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| the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures |
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| the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible |
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| a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law. |
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| a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday. |
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| the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year, the last of the ten days of penitence that begin with Rosh Hashana |
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| a lesser Jewish festival, lasting eight days from the 25th day of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the Temple in 165 BC by the Maccabees after its desecration by the Syrians |
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| the monotheistic religion of the Jews. |
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the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction.
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| a city in central Israel west of the Dead Sea, has been a place of pilgrimage and worship for Christians, Jews and Muslims since the biblical era |
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| the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara. |
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hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
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a small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe.
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| a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups. |
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| the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. |
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| to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradualwasting away of flesh. |
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| an organized massacre, especially of Jews. |
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| any occult or secret doctrine or science. |
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| the presence of God on earth or a symbol ormanifestation of His presence. |
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| a ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution. |
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| of or relating to mystics or religious mysticism. |
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| the chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah |
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a major Jewish festival held on the 6th (and usually the 7th) of Sivan |
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| an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. |
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