Using the table below, answer the following questions.
Using the table below, answer the following questions.
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List 5 objects you might find in a synagogue. | |
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Aron hakodesh (ark) Torah scroll (sefer Torah) Bimah (reading desk) Ner tamid (eternal light) Menorah (7 branched candelabrum) Stained glass windows (no depiction of people) Seating arrangements (men & women separate in Orthodox synagogue) |
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Describe 4 ways the synagogue might be used. | |
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As a place of prayer (bet ha’tefillin) As a place of study (bet ha’midrash) As a place of assembly/meeting (bet ha’knesset) As a school (shul) As a place for celebrations |
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Name 3 items of clothing Jewish men might wear. | |
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Tefillin (phylacteries/boxes worn on head & arm) Tallit (prayer shawl) Kippah/yarmulke (skull cap) |
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Give 2 covenants made with God. | |
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Abrahamic (with Abraham) Mosaic (with Moses) |
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State 1 reason for brit milah (circumcision). | |
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To recognise the covenant made with God As a symbol of Jewish identity |