Across
- 5. Messengers who delivered God’s word to the people
- 6. A blessing that forms the foundation of Jewish prayer
- 8. The Jewish New Year that begins a period of repentance
- 13. The festival that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt
- 14. The set of laws given to Moses by God
- 15. A commandment from God guiding ethical behaviour
- 17. The most distinguished Jewish philosopher and author of the Thirteen Articles of Faith
- 20. The six-pointed star symbol of Judaism
- 21. The seven-day mourning period after a funeral
- 22. The collection of Jewish oral law and rabbinic commentary
Down
- 1. The core Jewish belief that God is one
- 2. The central sacred text of Judaism, meaning “teaching” or “instruction”
- 3. The expected future savior or “anointed one”
- 4. The most sacred scroll containing the five books of Moses
- 7. The most sacred remaining site for Jews in Jerusalem
- 9. The Jewish Sabbath day of rest and worship
- 10. The movement for the return of Jews to their homeland (Promised Land)
- 11. The seven-branched ancient candelabrum used in the Temple
- 12. The coming-of-age ceremony for a Jewish boy at age 13
- 16. The organization founded to support Jewish immigration and a Jewish state
- 18. The patriarch considered the founder of the Hebrew faith
- 19. The sacred agreement between God and Abraham
