Flashcards
Judaism
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- 1ShabbatHebrew word for Sabbath (means "rest")
- 2When does Shabbat occur?Sunset on Friday till sundown on Saturday
- 3What does Torah say to do?1) Study Torah
2) Be restful & joyful
3) Hold great feasts
4) Dress in your finest
5) sing happy hymns
6) pray - 4What were the 10 plagues?1) Blood in River Nile
2) Frogs
3) Locusts
4) Death of first-born
5) Famine
6) Fire
7) Wild animals/flies
8) boils
9)Darkness
10) Lice - 5Who sent 10 plagues , on whom and why?God, on the Pharaohs of Egypt, to persuade them to let the Jews depart
- 6Who led Jews out of Egypt?Moses
- 7Abraham's wife?Sarah
- 8Abraham set out on a journey to?Canaan
- 9What relation to Abraham was Lot?Nephew
- 10Where did Lot go?Sodom and Gomorrah
- 11Abraham's son?Ishmael
- 12Sarah's son?Isaac
- 13Abraham's wife?Sarah
- 14Why were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed?They were sinful
- 15What happened when Lot allowed his wife look back?She turned into salt
- 16What happened when Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, Isaac?God spoke and said "Stop!"
- 17Who was Ishmael?The son of Hajar
- 18Who was HagarSarah's handmaiden
- 19What is a synagogue?A place used by Jews for worship
- 20What does "synagogue" mean?Assembly (it is a Greek word)
- 21Who leads the services?A rabbi
- 22Do men & women sit separately?Yes
- 23What do men wear?A "kippah"
- 24Why ?to show that humans are beneath God
- 25What is a "menorah"?a 7 candle-stick holder
- 26What is the "ark"?It is receptacle which holds the Torah scrolls
- 27Is it important?Yes, very - the main part and focus of the synagogue
- 28What direction does it face?east
- 29What is a "yad"?It is a stick used to point at the text of the Torah
- 30What does "yad" mean?Literally means a "hand"
- 31Why is a "yad" used?1) to prevent ritual defilement caused by touching parchment of Torah
2) to preserve delicate parchment - 32What is a "bema/bima"?It is the raised platform from which the Torah is read, like a pulpit in Christian churches
- 33Does the Torah tell Jews what to eat?Yes
- 34Where are these instructions to be found?in Book of Deuteronomy
- 35What does "Torah" mean?Teaching/instruction
- 36What is this food called/Kosher
(means "fit" to eat) - 37Are fruit & veg. kosher?Yes
- 38What animals can be kosher food?those that eat grass and have split hooves (sheep & cows) and poultry
- 39Are fish kosher?Yes, if they have scales and fins (eg. salmon/tuna)
- 40Give examples of non-kosher food?Animals that do not eat grass or do not have split hooves, shellfish, birds of prey
- 41Can meat and dairy products be eaten together?No
(and wait 3 hours before eating each other) - 42How are animals to be killed in a kosher way?Without pain, by a trained person using a special method, removing as much blood as possible (using salt and water)
- 43Why are pigs not kosher?because they roll in mud, are dirty and eat flesh
- 44What does "carrion" mean?something that died of natural causes
- 45Why are carrion birds not kosher food?because they eat dead things that may have diseases
- 46What is "Passover" in Hebrew?Pesach
- 47What is it?a very important festival
- 48What does it commemorate?how the children of Israel left slavery when led out of Egypt by Moses over 3,000 years ago
- 49What did Moses threaten Pharaoh with from God if he refused to let the Israelites go?10 plagues
- 50Why is it called Passover?God told the Israelites to mark their doorposts with lamb's blood so that the Angel of Death would 'pass over' their houses and spare them the 10th plague of the death of the first born
- 51What is unleavened bread called in Hebrew?Matzvah
- 52What does unleavened mean?Not risen (no yeast)
- 53Why do they eat it at Passover?because they did not have time to let it rise - they had to leave at once
- 54How long does Passover last?7/8 days
- 55What is "chametz"?It is "leaven" crumbs - to be swept and cleaned away the night before Passover
- 56What is "seder"?Special service evening before Passover
- 57Who takes "seder"?family and friends
- 58What is served at "seder"?1) Lamb bone, roasted egg (both represent the sacrifices Jewish people used to make in the temple),
2) green veg. to dip in salt water (salt = tears of the slaves and freedom through the Red Sea)
3) bitter herbs of horseradish (= bitterness of slavery)
charoset (= mud from which slaves made bricks) - 59What is "charoset"?Paste of chopped apples, walnut and wine
- 60What will you see on the table at Passover?3 loaves of Matzvot (unleavened bread) on top of each other
- 61Is wine drunk at Passover?Yes, 4 glasses to represent 4 expressions of freedom which Israelites brought out of slavery
- 62What does wine represent?Its red colour symbolises joy and also blood
- 63A door is left open and an extra glass of wine left on table - why?Elijah is expected to come to announce coming of the Messiah
- 64What is the "haggadah"?It means "narration" and is a book read from at Passover telling the story of how the Israelites fled Egypt
- 65Why does everybody have a cushion to lean on at Passover?to remind them they are free and not slaves
- 66What role does the youngest child present play?He/she asks 4 questions and the father answers them
- the questions relate to the events of the first passover in Egypt - 67Give 5 principles underlying of religious and charitable work1) Justice
2) Stewardship
3) Sacrifice
4)Compassion
5) Responsibility
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