Tradition collection 1,562 records
Judaism
Texts, sages, institutions and places, and the schools that read them differently.
Sacred places
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Jerusalem
City in the Middle East, holy to the three Abrahamic religions -
Western Wall
Holy site of Judaism in Jerusalem -
Temple in Jerusalem
Structures on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem serving as Israelite religious centers -
Solomon's Temple
Holy temple in ancient Jerusalem before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II - Archaeological site
Capernaum
Village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus -
Safed
City in northern Israel -
Second Temple
Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE -
Dohány Street Synagogue
Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary -
Old New Synagogue
Synagogue in Prague, Czechia
Figures
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MosesAbrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt -
AbrahamFoundational legendary figure among adherents of the eponymous Abrahamic religions -
MaryMother of Jesus Christ -
SolomonKing of Israel and son of David -
DavidKing of Israel and Judah -
EveThe first woman in the story of Genesis -
NoahBiblical prophet, son of Lamech, major figure in the Book of Genesis -
JacobIn Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites -
IsaacBiblical character; son of Abraham -
GilgameshSumerian ruler and protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh -
Saint JosephChristian saint; husband of Mary and father of Jesus -
ElijahBiblical prophet
Traditions and schools
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Judaism
Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion of the Jews -
Kabbalah
Esoteric discipline and school of thought, associated with Judaism -
Pharisees
Ancient Jewish sect -
Hasidic Judaism
Religious subgroup of modern Judaism -
Orthodox Judaism
One of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel -
Zohar
Work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah -
Reform Judaism
Denomination of Judaism -
Conservative Judaism
One of the three major Judaism movements
Festivals and practices
Holy days and festivals · 17, each with the day its record gives
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Observed on 15 Nisan and 7 other daysPassover
Jewish holiday celebrating the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt -
Observed on 25 Kislev and 8 other daysHanukkah
Jewish holiday -
Observed on 10 TishreiYom Kippur
Primary holy day in Judaism, tenth day of the new year -
Observed on 1 Tishrei and 1 other dayRosh Hashanah
Jewish day of judgement preceding Yom Kippur (day of atonement), one of several Jewish New Years -
Observed on 15 Tishrei and 6 other daysSukkot
Jewish holiday, harvest festival, festival of booths -
Observed on 14 AdarPurim
Jewish holiday and tradition, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the month Adar - Observed on 6 Sivan
Shavuot
Jewish holiday, the second of Three Pilgrimage Festivals - Observed on 9 Av
Tisha B'Av
Jewish day of fasting
9 more with a recorded day — the full list.
Rites and practices · 13, with no day on record
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bar and bat mitzvah
Jewish coming-of-age rituals -
Queen of Heaven
Christian devotion of Mary -
Rosh Chodesh
First day of each Hebrew month -
Tenth of Tevet
Fast day in Judaism -
Jewish holiday
Traditional Jewish holiday -
Three Pilgrimage Festivals
Three major festivals in Judaism
7 more — the full list.
Institutions, offices and houses
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Jewish people
Ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant -
Officerabbi
Teacher of Torah in Judaism - Institution
Ashkenazi Jews
Jewish diaspora of Central, Western and Eastern Europe -
HouseRothschild family
Family descending from Mayer Amschel Rothschild -
HouseHasmonean dynasty
Dynasty of the Judean region (140–37 BCE) -
Officekohen
Hereditary priest in Judaism, descendant of Aaron
Gods
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YahwehNational god of ancient Israel and Judah kingdoms, god of monotheistic Judaism and Abrahamic religions -
ElohimHebrew divine name used in the Tanakh -
God in JudaismJewish conception of God -
El ShaddaiOne of the names of the God of Israel -
Jesus ChristCentral figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) -
Holy WisdomAttribute of God in Jewish and Christian theology
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