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| a religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendent God who has revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions |
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| the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition |
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| selling or serving food ritually fit according to Jewish law |
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| the Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews |
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| a Jewish boy who reaches his 13th birthday and attains the age of religious duty and responsibility |
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| the house of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation |
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| a Jew qualified to expound and apply the halacha and other Jewish law |
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| -The High Holidays or High Holy Days, in Judaism, more properly known as the Yamim Noraim (Hebrew: ימים נוראים "Days of Awe"), may mean: strictly, the holidays of Rosh Hashanah ("Jewish New Year") and Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"); |
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