Review of Judaism

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  1. 1. This man lived in Ur around 1700 BC. He was told by God to travel to Canaan, where he made a covenant with God. This land, the Promised Land, would belong to his descendants.
  2. 4. Israel's first king
  3. 8. Separation from one's homeland.
  4. 11. The celebration that represents a child's transition into adulthood.
  5. 12. Jews urge people to work for ______ - fairness or fair treatment - for everyone.
  6. 14. The holiday associated with the menorah and festival of lights.
  7. 16. Poems or songs offering praises or prayers to God
  8. 18. Leader who could rally theIsraelites to defend their land.
  9. 20. Jews believe that this reveals God's will as carried out in human events.
  10. 23. The second section of the Hebrew Bible is called the ______.
  11. 25. Religious teachers that recorded oral laws believed to be passed down from the teachings of Moses.
  12. 26. The term for sacred writings.
  13. 27. A way of communicating with God.
  14. 29. Israel's second king who captured Jerusalem and made it the capital.
  15. 31. A book of the Bible that contains wise sayings.
  16. 32. Jewish New Year
  17. 34. The Babylonian ruler who conquered Judah and sent thousands of Jews to Babylon.
  18. 35. The holiday that represents Spring and the liberation of the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
Down
  1. 2. Some Jews learn this because the Talmud is often written in this language.
  2. 3. A binding agreement.
  3. 5. The first city conquered by the Israelites.
  4. 6. Acting or living in a way that is ethically right and obeys God's laws.
  5. 7. A weekly day of rest on the seventh day of the week.
  6. 9. Led the Israelites to the Promised Land after Moses died.
  7. 10. The third section of the Hebrew Bible is called the ______.
  8. 13. A text finished around 600 AD that is a collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law.
  9. 15. The name of the first five books of the Bible.
  10. 17. Communities of Jews living outside of their homeland.
  11. 19. The idea that there is one God who sets down ethical rules about right and wrong.
  12. 21. Known to Jews as "______ our teacher".
  13. 22. The first section of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is called the ________.
  14. 24. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel)
  15. 28. Where Moses received the 10 commandments.
  16. 30. Cyrus the Great conquered the Babylonian Empire around 500 BC and allowed Jews to go home. What area was he king of?
  17. 33. Many Jews try to learn how to read this language because that is what the Old Testament is written in.