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APPENDIX Minchah (pr. mean-ch-a (‘ch’ as in loch)): the afternoon service/prayers Minyan (pr. mean-yan): a quorum of ten males over the age of 13 required before prayers can be said as a congregation Mishnah (pr. meesh-na): the first written version of the Oral Torah, compiled by Rabbi Judah the Prince, at the beginning of the third century Mishneh Torah: a compendium of Jewish law and ethics written by Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides) in the twelfth century Mitzvah (pr. meatz’va), pl: mitzvot: literal meaning: a commandment. It can also refer to any Jewish religious obligation, or more generally to any good deed Mussaf (pr. moo-saff): the additional service added on Shabbat and festivals Pentateuch: the Five Books of Moses Pesach/Passover: the festival of freedom celebrating the Exodus from Egypt Purim: the festival celebrating the deliverance of Persian Jews from an attempted massacre as told in the book of Esther Rabbi: scholar, teacher or minister who has achieved the required standard of knowledge Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year Sefer Torah (pr. se-fer to-ra): the parchment scroll of the Torah (law) Shabbat (pr. sha-bat): the seventh day of the week, which is a day of rest Shacharit (pr. sha-ha-reet): the morning service/prayers Shavuot (pr. sha-voo-oht): the festival recalling the giving of the Torah and the harvest of the first fruits Shechitah (pr. sh’hee-tah): Jewish method of animal slaughter Shema (pr. sh’ma): principal statement of Jewish faith in one God Shofar (pr. show-far): ram’s horn which is blown on the Jewish New Year as a call to repentance Siddur (pr. see-door (‘oo’ as in ‘soon’)): a daily prayer book Sidra (pr. seed-ra): the weekly Torah portion, read in synagogue Simchat Torah: the festival of celebration when the annual cycle of readings from the Torah is completed and begins over again Sukkot (pr. soo-cot): the festival recalling the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus Synagogue: Jewish house of prayer Tabernacle: an elaborate portable tent-like construction that served as a sanctuary when the Israelites were in the wilderness Tallit (pr. ta-leet): a prayer shawl with fringes worn by Jewish males Talmud (pr. tal-mood): the recorded discussions of the rabbis containing sayings, stories, teachings and legal arguments 86 RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) © Learning and Teaching Scotland
APPENDIX Tanakh: the term for the Hebrew Bible, often referred to as the Old Testament Tashlich (pr. tash- leech (‘ch’ as in ‘loch’)): the symbolic throwing away of sins into a river or lake on the Jewish New Year Tefillin (pr. ti-feel-een): two leather boxes containing Biblical passages written on parchment scrolls (called phylacteries) that Jewish males over the age of thirteen wear at morning prayers during the week Teshuva (pr. t’shoov-a): repentance Tisha b’Av (pr. tee-sha bi-av): literal meaning: the 9th of Av. A fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples which were both destroyed on this day, and other tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people Torah: usually the Five Books of Moses, but can also refer to the whole body of Hebrew scriptures Yeshivah: an academy specialising in the study of Talmud Yom Kippur (pr. yom key-poor): the Day of Atonement, a fast day RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) 87 © Learning and Teaching Scotland
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Religious, Moral and Philosophical
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CONTENTS Introduction 1 Section 1:
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INTRODUCTION Using these support ma
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SECTION 1 JUDAISM - AN OVERVIEW The
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JUDAISM - AN OVERVIEW that commemor
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SECTION 2 What does it mean to be h
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The concept and image of God THE HU
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THE HUMAN CONDITION He had already
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Creation THE HUMAN CONDITION Jews b
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Shabbat THE HUMAN CONDITION God res
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THE HUMAN CONDITION of the Torah, c
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Suggestions for further reading and
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THE HUMAN CONDITION Yet, even in ju
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SECTION 3 Yetzer Harah and Yetzer T
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THE CAUSE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION Su
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Suffering is at times inexplicable
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SECTION 4 THE GOALS The meaning of
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THE GOALS The Shema is the most imp
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THE GOALS The meaning of obedience
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Page 63 and 64: SECTION 6 The Torah THE MEANS Torah
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Page 67 and 68: The Ten Commandments THE MEANS The
Page 69 and 70: Activity 26 THE MEANS (a) Categoris
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