Across
- 3. created rules for ethical monotheism
- 5. recognizes when Moses instructed Jews to mark their doors so the angel of death would not kill them
- 7. a Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- 9. the belief that another culture is superior to one’s own culture
- 12. The Jewish new year
- 14. the belief that one’s own culture is superior to another culture
- 15. a Jewish religious teacher and leader
- 16. the Festival of Lights
- 19. belief in one god
- 20. led the Jews from Egypt and received the 10 commandments from God
- 21. a group of people with similar physical traits
- 23. a Jewish coming of age ceremony for girls
- 24. a group of Jewish persons who strictly adhere to Jewish rules
Down
- 1. the Day of Atonement (seeking forgiveness for sins)
- 2. the process of acquiring knowledge about the natural world
- 4. a group of people who share a cultural trait such as language, music, food, and religion
- 5. belief in many gods
- 6. entered a covenant with God and moved from Ur
- 8. the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
- 10. standards of acceptable behavior
- 11. the spread of cultural traits from one culture to another
- 13. for Jews, this starts on sundown on Friday and ends at sundown on Saturday
- 17. a fruit typically eaten during Rosh Hashanah
- 18. an action or belief that is considered normal in a society
- 20. the candelabra that is lit each night of Hanukkah
- 22. a place where Jews worship
- 25. a place where cultural traits develop