World Religions

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  1. 2. name of the followers of Judaism.
  2. 8. the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things.
  3. 9. Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights and usually occurs in December.
  4. 10. the prophet to whom God chose to reveal himself and with whom God initiated a covenant.
  5. 12. Jewish Holy Book.
  6. 13. the city from which Abraham should leave.
  7. 14. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
  8. 15. hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.
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  1. 1. savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology who is believed to be the future redeemer of the Jews.
  2. 3. Fit or proper. Any food that complies with a strict set of dietary rules in Judaism.
  3. 4. a person qualified by academic studies of the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud to act as spiritual leader and religious teacher of a Jewish community or congregation.
  4. 5. Jewish place of worship.
  5. 6. God.
  6. 7. holiday commemorating the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt.
  7. 11. promise God made with Abraham (and his descendants) to offer protection and land if they followed his path.
  8. 16. day of holiness and rest (Friday to Saturday).