1. Sharing Traditions Pages 65 to 75

2. Definitions bar mitzvah in Judaism, marks the acceptance of a 13- year old boy as a religious adult Torah the first five books of the Hebrew Bible each Torah is hand written as a sign of respect the torah is only touched by a pointer

3. Definitions Shabbat the Jewish day of rest sundown Friday to sundown Saturday haftarah read after the Torah reading a reading from the Prophets or Writings

4. Definitions Tanakh The Hebrew Bible the Torah, the prophets and Writings bat mitzvah or bat hayill the ceremony that accepts a 12 year-old girl as a religious adult

5. Definitions agnostic a person who believes that you cannot prove the existence of God atheist a person who believes that there is no God

6. Definitions spiritual beliefs a belief that there is a connection between ourselves and God not necessarily within a religion