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Details Title: Night vocab chapter 1 Description: vocab to "night" by eli weisle Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 06/08/2004 20:52:52	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Hasidic Definition A member of a Jewish mystic movement against Talmudic learning and it maintained that God's preasence was in one's surroundings and that one should serve God in one's every deed and word. Term Synagogue Definition A building or place of meeting for worship and religous instruction in the Jewish faith. Term Talmud Definition The collection of ancient Rabbinic writings...the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism. Term Cabbala Definition A body of mystical teachings of rabbinical origin, often based on Hebrew Scriptures. Term Rabbi Definition A scholar qualified to interpret Jewish law and teach Jewish law Term Diplomacy Definition The art or practice of conductiong international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and aggreements. Term Zionism Definition A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-semitism. Term Billited Definition Lodging for troops Term Ghetto Definition An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted. Term Treatise Definition A systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject. Term Anecdotes Definition A short account of an interesting incident. Term Deportation Definition Expulsion of an undesirable alien.