1. Where are Jewish religious services held?
Synagogue
2. What time do morning prayers begin at Anton’s school?
7:15
3. For how many years has Judaism existed as a religion?
About three and a half thousand years.
4. How many Gods did Abraham believe in?
one.
5. What are mitzvoth?
The Ten Commadments.
6. What did Moses do?
He led the Israelites to freedom from slavery, he received the Ten Commandments and he wrote the Torah.
7. What is the Torah?
The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.
8. What is a Jewish religious leader called?
A Rabbi.
9. When did Abraham leave the area now known as Iraq to settle in the area now known as Palestine or Israel?
1800 B.C
10. What does Shabbat mean?
It is a ritual meaing rest.
11. How long does Shabbat last for?
Sundown on Friday through to nightfall on Sunday.
12. What is the purpose of blowing the ram's horn?
It is to remind people that change is coming.
13. What is Yom Kippur?
It is a day of atonement, most holy day.
14. What does the festival of Hanukkah celebrate?
Hanukkah is a celebration of the Jewish people gaining freedom. It is the most well known Jewish festival, but not the most significant as it is not written in the Torah
15. Which city did King David pronounce the capital for the Jews?..
Jerusalem.
16. What is the Western Wall?
The remains of a Temple built by King David’s son Solomon, known as the wailing wall
.17. What does Bat Mitzvah mean?
It is a coming of age ceremony that happens to Jewish people at twelve or thirteen. Bat is for girls and Bar for boys.
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