S_WH7-13+Assignment

Grade 7 Lesson 13 - Jewish Mystics/False Messiahs (All Assignments)
 * Vocabulary - on your Vocabulary page, for each word/phrase below, write a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max).Also add any vocabulary that you would like defined.
 * mysticism
 * kabbalah
 * Zohar
 * Hasidic Jews
 * 7th Grade Curriculum
 * History
 * Jewish mysticism grew out of the popular religion of the Jews. Among other ideas, it emphasizes that there are spiritual ways of communicating with God and of learning about hidden knowledge about God, the world and people's role in it. Skim the Wikipedia entry on [|Kabbalah] answer the following questions(the answers will be found in the section whose name appears before the question):
 * Overview - What is the traditional source for Kabbalistic knowledge? Is there evidence to support this?
 * __//**The traditional source of Kabbalistic knowledge was thought to be made by Solomon, but was actually made by different Prophets and Priests.**//__
 * Overview - Why was Kabbalistic knowledge hidden/restricted?
 * __//**It was hidden/restricted because they feared it would be lost if the conquers of the Jews would find out about this knowledge and kill the people who knew it and then it would be lost, they also fear that it may be misinterpreted by**// //**the remaining Jews because they were not trained to understand it.**//__
 * ==== Ten Sephirot as process of ethics - What would happen if there were no righteous people?====
 * __//**The human race would cease to exist because the blessings of God would be hidden from us.**//__
 * Human soul in Kabbalah - What are the parts of the human soul?
 * __//**There are 3 parts of the human soul the Nefresh(the animal instinct such as to breath, eat, and sleep), the Ruach (which is the moral value that a person holds), and the Neshamah (the part of the soul with the intelect and the ability to go to the afterlife).**//__
 * Claims for authority - How do authors of Kabbalah knowledge make it authoritative(i.e. justify that it comes from God and/or should be respected)?
 * __//**They believe that they got this information from angles sent by God to tell them the secrets of mysticism and some believe the information was directly told from Abraham to the rest of the Jewish people.**//__
 * Critque - What are some of the objections to Kabbalistic knowledge?
 * __//**Some Jews believe that Kabbalistic believers go too far in the way of seeing hidden messages in the Torah that most Jews don't believe are there. Also many Jews think that angles are more Christian and not so much Jewish.**//__
 * Holidays - on your Holidays page, for each holiday below, write a short secular description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) of what the holiday celebrates and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) which also includes its origin and its importance to both secular and religious Jews.
 * Passover - modify short definition to emphasize fighting for freedom and feeling as if we ourselves were slaves in Egypt
 * Culture
 * FAQs - on your FAQ Page, for each question below, write a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max). Add any questions about shJ you have or are asked by your friends.
 * Heroes/Heroines - on your Heroes page, for each person below, write a short description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) about who s/he is and why s/he was important.. Also add any heroes/heroines you would like to know about.
 * Moses De Leon
 * [|Sabbatai_Zevi]
 * Ba'al shem Tov
 * Philosophy and Values
 * Pick another of the Philosophical Foundations and be prepared to describe it in your own words. Write the name of the philosophical foundation below.
 * Pick another of the Philosophical Foundations and be prepared to describe it in your own words. Write the name of the philosophical foundation below.