Jewish Rites

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Kashrut
body of Jewish law dealing with what foods they can and cannot eat and how those foods must be prepared and eaten
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Kosher
food that is suitable for a Jew to eat
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Treyfah
any food, food product or utensil that is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit for Jewish use
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Shochet
qualified kosher slaughter
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Parev
food substances that contain no meat or dairy
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Where in the Torah does it mention Kashrut?
Deuteronomy 14
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What are the main foods that Jews cannot eat? Include reference to the Torah scripture.
"The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud"; "Do not eat anything you find already dead"; "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk"- do not eat meat and dairy together at the same time
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What are the main foods that Jews can eat? Include reference to the Torah scripture.
"These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer..."; "Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales"
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Shochet Procedure
the animal's throat must be cut quickly with a sharp smooth-bladed knife in such a way that the animal does not suffer and all blood must be drained from the animal after death
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Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year festival (two days) and is also a judgement day, when Jews believe that God considers a person's good and bad deeds over the last year and decides what the next year will be like for them
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What do people do on Rosh Hashanah?
a time of asking for forgiveness of sins - many Jews believe that God keeps a Book of Life with the names of everyone who is sorry for what they have done wrong and Jews hope that they and their loved ones will be written in the Book of Life
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Shofar
a ram's horn trumpet - a hundred notes are sounded in a special rhythm; the sound of the shofar starts a ten-day period known as the Days of Awe, which ends with Yom Kippur
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Why do Jews eat apples dipped in honey for Rosh Hashanah?
a symbol of the sweet New Year that each Jew hopes lies ahead
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Why do Jews eat sweet carrot stew for for Rosh Hashanah?
symbolising reproduction because in Yiddish, the word for carrot, 'mern', has the same meaning
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Why do Jews eat challah bread in a round loaf for for Rosh Hashanah?
a circle of life and the year
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Why do Jews eat pomegranates for Rosh Hashanah?
often seen on the table because of a tradition that pomegranates have 613 seeds, one for each of the commandments that a Jew is obliged to keep
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What do Jews say when they dip the bread in honey?
'May God give me a sweet and happy New Year'
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How is Yom Kippur marked by Jews?
some wear white as a symbol of purity; no food or drink is consumed for 25 hours; no make-up or perfume is worn; no sexual intercourse no bathing; no leather shoes are worn
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How is Yom Kippur usually spent in the synagogue?
the day is spent in continuous prayer for forgiveness; festival is a time of reflection for Jews; the services end with a long blast on the shofar;
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Pesach (Passover)
the major Jewish spring festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, lasting seven or eight days from the 15th day of Nisan; remember how the Israelites left slavery behind them when Moses led them out of Egypt
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What were the 10 Plagues that Moses said God would cause if the Pharaoh didn't release the Israelites?
blood, frogs, gnats, flies, blight of the livestock, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the death of each first-born child
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What significance does blood have at Pesach?
God told Moses that the Israelites should mark their doors with lamb's blood so that God could 'pass over' their houses and spare them from these plagues. This is why the festival is often called Passover
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What significance does Matzah have at Pesach?
when the Pharaoh gave in and told Moses and the Israelites to go at once, they left in such a rush that their bread did not have time to rise so at Pesach Jews have unleavened bread (food, eg bread, made without a raising agent such as yeast)
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Seder plate
on the first night of Pesach, a special service called a Seder takes place over a family meal in the home
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What does the Seder plate consist of?
a lamb bone, a roasted egg, a green vegetable to dip in salt water, bitter herbs made from horseradish charoset (a paste of chopped apples, walnuts and wine), romaine lettuce (the second portion of bitter herbs)
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What significance does wine have at Pesach?
four small glasses of wine represent the four expressions of freedom, symbolising the Israelites being brought out of slavery; wine symbolises joy and happiness
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Why is there an extra cup of wine at Pesach?
an extra cup of wine is placed on the table and the door is left open for the prophet Elijah as Jews believe that Elijah will reappear to announce the coming of the Messiah and will do so at Pesach
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What significance does a cushion have at Pesach?
in the ancient past people reclined on cushions during meal;. the custom is meant to remind Jews that they are now free people and no longer slaves
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challah bread
special braided bread eaten on Shabbat.
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Elijah
Hebrew prophet
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Haggadah
the narrative of the Exodus from Egypt, including many stories and songs, that is used as the ritual guide of the Passover seder
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Messiah
the promised deliverer of the Hebrew nation at the end of times
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Moses
The man chosen by God to save the Jews from slavery and take them to the promised land. In the Qur'an he is a messenger chosen by God to give the revelation of the Torah to the Israelites.
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Mount Sinai
A mountain in the Sinai desert, believed to be where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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Persia
A request made for something, in prayer: something requested from God
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sin
Act of rebellion or disobedience against the known will of God in Judaism, Christianity or Islam.
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Sukkot
A festival which celebrates the harvest and commemorates the period after the Exodus, when the Jews wandered in the wilderness
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synagogue
Building for Jewish public prayer, study and assembly.
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Torah
Law; teaching. The word Torah can be used in a narrow sense to mean the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (The Five Books of Moses) and also in a wider sense to include the whole of the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud.
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Sabbath
The seventh day of the week and a day of rest for Jews (Shabbat is Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) or Sunday for Christians
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Sanhedrin 37a
‘Anyone who destroys a human life is considered as if he had destroyed the entire world’
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Sanctity of Human Life
life is precious and sacred; Jews believe that all human life is sacred because it is made in the image of God
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Genesis 2:7
God ‘breathed into his nostrils the breath of life'
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Psalm 139:13–16
humans are loved and known to Him
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Psalm 8
wonder at the status God has given humans
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Bimah
the altar part or sanctuary in ancient and Orthodox churches
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Aron Hakodesh
Torah ark
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Ner Tamid
a light that hangs in front of and above the ark in the synagogue and is symbolic of the light of truth and the presence of God
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Menorah
a sacred candelabrum with seven branches used in the ancient temple in Jerusalem
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Shavuot
gives thanks for the Torah
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When does Shavuot come?
50 days after Pesach
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Sukkot
Jewish harvest festival
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Why did Jews accept to following the Torah?
out of gratitude for being freed from slavery
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