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11/23/2015

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Judaism
Definition
religion Jewish people practice
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Torah
Definition
Jewish holy book
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Messiah
Definition
Jewish God
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Rabi
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religious teacher who makes decisions when dealing with Jewish laws
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Sabbath
Definition
spiritual day of rest
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Yom Kippur
Definition
holiday of fasting and prayer
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Hanukkah
Definition
holiday to honor the struggles of Jews to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem
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Synagogue
Definition
Jewish house of worship
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Jerusalem
Definition
religious place of worship and pilgrimage
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Talmud
Definition
Jewish laws comprised of the Mishnah and Gemara
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Anti semitism
Definition
the discrimination, prejudice, and hostility towards Jews
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Shtetl
Definition
Jewish community in Eastern Europe
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Ghettos
Definition
section of the city Jews were forced to live in
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liberation
Definition
gaining equal rights and opportunities
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emaciate
Definition
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh
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pogroms
Definition
organized massacre, especially of Jews
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Kaballah
Definition
Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible
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Kaddish
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prayer with 3 or 6 verses and recited at specific points during each of the 3 daily services and other occasions
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shekinah
Definition
presence of God on Earth
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Shtibl
Definition
small synagogue
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Beadle
Definition
parish officer having various subordinate duties
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mysticle
Definition
having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious
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Zohar
Definition
the definitive work of the Jewish Kabballah
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gestapo
Definition
secret police organization employing underhanded and terrorist methods against persons suspected of disloyalty
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Shavuot
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major Jewish festival held on the 6th and 7th day of Sivan, fifty days after the second day of passover
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fascism
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a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which the people are not allowed to disagree with the government
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