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Bet Ha-Knesset

House of Meeting Synagogue Bet T’filah or Bet Ha-Midrash. Bet Ha-Knesset. Desk or platform To read Torah scrolls No prescribed position. Bimah. Divides men and women in Orthodox worship places Erzat nashim or court of women in the Temple is the origin.

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Bet Ha-Knesset

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  1. House of Meeting Synagogue Bet T’filah or Bet Ha-Midrash Bet Ha-Knesset

  2. Desk or platform To read Torah scrolls No prescribed position Bimah

  3. Divides men and women in Orthodox worship places Erzat nashim or court of women in the Temple is the origin Worshipping together was considered distracting Mechitzah

  4. Tables of remembrance To recall the dead Yizkor

  5. Isaiah 42:6 Chanukah Menorah

  6. Holy Ark Houses Torah scrolls Parochet or curtain Usually tablets representing the commandments Ner tamid or eternal flame Congregation should face it and it should be east Aron Kodesh

  7. Interlocking triangles Magen David Became a Zionist symbol State of Israel Star of David

  8. Skull cap Not required by law Respect for God From Roman times Yarmulke or Kippa

  9. Shema • Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! • Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today. Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest. Bind them at your wrist as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

  10. Leather pouches Small Torah scrolls inside Fulfill the commandment of the Shema Tefillin

  11. Small Box v is on the front for the Shema Small torah scroll inside Mezuzah

  12. Numbers 15:38-41 • The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the Israelites and tell them that they and their descendants must put tassels on the corners of their garments, fastening each corner tassel with a violet cord. When you use these tassels, let the sight of them remind you to keep all the commandments of the LORD, without going wantonly astray after the desires of your hearts and eyes. Thus you will remember to keep all my commandments and be holy to your God. I, the LORD, am your God who, as God, brought you out of Egypt that I, the LORD, may be your God."

  13. Tallit Tallit Katan Tallit and Tallit Katan Tzittzit are the tassles or fringe

  14. Combines solar and lunar features Hodesh – that which is renewed Lunar month is 29.5 days; 2 months = 59; 354 days or 11 short of solar calendar Double the month of Adar in years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 to keep seasons right Festivals on specific days on Jewish calendar (15-22 Nisan is Passover), but will vary on the solar calendar. Jewish Calendar

  15. Anno Mundi or “from the creation of the world” 3760 BCE 7th month or Tishrei 3760 + 2005 = 5765 AM; at the New Year in October (often September) we go to 5766 What Year?

  16. Head of the Year or New Year’s Day 1st of Tishrei (Sept or Oct on our calendar) Focus is on God as creator Starts a 10 day period of penitence or yamim noraim (days of awe) or asseret y’mey t’shuvah (days of repentance) Rosh Hashanah

  17. Day of Atonement Holiest Day of the Year Tashlich or casting away sins Kittel or special robe Yom Kippur

  18. Passover Z’man cheiruteinu Chag ha-matzot Chag ha’aviv Seder or “order” on the first night Haggadah Matzot Karpas Haroset Maror Beitzah Zeroah Pesach

  19. Pentecost or Festival of Weeks 50 days (7x7+1) Moses gets the Torah at Sinai Shavuot

  20. Sukkot • Feast of Booths or Tabernacles • Wandering in Wilderness • 3 walled structures • Z’man simchateinu or a time of rejoicing

  21. Kashrut – right, fit, suitable Treyf or torn Leviticus 11; Deut 14 Animals Must chew cud Must have cloven hooves Fish If they lack fins or scales, they are out Scales must be easily removable No scavengers Kosher

  22. Most birds are okay No insects Milk and eggs from unclean animals are also unclean No animals killed by other animals No animals with deflects or flaws Certain parts are to be avoided: no suet, no blood More Guidelines

  23. Shechitah Ritual slaughter shochet Draining the blood Ritual Slaughter

  24. Exodus 23:19; 34:26 and Deut 14:21 Can’t boil meat and dairy together; can’t eat together Chok – law with a reason beyond comprehension; just do it Pareve or neutral Meat and Dairy

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