Shoreshim
Potpourri
The Siddur & more
Brachot
Hebrew
100
Roots
What the word "shoresh" refers to--the 2 or 3 letters that make up the root of a word...and help us to intuit its meaning
100
Yotzeir Or
What is the morning creation blessing
100
In the morning and evening, at home and as you go about your day...
When the Shema is supposed to be said 



100

Adonai, open up my lips that my mouth may declare Your praise.

What is it from and where can we find it?

What is Adonai s'fatai, the opening to the T'filah section of the service

100
Emphasize the first "eh" as in Eretz or Negev
What is what we do when two "eh" vowels (segolim) are side-by-side.
200
Holiness, Wine Blessing, Mourner's Prayer
What are 3 words that share the shoresh/root for holiness: Kadosh, Kiddush, Kaddish
200
Ma'ariv Aravim
What is the evening creation prayer
200
Mishkan T'filah
What is the name of our current prayerbook. The tabernacle (mishkan), first mentioned in the Torah in Exodus 25, was the portable sanctuary that the Israelites carried with them in the wilderness.
200
Our ancestors
Who are the Avot v'Imahot



200
Vertical line (l) under a letter in a word Answer + Bonus
What is we emphasize that syllable Bonus: a meteg
300
Seder and Siddur
What is 2 words that have the same root meaning "order"
300
Aliyah
When someone "goes up" to the bima to recite the Torah brachot and maftir or just the brachot.
300
In Shanghai, Jerusalem, Paris and Pittsburgh...
What is --the siddur will have the prayers (t'filot) in the same order no matter where in the world a Jew prays
300
Which prayer also contains words we know from the song:  Mi chamocha 
What is the G'vurot


Mi chamocha ba'al g'vurot

Who is like You, source of mighty acts

300
Nu
What is a suffix meaning "our" or "us" or "we" as in: Elohei-NU = "our" God V'tziva-NU + commanded "us" Alei-NU = "we" praise or let "us" praise Also a Yiddish word with many meanings - ask Ms. Freed
400
Tzadee/Vav make up the shoresh for which words commonly found in commanded brachot?
Mitzvot or B'mitzvotav and V'tzivanu
400
On Friday night if leading prayer, on Saturday morning whether a leader or a congregant
What is when you can wear a tallit on Shabbat
400
The Matriarchs--are and weren't included
What (who) was added to the Avot prayer in the last 2 siddurim Bonus: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah
400
Echad
What is the word meaning "one."  We say it when counting and we refer to Adonai echad in the Shema--God is One.
400
We say "O" instead of "Ah"


Bonus: Give an example

What we do when a kamatz (the "T-looking" vowel) is bolded under a letter, as in "kol"
500
Natan, Nathaniel
What comes from the Hebrew root for gift, giver, gift from God BONUS: The word "natan" is found in both of the Torah Blessings
500
Never in the bathroom
What is "never wear your tallit into the bathroom"

We are also not supposed to pray in the bathroom

500
Teach these words to your children 
What the V'ahavta instructs us to do
500

Which prayer does not mention anything in its content that relates to its title:

A. G'vurot

B. Avot v'Imahot

C. Mourners' Kaddish

What is the Mourners' Kaddish. It never mentions death. Its intention is to have us see our strength and future with God rather than dwelling on the person we have lost.

500
One is a part of the vowel and one is a consonant
What is a Yud with a dagesh (like 2 Yuds)
M
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n
u