JUDAISM

ORIGIN, TEXT, SACRED BUILDING, HOLY PLACE

• Place of Origin: Israel
• Sacred text: Tenach (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim )
• Sacred building: Synagouge
• Holy Place: Jerusalem

JEWISH SYMBOLS

• Star of David
• Menorah
• Kippah
• Torah

FIVE BOOKS OF THE TORAH

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

THE MOST IMPORATNT DAY OF THE WEEK

• Sabbath
• Begins on Friday and ends on Saturday

SPECIAL ITEMS

• Torah
• Menorah
• Kippah ( skull cap )
• Tallit ( prayer shawl )
• Tefiflin ( small leather box with leather strings attached )

BOY/GIRL CEREMONIES

• Bar mitzvah: Jewish boys become adults
• Bat mitzvah: Jewish girls become adults

WHAT DO JEWS CALL MARRIAGE?

• Jews call marriage Kiddushin

JEWISH CELEBRATIONS

• Passover
• Rosh Hashanah
• Hannukah
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkoth
• Tisha B'av
• Tu B'Shevat
• Yom Hashoah

BY : PHOEBE