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Judaism
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- 1TORAHThe Torah is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
- 2CovenantA binding agreement
- 3DiasporaA diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.
The dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel.
Jewish people living outside Israel. - 4TanachThe Hebrew Bible or Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, including the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.
- 5TempleA building devoted to the worship of a god or gods.
- 6PatriarchsOne of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people. The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.
- 7MitzvahCommandment commanded by God to be performed as a religious duty
- 8MidrashRabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud.
- 9YHWH (Yahweh)Yahweh is the name of the state god of the ancient Kingdom of Israel and, later, the Kingdom of Judah.
- 10ShabbatShabbat or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.
- 11TallitA tallit is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews and Samaritans.
- 12TalmudThe Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and Jewish theology.
- 13GentileGentile is a word that usually means "someone who is not a Jew".
- 14OneSingular, unique
- 15EternalLasting or existing forever; without end.
- 16OmnipresentThe quality of being everywhere
Everywhere, at all times - 17OmnipotentThe quality of being powerful
All powerful - 18OmniscientThe quality of knowing everything
All knowing - 19OmnibenevolentThe quality of being loving and merciful
All loving and merciful - 20Pure SpiritNot tainted by evil
- 21TefillinTefillin or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah.
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- Year 11 SOR I (GLOSSARY ) Flashcards on Judaism, created by Angela Youd on 19/05/2022.
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