Definitions

• What is the Tanakh?

  The Jewish sacred text containing the Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim
• Who is a Rabbi?

  A teacher of Judaism
• What is the Torah also known as?

  The books of the law, also called the Pentateuch
• Who contributed to the Torah?

  Moses
• What are the five books of the Torah?

  Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
• What is the Septuagint?

  The Greek translation of the Tanakh
• What is the Mishnah?

  Written versions of the oral teaching on the Torah
• What is the Talmud?

  A collection of rabbinic teaching on the law
• Who are Sephardic Jews?

  Jews who were living in Spain
• Why were Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain?

  They refused to convert to Catholicism
• Who are Ashkenazi Jews?

  Jews living in Europe
• How did Ashkenazi Jews experience exile?

  They were exiled in a similar way as Sephardic Jews
• Why did Ashkenazi Jews flee later than Sephardic Jews?

  They fled much later due to different circumstances
• What is the Western (Wailing) Wall?

  The last standing structure from the temple
• Who were the Zealots?

  Jews that opposed Roman occupation with force
• What is the Essence in the context of Judaism?

  Pious Jews who isolate themselves from society
• What is the Mosaic Law?

  Rules given by God through Moses to the Israelites