Judaism

Why do Jews set aside a holy day each week, and what is it called?

• It is called Ramadan and it is used for rest and prayer.
• It is called the Sabbath and it is set aside for feasting and leisure activities.
• It is called mass and it is set aside for charitable giving.
• It is called the Sabbath and they set it aside for rest and prayer.

What was the Jewish Diaspora?

• The spread of the Jewish people outside of their homeland, beginning about 596 B.C.E. when the Babylonians forced the Jews to leave Jerusalem.
• The holiest of Jewish holidays.  Jews fast and ask for atonement of their sins.
• When God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses.
• When Jews believe Jesus rose from the dead and became the savior.

What are the Ten Commandments?

• They are a list of prayers all Jews are expected to do each night.
• They contain teachings Jews believe were handed down by God to Moses
• They are the teachings that Jews believe were handed down by God to Abraham.
• They are a list of things Jews believe God commanded Jesus to do.

___________ is considered to be the founder of Judaism.

• Abraham
• Saul
• David
• Goliath

____________ leads the Israelites out of Egypt and parts the Red Sea.

• Moses
• Saul
• David
• Maccabees

______ is the Jewish holy book.

• Torah
• Synagogue
• Monotheism
• Entire Christian Bible

__________ is the belief in one god.

• Polytheism
• Monotheism

A ______ is a Jewish house of worship.

• synagogue
• mosque
• Torah

Today, Jewish teachers and leaders are called...

• pharaohs
• priests
• Abraham
• rabbis

Abraham was instructed by God to leave Mesopotamia and go to ____________.

• Egypt
• Samaria
• Canaan
• Munford