Holidays
Hanukkah lasts this number of nights.
What is eight?
This ceremony is traditionally held to celebrate the birth (and circumcision) of a baby boy.
What is a bris?
This is the youngest age boys are able to become a Bar Mitzvah.
What is 13?
It is tradition to step on one of these at the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony.
What is a glass?
The phrase Tikkun Olam means “Repairing the _______.”
What is the world?
This name of this holiday means “Head of the Year.”
What is Rosh Hashanah?
True or False: It is tradition to hold a baby shower for a Jewish mother-to-be.
What is false?
Bar/Bat Mitzvah means son/daughter of the ___________________.
What is commandment?
This is the name of the canopy that a couple (and sometimes, other family members) stand under during a Jewish wedding ceremony.
What is a chuppah?
This is the word you would use to describe giving money or items to those in need.
What is tzedakah?
The holiday of Tu B’Shevat is also known as the New Year for the ________?
What are trees?
This is the name for the traditional 7-day mourning after a loved is buried.
What is a shiva?
True or False: At Kol Hadash, you are required to read from the Torah as part of your B Mitzvah.
What is false?
This ”contract“ that is chosen by the couple is signed by two witnesses before the wedding and is often displayed in the couple’s home after the wedding.
What is a ketubah?
Complete this phrase meaning “Peace in the Home.” ___________ Bayit
What is Shalom?
Yom Kippur means “Day of ___________.”
What is atonement.
It is tradition to do this to a piece of your clothing at a Jewish funeral.
What is tear it?
This is the name of a prayer shawl you might see a child wearing during their B Mitzvah service.
What is a tallis (tallit)?
This phrase is traditionally shouted by the guests to the couple at the conclusion of the wedding ceremony.
What is Mazel Tov?
Gemilut Chadasim translates into Acts of _____________.
What are Acts of Lovingkindness?
This is the name of what we read from at a Passover seder.
What is a haggadah?
These items are traditionally present at Christian funerals but are rarely seen at Jewish funerals.
What are flowers?
True or False: The first Bat Mitzvah took place in 1922.
What is true?
It is tradition for the bride to circle the groom this many times as part of the wedding ceremony.
What is 3 or 7?
Kibud Zekaynim means honoring the ___________.
Who are the elderly?