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Night vocab chapter 1
vocab to "night" by eli weisle
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06/08/2004

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Hasidic
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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.
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Synagogue
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A building or place of meeting for worship and religous instruction in the Jewish faith.
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Talmud
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The collection of ancient Rabbinic writings...the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism.
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Cabbala
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A body of mystical teachings of rabbinical origin, often based on Hebrew Scriptures.
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Rabbi
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A scholar qualified to interpret Jewish law and teach Jewish law
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Diplomacy
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The art or practice of conductiong international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and aggreements.
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Zionism
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A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-semitism.
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Billited
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Lodging for troops
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Ghetto
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An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted.
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Treatise
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A systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject.
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Anecdotes
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A short account of an interesting incident.
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Deportation
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Expulsion of an undesirable alien.
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