Dohány Street Synagogue Also known as the Great Synagogue, this synagogue is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world. A synagogue is a Jewish house of worship.
Tree of Life The tree of life relates to religion’s tree of knowledge and is present throughout many world religions. The tree can be thought of to connect heaven and earth or to represent the mystical creation of earth.
Talmud The Talmud is the main text used for study in Rabbinic Judaism. The literal translation of Talmud in hebrew means study. The work itself is an expansion of the earliest written rabbinic law called the Mishnah. The Talmud consists mostly of laws.
Kabbalist A Kabbalist is someone who practices Kabbalah, a form of mystical Judaism. The goal of a Kabbalist is to attain intimacy with god through deep inner process and introspection. They believe that god is mysterious and has a special kinship relationship to humans.
“Ruin Bars” Ruin bars are bars built in Budapest’s old Jewish quarter in the remains of stores and homes. From the outside they look like nothing is going on, but inside they are trendy.
Passover Holidays Jews celebrate passover in the spring for eight days to commemorate their freedom from slavery in Egypt as written in Exodus of the Torah.
Házikó Házikó is a Hungarian word that translates to cottage in English.
Genesis Genesis is the name of the first book in the Bible and the Jewish Tanakh. It is one of five books in the sacred Jewish Torah. Genesis is the story of God’s creation of earth.
Midrash Midrash is an interpretation of the words in the Torah. The writings of Midrash help to interpret the Jewish current reality with what the original book says. The two kinds of Midrash wither interpret biblical law or the narrative stories that happen in the text.
Ma’aseh Bereshit This can be literally translated to be “the Work of Creation”. Bereshit is also the first word of the Torah, represented the phrase :”In the beginning…”
Mystical Kabbalist science of the Zohar The science of Zohar is the foundation of the mystical Kaballah works. The Zohar comments on questions that mainstream society tends to shy away from; e.g. the origin of the universe and the nature of God.
Sephirot Sephirot, or Sefirot, are the ten attributes that can be found on the Kaballah tree of life. Through these ten attributes, the Ein Sof (or infinite) is revealed.
Galileo 16th century Italian scientist credited with his work with astronomy, physics and math. He was a controversial figure with the church.
Bruno 16th century astronomer famous for proposing that stars were actually other versions of the sun and that it is possible other planets could sustain life. He was executed by the church in 1600.
Copernicus 15th Century astronomer and mathematician most commonly known for his proposition that the sun was in the center of the universe.
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