Judaic
Of Hebrew tradition
Judaic means relating to Jews or Judaism—their religion, culture, history, or traditions.
The term appears most often in academic and formal contexts: Judaic studies, Judaic law, Judaic traditions.
It functions similarly to Jewish but sounds more scholarly or institutional.
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
Numbers · Deuteronomy · Pentateuch · Mishnah · Tanakh · Midrash · Halacha · scroll
Jewish day of rest
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- prayerAddress to deity
- mitzvahJewish law commandment
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
bris · mikveh · shiva · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Passover · Hanukkah · Sukkot
Jews of European descent
- SephardicOf Iberian Jewish origin
- HasidicOf fervent Jewish pietism
- YiddishAshkenazi Jewish language
- LadinoSephardic heritage language
klezmer · kibbutz · Diaspora · Zionism · shtetl · aliyah · gefilte fish · latke
Permissible by Jewish law
- pareveNeither meat nor dairy
- shechitaJewish butchering practice
- meatAnimal tissue for food
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
shellfish · pork · dietary laws · blessing · separation · ritual slaughter · kosher salt · koshering
Jewish spiritual leader
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
- beit midrashJewish house of study
- rebbeHasidic spiritual leader
- semichaRabbinic ordination credential
commentary · ordination · scholar · sage
Hebrew alphabet's beginning
- Hebrew alphabetScript for sacred texts
- scriptWritten words for performance
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- SemiticOf Hebrew or Arabic peoples
Torah reading · trope · masoretic · transliteration · right-to-left · sacred language
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
Leviticus · Numbers · Deuteronomy · Pentateuch · Mishnah · Tanakh · Midrash · Halacha · scroll · parchment
Shabbat
Jewish day of rest
kosher · bris · mikveh · shiva · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Passover · Hanukkah · Sukkot · Purim
Ashkenazi
Jews of European descent
Ladino · klezmer · kibbutz · Diaspora · Zionism · shtetl · aliyah · gefilte fish · latke · challah
kosher
Permissible by Jewish law
dairy · shellfish · pork · dietary laws · blessing · separation · ritual slaughter · kosher salt · koshering · clean
rabbi
Jewish spiritual leader
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
- beit midrashJewish house of study
- rebbeHasidic spiritual leader
semicha · commentary · ordination · scholar · sage
aleph
Hebrew alphabet's beginning
- Hebrew alphabetScript for sacred texts
- scriptWritten words for performance
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
Semitic · Torah reading · trope · masoretic · transliteration · right-to-left · sacred language
JudaicChristian
Adherent of the gospel
Islamic · Muslim · non-Jewish · goyish · pagan
Judaicsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
atheistic · agnostic · irreligious · nonreligious · humanist
- Reform JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement
- Lion of JudahMessianic emblem from scripture
- Orthodox JudaismStrict adherence to Mosaic law
- Judah Maccabee
- Hellenistic JudaismJewish faith shaped by Greek culture
- Reformed JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement