Hebrew words from Torah
This word means "peace" and is also used as a greeting.
What is שלום/shalom?
This word means "blessed," and appears at the beginning of many Hebrew blessings.
What is ברוך/barukh?
We celebrate this holiday by reading the Megillah and dressing in costumes.
What is Purim?
This prayer begins with the Hebrew words meaning, "Hear O Israel."
What is the Shema?
The Magen David/Jewish star has this many points.
What is six?
This word means "light" and appears throughout the Torah, notably in Genesis 1.
What is אור/or?
This word means "king" and appears in many blessings.
What is מלך/melekh?
This is the holiday that comes right after Yom Kippur.
What is Sukkot?
This is the blessing that calls the community to prayer.
What is the Barekhu?
This is how many books of the Torah there are.
What is five?
This word means "earth" or "ground" and is related to the name of the first person G!d created.
What is אדמה/adamah?
This frequently-said word means something like "I agree" or "Me too."
What is אמן/amein?
This holiday, also called the "Festival of Weeks," occurs 50 days after Passover and is one of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals.
What is Shavuot?
This is the prayer we say to mourn for deceased loved ones.
What is the kaddish yatom/mourner's kaddish?
This is how many sections of the Hebrew Bible there are.
What are three?
This word means "brother," the relationship between Moshe and Aharon.
What is אח/akh?
This word means "life" and appears in many different prayers.
What is חיים/khayyim?
The so-called "saddest day on the Jewish calendar," this holiday's name is its Hebrew date.
What is Tisha B'av?
This prayer is considered Judaism's most important statement of belief in one G!d.
What is the Shema?
This is the year the State of Israel was founded.
What is 1948?
This word means "covenant," and describes the special agreement between G!d and the Jewish people.
What is ברית/brit?
The Hebrew words עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם refer to G!d and mean this.
What is "Maker of Peace?"
These three modern Israeli holidays occur back-to-back-to-back in the spring.
What are Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remebrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), and Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Indepence Day)?
This is the meaning of the Hebrew word aleinu.
What is "it is upon us?"
This is what the Hebrew word מצוה/mitzvah means.
What is "commandment?"