/ divorce 4. Death: Holy society/mourning 5. After life |
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Rosh Hashanah
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1. Jewish new year
2. Day of rememberance & birthday of new year 3. Begins w/ blowing of Shofar 4. Judgement period 5. Apple dipped in honey, carrot, squash |
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Yom Kippur
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1. Day of atonement
2. Last day of Rosh Hashanah 3. Most solemn day of year 4. Penance, sacrifice, self discipline, focus |
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Sukkot
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1. Feast of the tabernacle
2. 7 day fall festival 3. Commemorates exile, return, & Ezras reading of the Torah & great awakening 4. Building of the Sukkah is primary focus 5. Symbolic link to agriculture 6. Rememberance of the Diaspora |
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Hanukah
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1. Festival of lights
2. Rededication of temple (#2)in Jerusalem 3. Major festival in 19th century 4. Takes place in home |
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Purim
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1. Lots: story of Esther
2. Jewish mardi Gras 3. Reflecion on duties toward community 4. Book of Esther read |
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Shabbat
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1. Sabbath & Commanded by God
2. Symbolic of new beginings 3. Holy day of rest (no creating) 4. Friday sun down - Sat sun down 5. Begins w/ lighting of candles & ritual meal |
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Passover (Pesakh)
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1. Commemorates historical passover & Exodus from Egypt
2. Celebrated by the Seder |
