Judaism Unit 2

Theists believe there is a God but they cannot ____ it

Prove

Agnostics aren’t sure if there is a ____

God

Athiests believe there is no ____

God

Jews believe there is one God - ____

Monotheism

The message in the ____ prayer is that there is only one God

Shema

‘The ____ is one’ - quote from the Shema prayer

Lord

The Shema is the most ancient Jewish prayer in the ____

Torah

The Shema talks about how God is ____ and should be loved

Personal

The Shema talks about how Jews should follow God’s ____

Instructions

The Shema is one of the most ____ prayers and is said every ____ and night

Important, morning

The synagogue is the Jewish place of ____

Worship

Group prayer in a synagogue is seen as ____

Significant

A minyan is a group of ten ____ for group prayer

Men

Group worship is usually done once per ____

Week

In the synagogue, people study the ____ and other sacred ____

Torah, texts

The synagogue is a place people go to for bar ____

Mitzvah

Orthodox Jews believe the Torah is ____

Factual

Orthodox Jews believe the Torah is the word of ____

God

Orthodox Jews have ____ views and practices

Traditional

Orthodox Jews have their synagogue services in ____

Hebrew

Orthodox Jews recite ____ in hebrew

Prayers

Reform Jews act on ____ Jewish practices but adapt to ____ life when needed

Traditional, modern

Reform Jews believe in religion and ____

Science

Liberal Jews have strong beliefs about ____ justice and morality

Social

Liberal Jews feel that some ____ aren’t relevant or needed, like kosher laws

Rules

The Jewish home is where ____ is recited

Shema

In a Jewish home, there is a ____ on every door frame except the ____

Mezuzah, bathroom

God is not allowed to be ____ in any form of art

Depicted

The word ‘God’ must be spoken with ____ and care

Respect

Some Jews refrain from saying God’s name outside of ____

Prayer

A ____ is a cap worn by ____ at all times

Kippah, men

A ____ is a prayer shawl/scarf for ____ to wear during prayer and ____

Tallith, men, shabbat

The tallith has ____ fringes

613

Shabbat is the most important day of ____

Worship

Shabbat is celebrated from sunset on ____ to ____ on saturday

Friday, sunset

Shabbat is for spending time with ____, a break from work and ____

Family, technology

Shabbat is a celebrating to remember the ____ that escaped slavery from ____

Israelies, Egypt

Kashrut is the list of ____ rules from the Torah

Dietry

Kosher is food that Jews are ____ to eat - these include fruit, veg, animals with ____ hooves and chew the cud, birds of ____, and fish with fins and ____

Allowed, split, non-prey, scales

Schechitah is the technique of a Jewish ____ killing an animal in the least ____ way - slitting its throat

Butcher, painful

Treif is food that Jews ____ eat

Cannot

Jews cannot eat meat and ____ together

Dairy

‘Do not cook a young ____ in its ____ milk’

Goat, mothers

Parev is ____ foods which aren’t meat or dairy

Neutral

Orthodox Jews may have different kitchen ____ to avoid ____ between kosher and treif foods

Equipment, contamination

The aron ____ is where the ____ scroll is kept

Hakadesh, Torah

The ner ____ is above the aron hakadesh - it is a light that never ____

Tamid, dims

Ner tamid is hebrew for ____ light

Eternal

The ner tamid symbolises the ____ candle stick in the ancient temple of ____

Menorah, Jerusalem

A ____ is a raised platform where the ____ is read

Bimah, Torah

When the Torah is removed from the ark, the ____ stands

Congregation

The Rabbi uses a ____ to read the Torah

Yad

The 10 commandments are 10 rules that ____ told ____

God, Moses

The 10 commandments are part of the ____ other commandments

613

The 10 commandments are the ____ of Jewish laws

Foundation

In a synagogue, men and women are usually seated ____

Seperately

Early Jewish scriptures said that people would go to a ____ place called ____

Dark, sheol

As Judaism developed, the idea of sheol became a place of ____ before God decided where you go

Purification

Judaism doesn’t have a clear nature of ____ or hell

Heaven

Good deeds shouldn’t be done for a ____

Reward

At funerals, the ____ prayer is said, even though it is a prayer that ____ God

Kaddish, praises

When a Jewish person dies, the funeral should take place as soon as ____

Possible

For funerals, the body will be ____ and be dressed in a white shroud called a ____ - men will also wear the ____ with the fringes cut off

Washed, tachrichim, tallith

Jewish bodies are put in a ____ coffin

Wooden

From death to the ____, the dead body is never left ____

Burial, alone

At a funeral, the services are ____ and flowers aren’t given - ____ to bodies is not allowed

Short, cremation

Shiva is a ____ day mourning period where ____ are covered, a ____ is lit and they don’t leave the house

Seven, mirrors, candle

After someone died, ____ is said three times a day for the next ____ months

Kaddish, 11

On the anniversary of someones ____, a ____ is lit - the day before, a ____ is placed on their grave

Death, candle, stone

Absolute morality is the belief that there is always a ____ way out of a situation

Good

Relative morality is the belief that different situations need different ____

Approaches

Jews believe that ____ and forgiveness are important

Repentance

Jews believe reparation (making ____) is important

Amends

Crime is humans acting badly with their ____ will

Free

Jews agree that criminals should be ____ as normal people, however, some are too ____ to live amongst society

Respected, dangerous

Jews believe that prisons should focus on ____ prisoners

Reforming

Prison reformers help prisoners ____ through guidance - prison ____ do this too, but are motivated by ____

Change, chaplains, religion

The UK doesn’t use ____ punishment

Capital

Jews believe the ____ penalty should be used as a last ____

Death, resort

‘If anyone takes the ____ of a human being, he must be put to ____’

Life, death

‘Shall not ____’

Murder

Yom kippur is the day of ____ where God creates his final ____ on each person

Atonement, judgement

Yom kippur is ____ days after rosh ____

Ten, hashanah

The tenakh and ____ are the highest authority texts

Talmud

The tenakh is made up of ____ books

24

The three sections of the tenakh are the T____, N____, and K____

Torah, nevi’im, ketuvim

The torah is the first of ____ books by ____

Five, Moses

The Torah contains Jewish ____

Laws

The Torah is considered the first place to look when in need of ____

Guidance

The Torah is said to be as ____ today as it was when given to Moses

Relevant

Reform Jews don’t believe the Torah was given to ____, but was written by ____

Moses, humans

The Talmud is also known as the ____ Torah

Oral

The Talmud is discussed by ____ to see if they can make the ____ relevant to today’s society

Rabbis, teachings

A covenant is an agreement or ____

Promise

Jews believe they are in a ____ with God

Covenant

The first covenant was between God and ____

Abraham

The covenant between God and Abraham included the ____ Land

Promised

The promised land was called ____ before later becoming Israel

Canaan

‘I will ____ your numbers very’

Increase

Abraham means ‘____ of many ____’

Father, nations