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32 Cards in this Set
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Abraham
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Father of the Hebrews
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David
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Became king after Saul.
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Moses
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Led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt.
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Rabbis
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Religious teachers and spiritual leaders.
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Ruth
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She was an example of how to treat family members.
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Yom Kippur
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The most holy day of the Jews.
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Passover
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Day to remember the Exodus.
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Hanukkah
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Time to celebrate rededication of the second temple.
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Rosh Hashannah
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This celebrates the Jewish new year.
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High Holy Days
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The two most sacred Jewish holidays.
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Tanach
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Another name for the Hebrew Bible.
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Talmud
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Set of stories, commentaries, and folklore to explain Torah and Jewish laws.
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Ten Commandments
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Code of moral laws given to Moses on two stone tablets.
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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Written 2000 years ago to explain Jewish beliefs and rediscovered in 1947.
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Mosaic Laws
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These guide the daily lives of the Jews.
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Diaspora
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The scattering of the Jews outside of Canaan.
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Zealots
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Rebellious Jews who believed they should answer only to God.
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Maccabees
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Successful revolt by this Jewish family against foreign rule in 160 BC gave them freedom for 100 years.
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Yiddish
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Language created by Jews in Germany.
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Masada
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Mountain fortress where Zealots took their lives rather than surrender to Romans.
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A goat
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Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a boy looking for this.
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God spoke to Abraham
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Abraham led Hebrews out of Mesopotamia after this.
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Plagues
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The pharaoh freed the Hebrews because of this
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Burning of 2nd Temple
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This was most responsible for ending 1st Jewish revolt against Romans
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Lived in different parts of the world
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Ashkenazim & Sephardim developed different rituals and cultures because of this.
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Abraham is a fore-father in these three religions.
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Judaism
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Western culture is most influenced by this religion.
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Women
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This Jewish group could not inherit property, or even choose their spouse.
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Monotheism
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Belief in one God.
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Canaanites
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These people were conquered when the Israelites returned from Egypt.
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Solomon
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This son of King David, known for his wisdom, built a great temple to honor God.
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Yaweh
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God of Judaism.
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