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- 4. Jewish tradition that honors the rededication of the Second Temple during the revolt of the Maccabees
- 9. Guided Jewish society after the Jews returned from exile in Babylon
- 10. Believed to be the first religion to worship only one god
- 11. Beginning of the Jewish New Year
- 13. People who are said to receive messages from God to share with people
- 15. Jewish teachings tell that God gave this man laws for his people to obey
- 16. Jewish orphan who became a Persian queen and saved Jews from being killed
- 17. Written code of moral laws that the Hebrews follow
- 18. Religions that worship more than one god
- 20. Jewish dietary rules for what foods can be eaten and how they are to be prepared
- 22. Scattering of the Jews out of Canaan
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- 1. First part of the Hebrew Bible
- 2. Journey of the Hebrews out of Egypt
- 3. First king of the Hebrews
- 5. Term used to describe the persecution of Jews during the Middle Ages and the prejudice today
- 6. Religious leaders and teachers
- 7. Holy day of the week or a day of rest
- 8. Hebrews trace their history back to this man who left Mesopotamia to settle along the Mediterranean Sea
- 9. Jewish house of worship
- 10. In the 130s A.D., Romans banned all Jews from this city
- 12. Jewish holiday where followers seek forgiveness for their wrongdoings, which often involves prayer and fasting
- 14. Jewish holiday that remembers the journey of the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt
- 15. Religions that worship only one god
- 19. The first five books of the Torah were written on these
- 21. Jewish man who refused to worship Babylonian gods and was punished by Chaldeans who threw him into a lions’ den
