Holidays
What holiday celebrates the Jewish New Year?
What is Rosh Hashanah
What is a fried potato pancake commonly eaten on Hanukkah?
What is a latke?
What is the Jewish day of rest called?
What is Shabbat?
What is the traditional Jewish head covering called?
What is a Kippah?
Who was the first man, according to the Torah, to be created by God?
Who was Adam?
On what holiday do Jews fast for 25 hours?
What is Yom Kippur?
What triangular pastry is eaten on Purim?
What is a Hamantashen?
What is the name of the Jewish prayer book?
What is a siddur?
What is the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for girls called?
What is a Bat Mitzvah?
Who led the Israelites out of the dessert?
What holiday celebrates the miracle of oil lasting eight days?
What is Channukah?
What is the name of the unleavened bread eaten on Passover?
What is matzah?
What is the name of the Jewish prayer said before eating bread?
What is the Hamotzi?
What does the Hebrew word Shalom mean?(3 answers)
What is hi, bye, peace
What was the name of the Jewish queen who saved her people in the Purim story?
Who is Ester?
What holiday commemorates the Exodus from Egypt?
What is Passover?
What is the traditional Ashkenazi pastry made with a flaky dough, often filled with chocolate, cinnamon, or nuts?
What is babka?
Which two sons of Isaac became the ancestors of two different nations?
Who are Jacob and Esau?
What is the name of the traditional Jewish prayer shawl with fringes on its corners?
What is a tallit?
Which Jewish king is famous for building the First Temple in Jerusalem?
Who is King Soloman
What is the name of the period of seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot?
What is the Counting of the Omer?
What is the Ashkenazi dish made from chopped fish, often served on Shabbat?
What is gefilte fish?
What are the names of the five books of the Torah in Hebrew?
What are Bereishit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim
What is the name of the traditional Jewish ceremony welcoming a baby boy into the covenant?
What is a Brit Milah (Bris)?
What was the name of the ancient Jewish group who fought against the Greeks during the Hanukkah story?
Who are the Maccabees?