WHO SAID IT?
“Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Cain
"Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Leviticus 19:18
This man is known as the first Jew.
Abraham
This tiny letter appears in the first word of Vayikra.
Aleph
This candle is traditionally lit on the anniversary of someone’s death.
Yahrzeit candle
“Let my people go.”
Moses
“We will do, and we will hear.”
Exodus 24:7
These brothers were the first siblings in the Torah.
Cain and Abel
Moshe’s father-in-law also went by this name.
Jethro (or Yitro)
This prayer, said by mourners, never actually mentions death.
Mourner's Kaddish
"Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice?”
The Patriarch Abraham
“The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me” was said after this murder.
Murder of Abel
This was the first thing God created.
Light
This tribe marched first whenever Bnei Yisrael traveled.
Tribe of Judah.
This Hebrew term refers to comforting mourners after a funeral.
Nichum Aveilim
“Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep?”
Isaac to his father, Abraham
“Justice, justice shall you pursue.”
Deuteronomy 16:20
This river is said to surround the land of Cush in Gan Eden.
The Gihon
According to the Torah, Goliath’s spearhead weighed this many shekels of iron.
600 shekels.
Before burial, a Jewish body is traditionally watched over in a practice called this.
Shemira
"Few and difficult have been the years of my life.”
Jacob to Pharaoh
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 1:2
These beings guarded Gan Eden after Adam and Eve were expelled.
Cherubim
The first and last letters of the Torah spell this Hebrew word meaning “heart.”
Lev (לֵב)
This group is traditionally responsible for preparing a body for Jewish burial.
Chevra Kadisha