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Theology Final
Judaism Terms
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Undergraduate 1
12/13/2010

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anti-semitism
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Although "semitic" properly refers to Arab and other peoples as well as Jews, the term "anti-semitism has come to be applied to expressions of prejudice against Jews in general.
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apocalypes
Definition
In Judaism and Christianity, the dramatic end of the present age.
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Ashkenazim
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An ethnic grouping of the Jews that migrated first to Italy, spread throughout central and eastern Europe and thence on to the Americas
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ghetto
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an urban area occupied by those rejected by a society, such as quarters for Jews in some European cities
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haggadah
Definition
The non-legal part of the Talmud and Midrash
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halakhah
Definition
Jewish legal decision and the parts of the Talmud Dealing with laws
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Hasidism
Definition
Ecstatic Jewish piety, dating from eighteenth-century Poland
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Kabbalah
Definition
The Jewish mystical tradition.
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kosher
Definition
Ritually acceptable, applied to foods in Jewish Orthodoxy.
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Messiah
Definition
The "anointed," the expected king and deliverer of the Jews; a term later applied by Christians to Jesus
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Messiah
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The "anointed," the expected king and deliverer of the Jews; a term later applied by Christians to Jesus
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Messiah
Definition
The "anointed," the expected king and deliverer of the Jews; a term later applied by Christians to Jesus
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Midrash
Definition
The literature of delving into the Jewish Torah
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minyan
Definition
The quorum of ten adult males required for Jewish communal worship.
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mitzvah
Definition
In Judaism, a divine commandment, or sacred deed in fulfillment of a commandment.
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Pentateuch
Definition
The five books of Moses at the beginning of the Hebrew Bible
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Rabbi
Definition
Teacher; the ordained spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
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Reform or Liberal Judaism
Definition
Movement that began in the nineteenth century as a way of modernizing the religion and making it more accessible and making it more accessible and open-ended.
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Sabbath
Definition
The day of the week set aside for rest and worship, in Judaism running from sunset Friday night to sunset Saturday night.
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Sephardim
Definition
An ethnic grouping of Jews that migrated first to Spain and then to North Africa, the Americas and back to West Asia.
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Shekhinah
Definition
God's presence in the world, in Judaism
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synagogue
Definition
Meeting place for Jewish study and worship
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Talmud
Definition
Jewish law and lore, as finally compiled in the sixth century CE.
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Tanakh
Definition
The Jewish scriptures
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Torah
Definition
The Pentateuch; also, the whole body of Jewish teaching and law.
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Zionism
Definition
Movement dedicated to the establishment of a politically viable internationally recognized Jewish state in the biblical land of Israel.
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