Jewish Holidays
Eating cheesecake and studying Torah all night are customs of which holiday?
Shavuot
But _____isn’t only about the donuts. It’s about the entire city coming together to observe the holiday. What holiday is being referred to in Israel?
Hanukkah
The fact that you belong to a Jewish family, class, chavurah, synagogue, camp, city, state, country… means you belong to a Jewish ________.
community
Honor your mother and father; Do not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor are examples of?
10 commandments
Many people come to this place in Jerusalem to say their prayers and feel close to God.
Western Wall
When does havdalah occur?
at the end of Shabbat
In France, children would write this person’s name on smooth stones and strike them together repeatedly during the Megillah reading whenever his name was mentioned.
Haman
Which country in Asia has the largest Jewish population?
Israel
Locusts invading the land. What is this an example of?
10 plagues
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda devoted himself to making a modern spoken language that unites Jews all around the world. What language?
Hebrew
This book includes various prayers, blessings, poems, songs and information for how the Passover seder should be performed.
What do Jews in Israel and all over the world do in honor of Tu B’Shevat?
plant trees
Wherever you go, there's always someone _______.
Jewish
Moses tells his people to make a holiday to remember that they were slaves in Egypt and God set them free. What is the holiday?
Passover
Jews, Christians and Muslims all consider this city in Israel to be holy
Jerusalem
We connect to God, ourselves and our community at home and around the world when we celebrate this every week.
Shabbat
Name a ritual object we use on Shabbat.
candle sticks, kiddush cup, challah cover
My mom drives me and my brother 70 miles every Sunday so we can attend religious school and get a Jewish education. This child probably lives where?
in a rural part of the country
There are at least 20 rules to follow for each Hebrew letter. What is this referring to?
the writing of the Torah scroll
Israel just celebrated a birthday. How old is Israel?
73