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This is an index of terms, concepts and people relevant to the study of Judaism and Jewish history.

Basic Concepts:

bar mitzvah

bat mitzvah

circumcision

eretz Yisrael

gentile

gnosticism

Hebrews

Israel

Jew

Judaism

kippah

kosher

magen David

mitzvah

rabbi

sabbath

seder

synagogue

Yahweh

yarmulke

Yiddish

Types of Judaism and Jewish movements:

Agudath Israel

Ashkenazi

Conservative Judaism

Essenes

Hasidism

Lubavitchers

Karaism

Mandaeans

maskilim

Orthodox Judaism

Pharisees

Rechabites

Reconstructionist Judaism

Reform Judaism

Sabbatianism

Sadducees

Samaritins

Sanhedrin

Sephardim

Zionism

Zealots

Jewish history:

Babylonian Captivity

Divided Kingdom

Jewish holidays:

Hannukah

Yom Kippur

Tisha B'av

Passover

Purim

Rosh Hashanah

Shavuot

Shemini Atzeret

Simhat Torah

Sukkot

Jewish people:

Aaron

Abraham

Albo, Joseph

Berg, David

Hillel

Isaac

Jacob

Josephus

Kahane, Meir

Maimonides, Moses

RaSHI

Jewish Texts:

Gemara

habdalah

haggada

halakah

Mishnah

Tosefta

Zohar

Other Terms:

abaddon

Adam

amen

am haaretz

amidah

angels

Asherah

Asmodeus

Baal

Beelzebub

Bet Am

Bet Din

bet midrash

Birkat Himinim

Cain and Abel

canon

cherub

concordance

demiurge

diaspora

Edom

Eve

Gabriel

galut

Gehenna

genizah

hell

Herod

Hittites

kabbalah

kaddish

kiddush

Kiddush HaShem

levarite marriage

maggid

Manicheism

mazel tov

menorah

mezuzah

midrash

min

minyan

Moses

musar

Onan

pilpul

pogrom

Qumram

sephira

Seraphim

shehtiah

Shekinah

shemoneh esreh

sheol

shiva / shloshim

shofar

Shulhan Aruch

siddur

Sitra Achra

Sodom and Gomorrah

sopher

tallit

tanna

tefillin

trefa

Wailing Wall

yeshivah

yigdol

zaddik

zedakah

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