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| the religion of the Hebrews; it is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion |
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| Biblical figure, according to the Bible, God led Abraham to Canaan, and Abraham’s descendants became the Jewish people. |
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| Biblical figure, according to the Bible, he led the Hebrew people out of Egypt and back to Canaan in the Exodus. During this journey, Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. |
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| the journey of the Hebrews, led by Moses, from Egypt to Canaan after they were freed from slavery |
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| in the Bible, a code of moral laws given to Moses by God |
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| King of Israel, he defeated the Philistines and moved the capital to Jerusalem after capturing that city. |
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| King of Israel, he formed alliances with nearby kingdoms and built a temple to God in Jerusalem. |
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| the scattering of the Jews outside of Canaan after the Babylonian Captivity |
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| the belief in only one god |
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| the most sacred text of Judaism |
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| a Jewish house of worship |
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| someone who is said to receive messages from God to be taught to others |
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| a set of commentaries, stories, and folklore that explains Jewish law |
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| writings about Jewish beliefs created about 2,000 years ago |
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| a group of Jews who rebelled against Roman rule |
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| a Jewish religious teacher |
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| a holiday in which Jews remember the Exodus |
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| the two most sacred of all Jewish holidays—Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur |
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| the ancient region lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean: the land promised by God to Abraham. |
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| extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area. |
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| the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses. |
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| the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising the Law or Torah, the Prophets or Neviim, and the Hagiographa or Ketuvim, taken as a whole. |
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| a series of comments, explanations, or annotations |
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| a mountaintop fortress in E Israel on the SW shore of the Dead Sea: site of Zealots' last stand against the Romans during revolt of a.d. 66–73. |
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| it is a ritual proformed by a community or by multiple generations of the family |
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| it is one of the main holidays |
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| also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. |
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| The passover Seder plate Hebrew is a special plate containing symbolic foods eaten or displayed at the Passover Seder. |
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