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See A Glossary of Hebraic Terms for hundreds of additional termsChanukah: (alt. Hanukkah) The Feast of Dedication celebrating the Maccabean victory in 167 B.C.E. (see dates). Diaspora: The dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian Captivity. Now also used to refer to all Jews who do not live in Israel. Gemarah: The commentary based upon the Mishnah. Hannukah: The Feast of Dedication celebrating the Maccabean victory in 167 B.C.E. (see dates). Midrash: A commentary of the Hebrew scriptures, especially the Torah. Mishnah: Oral law in general; to be distinguished from Scripture. Passover: The annual feast commemorating the deliverance of the firstborn in Egypt when the angel of death took all those who did not have blood on the door posts. Also called Pesach (see dates). Pentateuch: The word from the Septuagint (LXX), the first Greek translation of the Tanakh, used to designate the Books of Moses, or Torah, the first five books of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Scriptures, erroneously referred to as “Old Testament”). Also called the Torah. Pentecost: The Feast of Weeks observed fifty days after the Passover. Also called Shavuot (see dates). Pesach: The annual feast commemorating the deliverance of the firstborn in Egypt when the angel of death took all those who did not have blood on the door posts. Also called Passover (see dates). Purim: The feast commemorating Esther's intervention on behalf of the Jews when they were in Persia (see dates). Rosh Hashanah: The Feast of Trumpets; also called “Jewish New Year” (see dates). Seder: The festival meal held in Jewish homes on the first night of Passover commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. Shavuot (alt, Shabuoth): The Feast of Weeks observed fifty days after the Passover. Also called Pentecost (see dates). Sukkoth: The Feast of Tabernacles celebrating the harvest; the Biblical birth date of Yeshua HaMashiach (see dates). Tanakh: The Hebrew Scriptures; an acronym for Torah (the Books of Moses), Nevi'im (Prophets), K'tuvim (Writings). Torah: Commonly translated “The Law,” but a better translation would be “Divine Instruction.” Refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (the so-called “Old Testament”). It also can refer to the entire corpus of the Jewish law. Used within Messianic Judaism to include both the Tanakh and the Apostolic Scriptures as a unified, completed unit. Shophar (alt, Shofar): The ram’s horn that is blown during worship services, and especially on Rosh Hashanah. (Illustration at top of this page.) Talmud: The Jewish library of oral law and tradition consisting of Mishnah and Gemara. See A Glossary of Hebraic Terms for hundreds of additional terms |
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