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Torah scroll containing only the Five Books of Moses	written torah
final section of Biblical texts known as TaNaKH	Writings
day of fasting and prayer that ends with the blowing of the shofar; concludes the fast and the Days of Awe and Ten Days of Repentance	yom kippur
device that utilizes an object of either a ceremonial nature or food, as a means of recalling aspects of unique holiday observances	Trigger tool
four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce	Tetragrammaton
period between the end of Rosh Hashanah and the end of Yom Kippur	ten days of repentance
ceremony performed on the first afternoon of the Rosh Hashanah holiday; prayers are recited near a body of water, as if to throw away one's sins	tashlich
the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings	tanakh
encyclopedic written record of the Oral Law	talmud
tent-like structure and curtained compound built by the Jews as a concession to their need to associate God with something real, after the Golden Calf incident	Tabernacle
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation	Synagogue
an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions	shofar
rabbi and sage, contemporary of Hillel the Elder	shammai
a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent	sephardim
prayers of supplication to God	selichot
the supreme court of religious and civil law in ancient israel, composed of 70 outstanding scholar-members and their students	sanhedrin
format of worship in ancient Judaism, keyed directly to the socio-economic reality of agrarian life in Biblical times, focused on crops and livestock	Sacrificial ritual worship
ultimate test by God of Abraham's willingness to follow God's directions	Sacrifice of Isaac
imagery of the weekly sabbath most often used in conjunction with Saturday daylight activities, expresses the idea of the day of rest as something regal but accessible to all	Sabbath queen
a rest day that applies to everyone in society, regardless of status. origin of weekend.	Sabbath day
imagery of the weekly Sabbath most often used in conjunction with Friday night, expressed in terms that imply its special nature as a gift from God	Sabbath bride
Judaism's new year and a key holiday of the season when Jews pause to reflect on their past behavior, repent their errors, and resolve to improve in the coming year	Rosh Hashanah
the ultimate watershed experience according to Judaism’s Core Narrative, resulting in the mass experience of God’s presence and the pronouncement of the Ten Commandments	Revelation at Sinai
form of Judaism centered around rabbinic scholars as interpreters and deciders of Jewish law	rabbinic judaism
persons with whom God communicated in various ways: through visions, dreams, images, voices, etc. Also the second collective work of the TaNaKH	Prophets
intellectual construct proposed by Abraham Joshua Heschel to describe the Sabbath as a feature of time full of both restraints and delights	Palace in Time
Fourth of the Five Books of Moses. Details incidents during the desert experience after Mt. Sinai, as well as continues to enumerate various commandments	Numbers
Hebrew word for Commandment	Mitzvah
period of time when humanity achieves a perfect world, thereby completing the task of Creation initiated by God	Messianic Age
a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival. 8 ceremonial candles and an extra candle with which to light the others each night.	Menorah
food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus.	Manna
Third of the Five Books of Moses. Contains "Holiness Code" and ceremonial duties.	Leviticus
inserted in the Jewish calendar periodically in order to push the Hebrew month of Nisan and its Passover holiday into Spring	Leap month
ceremonial white garment for males to wear during Yom Kippur	Kittel
ceremonial blessing over wine, a beverage highly symbolic of the human ability to both create and use something for a holy purpose, or potentially abuse it and lose one's dignity	Kiddush
derived from the 613 commands recorded throughout the Five Books of Moses, in addition to the Oral Tradition of the text’s meaning as understood by Moses and transmitted to his disciple Joshua, and by Joshua to the Elders of his generation, and then to the Prophets, and eventually to the rabbinical sages whose various traditional understandings were recorded in the Talmud.	Jewish Law
section of the book of Leviticus which details ways in which God describes how people should act in such a way as to imitate God's holiness	Holiness Code
the idea that God desires humans to infuse their actions with sacred purpose and meaning, such as helping the poor and acting ethically at all times	Holiness
Sabbath’s concluding ceremony which utilizes a full cup of wine—symbolic that the coming week be filled with sweet blessing; a blend of aromatic spices—which are inhaled to refresh the soul during the ceremony because the Sabbath departs; and a multi-wicked candle—symbolic of the return to the start of a new week of creativity and everyday work.	Havdalah
first of Five Books of Moses; contains the background stories of the family origins of the Jews and the exploits of their ancestors	Genesis
doing what's right as part of the human responsibility to correct the world's wrongs	Fixing the World
first core document of Judaism's TaNaKh	Five Books of Moses
second of Five Books of Moses; Jewish slavery in Egypt, freedom from slavery, initial wanderings in the desert, and the Revelation at Mt. Sinai	Exodus
Fifth of Five Books of Moses; Moses recounts the events experienced by the Jews, and the important teachings which Moses related to the Jews during their desert wanderings	Deuteronomy
actions performed for the benefit of others with no reciprocation.	Deeds of Loving Kindness
ceremonial loaf of bread served on Sabbaths and Jewish holidays except Passover	Challah
Jews of European origin who lived in the early post-Roman Empire in Western Europe, and who later migrated further east, into Central and Eastern Europe	Ashkenazim
traditional New Year trigger foods eaten in the hope for a sweet New Year	Apples and honey