Jew Foo(d)
This special bread is eaten on Passover.
What is Matzah?
This land is the land of the Jewish people. (Double points if you can say it in Hebrew)
What is the land of Israel?
The Beit Hamikdash was located in this city.
What is Jerusalem? (Double points if you can say in Hebrew).
What is Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Chanukah, Tu Bishvat, Purim, Pesach, Lag Ba'Omer, Shavuot
A boy has his Bar Mitzvah when he gets this old.
What is 13 years old?
This food is a type of fish that is known for being very bland and is typically served with a carrot on it, eaten by many Ashkenazic households.
What is Gefilte Fish?
This sea in Israel is so salty that nothing can live in it. (Double points for Hebrew)
What is the Dead Sea/Yam Hamelach?
Who were the people who served in the Beit Hamikdash? (Double points if you can tell me his name in Hebrew)
The Kohanim, lead by the Kohen Gadol.
This Jewish Holiday is often associated with Huts/Tents built outside.
What is Sukkot?
This is the name of Pharaoh's daughter. (Double points if you can give both versions/ways of saying her name)
What is Batya/Bitiya
On Shavuot people typically eat this kind/category of food.
What is dairy?
This sea in Israel is known for its coral reserves as well as being famous in the Torah. (Double points for English+Hebrew)
What is the Yam Suf/Red Sea?
This trait/attribute is what caused the 2nd Beit Hamikdash to be destroyed. (Double points for Hebrew, OR Double points if you can tell me who the 2 people were that are known for being the cause of the destruction).
What is Sinat Chinam/Baseless Hatred?
Mr Ross' second favorite word after perspective.
What is balance?
Apples dipped in honey are typically eaten on Rosh Hashana for this reason. (Double points if you can tell me a different food typically eaten on Rosh Hashana and why we eat it)
What is apples dipped in honey?
In this year Israel established it's independence as it's own State.
What is 1948?
This person lived through the destruction of the second temple, and is recorded in the Talmud. (Double points if you can name one of his students who wrote the Zohar and we celebrate on Lag Ba'omer)
Who is Rabbi Akiva?
On the holiday Lag Ba'omer, people typically do these 2 symbolic actions. (Double points if you can tell me why)
What is light bonfires and shoot bows and arrows.
During Sefirat Ha'omer, some people have a custom (including Mr. Ross) not to do these 2 things.
This slow-cooked stew, traditionally left overnight for Shabbat, is known for its long cooking time and combination of beans, barley, and meat.
What is Cholent?
This city, Israel’s largest by population, is known for its beaches, nightlife, and major tech industry, earning it the nickname “the city that never stops.”
What is Tel Aviv?
The poor people who sacrificed offerings but couldn't afford to give an animal gave this instead.
What is a mixture of flour and oil?
On this solemn holiday, observed with a 25-hour fast, we ask G-d for forgiveness.
What is Yom Kippur?
This was Mr. Ross' FIRST question of the day with you guys.
What is how many holes are in a shirt?