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50 Cards in this Set
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Movement toward a jewish homeland in Palestine
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Zionism
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Hebrew word for teacher
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rabbi
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Encyclopedic compilation of rabbinic wisdom and tradition
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Talmud
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Jewish priest
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Levite
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“hammer”
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Maccabee
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“true teaching”
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orthodox
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First of the patriarchs who can be connected to history
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Abraham
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Antiochus IV
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Epiphanes
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Jewish dietary laws
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kosher
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Where must the Jewish Temple be?
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Jerusalem
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Conquered Israel in 722 BC
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Assyria
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Destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD
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Rome
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Pious ones
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Hasidim
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Few who remained faithful
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remnant
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Persecution
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pogram
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Orthodox Jews are otherwise known as Ashkenazy Jews
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F
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There are three main branches of Judaism based on levels of conservatism
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T
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Shem means “hear”
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T
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The Shema can be broken down into two parts
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T
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Abraham Geiger was an early spokesman for reform Jews
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T
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Yiddish is a combination of German and Hebrew
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T
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Assyria conquered Israel in 722 BC
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T
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The most conservative Jews are called Hasim
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T
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Jews today practice universal monotheism
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T
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Judah was the nothern part of the Jewish nation
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F
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Priests offered sacrifice on Yom Kippur to atone for the sins of the people
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T
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BCE stands for Before the Common Era
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T
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Captain Crunsh is kosher
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T
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Purim celebrates the story of Esther
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T
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Rabbis can not offer sacrifice
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T
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Money lending for profit is not permitted for Jews
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F
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Rosh Hashanah is Jewish new year
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T
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Hanukkah is Jewish Christmas
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F
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Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement
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T
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Ham on rye – no cheese – is kosher
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F
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Passover
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Pesach
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The Great God
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Elohim
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Saturday
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Sabbath
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Maturity ritual
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bar-mitzvah
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Dispersion
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diaspora
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Spanish roots
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Sephardim
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God’s name
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(Jewish text)
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Jerusalem
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Zion
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Jews with German roots
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Ashkeazim
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God
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El
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Agreement
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covenant
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Jacob
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Israel
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Ram’s horn
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shofar
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Law
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Torah
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Priests
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Sadducees
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