Group 1 Flashcard - Hebrew Monotheism

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Does not describe Judaism:

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Read parts of the Torah like Ephesians and Colossians weekly

Answer explanation

Ephesians and Colossians are in the New Testament in the Christian Bible and are not included in the Tanakh

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Founder of Judaism?

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Abraham

Answer explanation

Abraham is seen as the founder of Judaism

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Father of the 12 tribes of Israel?

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Jacob

Answer explanation

Jacob is the father of the 12 tribes of Israel (Fun Fact - He was named Israel after he wrestled with an angel)

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Hebrew prophet and leader who freed his people from slavery in Egypt.

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Moses

Answer explanation

Moses, a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, was sent by God to deliver his people from Egyptian slavery after commanded to do so

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First five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Pentateuch, meaning teaching, direction, guidance, and law.

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Torah

Answer explanation

The Torah includes the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) that guide the Jews through their everyday living

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A spiritual leader and teacher of a Jewish community.

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Rabbi

Answer explanation

A Rabbi acts as a spiritual leader and religious teacher of a Jewish community or congregation

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Yom Kippur

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Holiest day of the year themed on atonement and repentance.

Answer explanation

Yom Kippur is considered as their holiest day of the year in which they confess and repent their sins and transgressions

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Anti-Semitism

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Hostility or discrimination against Jews.

Answer explanation

Anti-Semitism is the hostility acted toward or discrimination against Jews

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Anti-semitism lost favour in the eyes of western Europeans and Americans after the Nazi rule.

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True

Answer explanation

People had started to accept them for who they are and those who remained anti-semitic were either embarrassed or hesitant to express this view of theirs.