Judaism

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Across
  1. 2. Hashanah - The festival occurring in early fall in commemoration of the new year.
  2. 5. A bridal canopy, the bride and groom stand beneath, which creates a special, sacred space.
  3. 6. - The vast depository of the oral Torah, based on the Mishnah with extensive rabbinic commentary on each chapter
  4. 9. A teacher of the Torah and leader of Jewish worship.
  5. 11. - The day from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday that is set aside for rest and religious celebration
  6. 12. Writings- books that are diverse in content and literary form; the poetry of the Psalms and short stories of Esther and Ruth
  7. 15. A Hebrew word for the males ritual accessory, the skullcap.
  8. 19. - Originally, the movement arising in the late nineteenth century that sought to re-establish a Jewish homeland
  9. 20. - The eight-day festival celebrated in early spring that commemorates the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
  10. 23. - Jewish mysticism, which teaches that God can best be known through the heart
  11. 24. - Written down in about AD 200; contains collected teachings of the rabbis of the preceding four centuries
Down
  1. 1. Form of Judaism that emphasizes mysticism, personal relationship with God, a close community, and leadership of the zaddik
  2. 3. - The persecution of Jews by German Nazis from 1933 to 1945, resulting in the murder of some six million
  3. 4. - A Greek term meaning “five books” and another name for The Torah
  4. 7. Hostility toward Jews and Judaism; ranges from attitudes of disfavor to active persecution
  5. 8. bat mitzvah- The ritual celebration marking the coming of age of a Jewish child
  6. 10. The center of the Hasidic community, a holy man believed to have an especially close relationship with God.
  7. 12. Prophets - books composed of historical accounts of ancient Israel and proclamations of the will of God spoken God’s mouthpieces
  8. 13. - The situation of Jews living away from their ancestral homeland,
  9. 14. On the outside Jewish home, attached to the right of the door is a small container with a scroll on it is written the Shema.
  10. 16. - The agreement established between God and the ancient Israelites, first through Abraham and later through Moses, that designates the Jews as God’s Chosen People, with special rights and responsibilities.
  11. 17. Kippur -Judaism’s most important holy day, occurring in the fall on the tenth day of the new year; spent primarily at synagogue services in prayer for forgiveness of sins and marked by abstention from food and drink
  12. 18. Generally, the revelation of God’s will to the people; more specifically, the divine Law,
  13. 21. A common way of referring to the Hebrew Bible, derived from the first letters of the Hebrew names of its three sections
  14. 22. - From Deuteronomy 6:4, Judaism’s most basic theological statement: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone”