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Judaism

Jewish Terms to Know

Judaism (noun - the name of the religion)

Jewish (adjective, applied to something Jewish e.g., "the Jewish holidays")

Jew (noun - a person who is Jewish is "a Jew")

Israel (the people, the nation, the country)

Israelite (noun - applied to a person in ancient days)

Hebrew (noun - a language, a person/people, a religion in ancient days)

The Patriarchs

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob 

Covenant

Moses

Exodus

Sinai  

Saul

David

Solomon

Solomon’s Temple 

Prophets 

Exile

Diaspora 

Second Temple period

Rabbinic period

Synagogue

Rabbi

Hebrew Bible

Torah

Pentateuch

Talmud

Kabbalah

Zohar

Hasidism 

Orthodox

Conservative

Reform

The Holocaust

Zionism

Assimilation

Monotheism

Commandment(s)

Halakhah (religious "law")

Kosher/Kashrut

Tikkun Olam ("repairing the world")

Mitzvot ("commandment"; good deeds)

Tzaddakah 

Bris 

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Ketubah

Chupah

Shiva

Yahrziet

Shabbat 

High Holidays

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

Sukkot

Simchat Torah

Chanukah

Purim

Pesach/Passover

Seder

Haggadah

Matzah (unleavened bread, eaten during Passover)

Shavuot