Across
- 4. teacher and interpreter of Jewish law
- 8. covenant ritual for infant boys
- 10. sacred agreement between God and the Israelites
- 13. Jewish New Year
- 16. holiday celebrating rescue of Jews in the Book of Esther
- 20. holiday celebrating freedom from slavery in Egypt
- 21. Jewish house of worship and study
- 25. the Hebrew Bible
- 27. coming of age ritual for Jewish girls
- 28. prayer boxes worn on arm and head
- 29. first five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 30. Jewish prayer shawl
- 31. leader who received the Torah on Mount Sinai
- 32. festival celebrating rededication of the Temple
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- 1. coming of age ritual for Jewish boys
- 2. first person God made the covenant with
- 3. Jewish dietary laws
- 5. emphasis on correct religious practice
- 6. festival remembering time in the desert
- 7. skullcap worn as a sign of respect to God
- 9. scroll with the Shema placed on a doorpost
- 11. rabbinic commentary expanding the Mishnah
- 12. Jewish prayer recited in mourning
- 14. seven day mourning period
- 15. central prayer affirming belief in one God
- 17. first written collection of the Oral Torah
- 18. weekly day of rest
- 19. Day of Atonement
- 20. another name for the first five books of the Bible
- 22. holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah
- 23. period when Jews lived without a homeland
- 24. central place of worship destroyed in 70 AD
- 26. belief in one God