1. Night By Elie Wiesel Vocabulary – Chapter One
Hasidic - A branch of Orthodox (traditional) Judaism that maintains a lifestyle separate from the non-Jewish world.
(2) Synagogue: a Jewish house of worship.
(3) Waif- A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.

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Cabbala - the Jewish mystical tradition
Mystical - not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; supernatural

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Talmud -The entire body of Jewish teachings; the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
7. Torah - The most significant collection of Jewish oral tradition

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8. Maimonides - Spanish-born Jewish philosopher and physician who organized the Talmud
Gestapo – the Nazi police
10. Lorry - truck

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Zionism - A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-Semitism and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Modern Zionism is concerned with the support and development of the state of Israel.
12. Fascism – a dictatorship