Judaism

Dispersed

• To spread out

• To run

• To jump high

• To come together

Ethics

• A set of laws

• A set of moral principles or values

• A way of thinking

• God's 10 commandments

Exiled

• To not be cared about

• To welcome into one's own country or home

• To banish or expel from one’s own country or home

• To hurt

Jewish Diaspora

• When the Jews won independence from the Germans

• When the Jews were wiped off the face of the earth by Hitler

• The coming together of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning in 586 B.C.E.

• The dispersal of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning in 586 B.C.E.

Monotheism

• The belief that there is more than one God

• The belief that there is only one God

Polytheism

• The belief that there are many gods

• The belief that there is only one God

Talmud

• The collection of ancient Jewish writings, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teachings of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh

• The collection of ancient Jewish writings, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teachings of the New Testament

Yavneh

• Another name for Yahweh

• A book in the Hebrew Bible

• An ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning

• A set of rules for Jewish people

Synagogue

• A Jewish restaurant

• Jewish house of worship

• A Jewish hospital

• A Jewish home

Hanukkah

• Holiday celebrating the rededication of the Jewish temple and religious freedom (also called the Festival of Lights)

• Holiday celebrating the Jewish exodus (also called the Passover)

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