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Conservative judaisn

Falls in the middle between Reform Jews and Orthodox Jews. It preaches that Judaism should keep in step with a changing world and keep an open mind to updating the faith

Essenes

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; A Jewish monastic group that formed a religious community near the Dead Sea

Ethical monotheism

The doctrine that prophets taught that there is only one God and God's goodness requires that human beings at ethically doing the right thing in pursuit of goodness

Exilic period

Began 586 BCE when Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Solomons temple and forced many Jews to exile in Mesopotamia

Exodus

The paradigm event in the history of Judaism when moses rescued the Hebrews from slavery and led them out of Egypt

Exodus

The paradigm event in the history of Judaism when moses rescued the Hebrews from slavery and led them out of Egypt

Hanukkah

Celebration that Commemorates The Jewish purification of the temple after it was re-taken from the Syrian Greek about 165 BCE

Exodus

The paradigm event in the history of Judaism when moses rescued the Hebrews from slavery and led them out of Egypt

Hanukkah

Celebration that Commemorates The Jewish purification of the temple after it was re-taken from the Syrian Greek about 165 BCE

Hasidism

Jewish mysticism in Eastern Europe

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Mishnah

The legal prescriptions and precepts of the oral Torah

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Mishnah

The legal prescriptions and precepts of the oral Torah

Moses

A Hebrew prophet who grew up as in Egyptain and eventually rescued all the Hebrews from slavery and let them out of Egypt

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Mishnah

The legal prescriptions and precepts of the oral Torah

Moses

A Hebrew prophet who grew up as in Egyptain and eventually rescued all the Hebrews from slavery and let them out of Egypt

Northern kingdom

Part of the divided kingdom of Israel that was destroyed by the Assyrians because the Israelites practiced polytheism

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Mishnah

The legal prescriptions and precepts of the oral Torah

Moses

A Hebrew prophet who grew up as in Egyptain and eventually rescued all the Hebrews from slavery and let them out of Egypt

Northern kingdom

Part of the divided kingdom of Israel that was destroyed by the Assyrians because the Israelites practiced polytheism

Oral Torah

The work of debate and commentary over the Hebrew Bible or Tanak

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Mishnah

The legal prescriptions and precepts of the oral Torah

Moses

A Hebrew prophet who grew up as in Egyptain and eventually rescued all the Hebrews from slavery and let them out of Egypt

Northern kingdom

Part of the divided kingdom of Israel that was destroyed by the Assyrians because the Israelites practiced polytheism

Oral Torah

The work of debate and commentary over the Hebrew Bible or Tanak

Orthodox Judaism

Reacted against reform Judaism insisting on faithfulness to the religious and ethical precepts of the Torah and Talmud

Kabbalism

A mysticism stress the experience of love and joy of God and maintains that Scriptures contain mystical teachings lying beneath the surface reading of the text

Messiah

A future savior of the people of Israel who will inaugurate an age of peace

Midrash

The work of interpreting Torach

Mishnah

The legal prescriptions and precepts of the oral Torah

Moses

A Hebrew prophet who grew up as in Egyptain and eventually rescued all the Hebrews from slavery and let them out of Egypt

Northern kingdom

Part of the divided kingdom of Israel that was destroyed by the Assyrians because the Israelites practiced polytheism

Oral Torah

The work of debate and commentary over the Hebrew Bible or Tanak

Orthodox Judaism

Reacted against reform Judaism insisting on faithfulness to the religious and ethical precepts of the Torah and Talmud

Passover

A weeklong spring festival that commemorates the exodus of Hebrews from slavery in Egypt

Patriarchs and matriarchs

The forefathers and foremothers of the Israelites

Patriarchs and matriarchs

The forefathers and foremothers of the Israelites

Pharises

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups that was composed of the rabbis, the lawyers, and the scribes of the middle classes

Patriarchs and matriarchs

The forefathers and foremothers of the Israelites

Pharises

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups that was composed of the rabbis, the lawyers, and the scribes of the middle classes

Post-exilic period

Began about 540 BC E after the Persians conquered the Babylonians and permitted the Jews to return to Palestine and rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and the temple

Patriarchs and matriarchs

The forefathers and foremothers of the Israelites

Pharises

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups that was composed of the rabbis, the lawyers, and the scribes of the middle classes

Post-exilic period

Began about 540 BC E after the Persians conquered the Babylonians and permitted the Jews to return to Palestine and rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and the temple

Rabbi

A Jewish teacher who is a scholar of the Torah or Jewish laws

Patriarchs and matriarchs

The forefathers and foremothers of the Israelites

Pharises

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups that was composed of the rabbis, the lawyers, and the scribes of the middle classes

Post-exilic period

Began about 540 BC E after the Persians conquered the Babylonians and permitted the Jews to return to Palestine and rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and the temple

Rabbi

A Jewish teacher who is a scholar of the Torah or Jewish laws

Reconstructionist judaism

Form of Judaism that affirms the primacy of reason and modern science and minimizes the importance of religious ceremonies and a ritual

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Synagogue

Type of building that replaced the temple and is a house of worship and serves as a center of spiritual and moral gravity for the community

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Synagogue

Type of building that replaced the temple and is a house of worship and serves as a center of spiritual and moral gravity for the community

Talmud

The compilation of the oral Torah in written form

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Synagogue

Type of building that replaced the temple and is a house of worship and serves as a center of spiritual and moral gravity for the community

Talmud

The compilation of the oral Torah in written form

Tanakh

The Canon or standard list of books that comprise the authoritative basis of rabbinical Judaism

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Synagogue

Type of building that replaced the temple and is a house of worship and serves as a center of spiritual and moral gravity for the community

Talmud

The compilation of the oral Torah in written form

Tanakh

The Canon or standard list of books that comprise the authoritative basis of rabbinical Judaism

Torah

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible whose authorship tradition ascribes to Moses, and is of unknown origin or date

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Synagogue

Type of building that replaced the temple and is a house of worship and serves as a center of spiritual and moral gravity for the community

Talmud

The compilation of the oral Torah in written form

Tanakh

The Canon or standard list of books that comprise the authoritative basis of rabbinical Judaism

Torah

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible whose authorship tradition ascribes to Moses, and is of unknown origin or date

Zealots

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups that were the social rebels and revolutionaries whose goals were the overthrow of the Roman Occupiers

Reform Judaism

Form of Judaism that emphasizes the ethical teachings of the Torah and the Talmud and diminishes the importance of eating kosher dietary food

Sabbath Day

A day observed every week on the seventh day beginning at sundown on Friday to Sunset on Saturday night. it commemorates God rest from creation and refrain from work

Sudducees

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups; they were Priestly aristocratic class

Synagogue

Type of building that replaced the temple and is a house of worship and serves as a center of spiritual and moral gravity for the community

Talmud

The compilation of the oral Torah in written form

Tanakh

The Canon or standard list of books that comprise the authoritative basis of rabbinical Judaism

Torah

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible whose authorship tradition ascribes to Moses, and is of unknown origin or date

Zealots

One of the four Jewish sectarian groups that were the social rebels and revolutionaries whose goals were the overthrow of the Roman Occupiers

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