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Yom Kippur
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day of attonement/judgement 25 hr fast. constant prayer w/ occasional study
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Sabath
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Day of rest. On the seventh day of creation god rested on sabath humans imitate god.
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Rosh hashana
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Jewish New Years. 1st day of the month 2 days of feasting. afterwars there is 10 days or repentence then yom kippur
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Passover
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7-8 days long week of changes and prohibition of food.
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Pentacost
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7 weeks after passover. agricultural holiday commemorates reciept of the 10 commandments. 1-2 days long
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Tabernacles
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5 days after yom kippur. agricultural holiday observed for a week. live in small hut outside your house
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Celebration of the New moon
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occurs 1x a month.
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Hanukka
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celebration of miracle of oil. Temple was desecrated mid 200's BCE rededicated 3 yrs later on the saternalia.
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Purim
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Ester was chosen as the queens wife and was able to save her people from a man who was attempting to persecute the jews.
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lag-ba-omer
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commemorates end of counting hte wheat. 33rd day after passover
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Ninth of Av
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24 hr fast. commemorates the destruction of the temple
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Torah
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5 books of the bible. most important religious text. begins with the birth of the world. ends with the death of moses. 2nd 3rd and 5th parts detail laws.
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shat
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simple, literal meaning of the text.
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Drash
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manipulations of hte text
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exigesis
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deriving things from the text
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asigesis
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reading things into the text
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biblical law
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the torah
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rabidic law
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interpretations of the texts
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when 2 laws conflict
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rabbis way the importance of the laws based on when and where they were written
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Custom
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often has authority of laws, but some customs have more authority than others. (ex covering head)
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halahal
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"the way to walk" hebrew law
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Purpose of jewish life
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to exist and fulfill the covenant and glorify god
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3 cardinal sins
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1. worshiping other gods
2. murder 3. sexual crimes |
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normative judaism
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traditional jewish life as preserved by religious jews
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reconstructionist
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orig. in US. most modern does not believe in supernaturalism and many other lays
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reform
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older liberal jewish. uses vernacular to deliver sermons rather than hebrew
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conservative
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in between reform and orthadox. modernizing
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orthodox
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more traditional, thousands of yrs old.
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modern orthodox
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college educated
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centrist orthodox
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15 yrs old between modern and ultra
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ultra orthodox
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further to hte right
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hacidic jews
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look very "jewish" further to the right
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haredic jews
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similar to hacidic, but believe morei n mysticism
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Mishnah
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written 200 bce. 1st rabidic text, dos and donts of laws
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Talmud
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most important book next to torah
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hatat
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purification sacrifice, if one commits an immoral act or doesnt commit a req. moral one, one becomes impure.
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Synagogue
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origionally places of study but now places of prayer and study
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Synagogue services
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3 per day, 5-10 min. 3 services correspond to 3 fathers of judaism.
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Amidah
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recited during services. usually 19 paragraphs 1st and last 3 are always the same in between one inserts more personal prayers
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Shema
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prayer for declaration of faith
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hatat
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purification sacrifice, if one commits an immoral act or doesnt commit a req. moral one, one becomes impure.
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Synagogue
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origionally places of study but now places of prayer and study
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Synagogue services
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3 per day, 5-10 min. 3 services correspond to 3 fathers of judaism.
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Amidah
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recited during services. usually 19 paragraphs 1st and last 3 are always the same in between one inserts more personal prayers
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Shema
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prayer for declaration of faith
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Kosher
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"proper," only certain animals permitted(cloven hooves, cud chewing) no birds of prey, milk and meat products cant be cooked together, no dairy after meat, fish must have fins and scales
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Hair covering
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not a law but an enforced custom, married women cover their hair
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Nideh
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no sex during and 2 week after period. after which women must go through a mikveh(ritual bath) to cleanse themselves
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Temple mount
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holy place, within th9s holy of holies has highest status
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Temple
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initiaed by Davis(1000 BCE) built by solomon destroyed by babylonians rebuilt 70 yrs later then destroyed by Romans
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Circumcision
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Brit milah; 8 days after birth, child named then. 30 days later 1st boys are bought back from rabbis
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Sil rhat habat
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rejoicing over a daughter, no circumcision. girls are named in the temple at any point
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Bar/bat mitzvah
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when the child reaches age of majority(13). celebrates childs entrance into religious life as an adult.
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death
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body is not left alone, dif division of mourning depending on relationshipto the deceased. 1st seven days after death those mourning are supposed to stay home, 3 services a day are conducted. the Kaddish is said at each service
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judeophile
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one whos is not jewish but strongly appreciates the religion or culture
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goy
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in hebrew means nation. in yidish it means non jew
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