Kaddish -The Kaddish is a prayer that praises God and expresses a yearning for the establishment of God's kingdom on earth. Recited in mourning for the dead.
Hasidism - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish belief. The Hasidic movement is unique in its focus on the joyful observance of God’s commandments (mitzvot), heartfelt prayer and boundless love for God and the world He created. Many ideas for Hasidism derived from Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah).
Talmud - a collection of teachings of early rabbis from the 5th/6th centuries
Torah - the Pentateuch, or first five books of the Old Testament. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
Rosh Hashanah -Jewish holiday; Jewish New Year.
Zionism - belief in Jewish homeland. The movement grew during the early 20th century and groups of Jews wanted to resettle Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jewish people. Despite the opposition of the Arab countries in the Middle East, the United Nations recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948.
Maimonides -one of the greatest Torah scholars of the Middle Ages
phylacteries - Arm and head phylacteries worn on weekday mornings consisting of leather boxes, painted black, held in place by black leather straps. In the boxes are scrolls of parchment with passages from the Pentateuch.
cabbala - Hasidic Jews also read this mystical commentary on the Torah
Passover - Jewish holy day and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.
Pentecost - is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection. Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks after Easter Sunday. Pentecost falls on the tenth day after Ascension Thursday. Pentecost is historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, which commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai fifty days after the Exodus.
synagogue -Jewish house of prayer
Kaddish -The Kaddish is a prayer that praises God and expresses a yearning for the establishment of God's kingdom on earth. Recited in mourning for the dead.
Hasidism - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish belief. The Hasidic movement is unique in its focus on the joyful observance of God’s commandments (mitzvot), heartfelt prayer and boundless love for God and the world He created. Many ideas for Hasidism derived from Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah).
Talmud - a collection of teachings of early rabbis from the 5th/6th centuries
Torah - the Pentateuch, or first five books of the Old Testament. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
Rosh Hashanah -Jewish holiday; Jewish New Year.
Zionism - belief in Jewish homeland. The movement grew during the early 20th century and groups of Jews wanted to resettle Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jewish people. Despite the opposition of the Arab countries in the Middle East, the United Nations recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948.
Maimonides -one of the greatest Torah scholars of the Middle Ages
phylacteries - Arm and head phylacteries worn on weekday mornings consisting of leather boxes, painted black, held in place by black leather straps. In the boxes are scrolls of parchment with passages from the Pentateuch.
cabbala - Hasidic Jews also read this mystical commentary on the Torah
Passover - Jewish holy day and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.
Pentecost - is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection. Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks after Easter Sunday. Pentecost falls on the tenth day after Ascension Thursday. Pentecost is historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, which commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai fifty days after the Exodus.