What's covered
Key facts
"Adonai" ("Lord") and "Hashem" ("the Name") are used in place of God's unspeakable name YHWH.
God first spoke to Moses through a burning bush that was not consumed by the flames (Exodus 3).
Jews are commanded to break Shabbat if necessary to save a life.
Abraham is regarded as the father of Judaism — the first Jewish patriarch.
The Messiah is sometimes called Mashiach ben David — "Messiah, son of David".
The Tanakh contains 24 books in the traditional Jewish count.
The Hebrew title Adonai means "Lord".
The Exodus is the escape of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt under Moses's leadership.
Jews may drive on Shabbat to take someone to hospital because pikuach nefesh overrides Shabbat.
Abraham left his home city of Ur in Mesopotamia at God's call to travel to Canaan (Genesis 12).
Sample questions
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Is God seen as Creator in Judaism?
- •No — God is only a lawgiver
- •Only in the mystical Kabbalah tradition
- ✓Yes — Creator of all
- •Yes, but only of the Jewish people
What was the tenth plague of Egypt?
- •A famine for years
- •A great earthquake
- •A long darkness
- ✓Death of the firstborn
What does Pikuach Nefesh mean?
- •Honouring your parents
- •Keeping kosher
- •Loving your neighbour
- ✓Saving a life
What is a covenant in Judaism?
- •A daily Jewish prayer
- •A Jewish holy book
- •A Jewish religious law
- ✓A sacred agreement with God
What will the Messiah bring?
- •A new Torah and priestly order
- •Judgement and the end of the world
- ✓Peace and rebuilding the Temple
- •The ingathering of exiles and a new covenant
What is the Tanakh?
- •A daily Jewish prayer book
- •A rabbinic commentary on law
- ✓Jewish Bible (three sections)
- •The oral Torah passed down verbally
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