IB Judaism Key Terms

IB World Religions KT

B'rit

Covenant between God and Abraham/Moses and the Jewish people - the Jewish expression of monotheism

Written Torah

the 5 books of Moses from which Jewish law derives. Also referred to as the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

Mitzvah/mitzvoth

Obligation or commandment in the Torah, a good deed

Halakha

Overall Jewish law; 613 commandments.

Mashiach

Messiah; the anointed one

Israeli

Children of Israel; Jewish community worldwide.

Kedushah

Holiness

Love

of God and neighbor, acts of loving kindness

Teshuvah

Repentance, with God and humans

Shekhinah

God’s divine presence in the grammar female

Tikkun Olam

Repairing the universe through good deeds.

Yetzer ha-ra

Evil inclination; tendency towards sin.

Yetzer ha-tov

Good inclination; tendency towards virtue.

Olam ha-ba

The world to come

Shema

Deuteronomy 6:4, One G-d

House of Israel

Chosen people to spread word of ONE G-d

Oral Torah

Talmud; explains laws in the Written Torah.