Facts/Trivia
Exodus
Ashkenazim
Values
Holy Days/Celebrations
100
This is the place of origin of Judaism.
What is Israel?
100
This is the country where the Israelites were enslaved.
What is Egypt?
100

The Jewish people defined as Ashkenazim come from this place.

What is eastern Europe?

100
This word means "dispersion" or "scattering."
What is diaspora?
100
This day lasts from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, and Jews are not supposed to work.
What is Shabbat/Sabbath?
200
According to the Torah, this man became the founder of Judaism when he made a covenant with God.
Who is Abraham?
200
This man asked for permission to lead his people out of slavery, but the king refused.
Who is Moses?
200

Ashkenazim mainly lived during the 1800's in small villages separate from gentiles in communities called this. 

What are shtetls?

200

This Hebrew word translates to "justice" though we often think of it in English as "charity."

What is tzedakkah?

200

During this Jewish celebration, a Jewish youth becomes an adult.

What is B'nai Mitzvah?

300
This is the holy city of Judaism.
What is Jerusalem?
300
God punished the country that enslaved the Israelites by sending these.
What are the plagues?
300

Many Jews formed small farming co-operative farming communities in Israel called this.

What is a kibbutz?

300

The text we are required to study as Jews, containing a total of 613 commandments.

What is the Torah?

300
This is an 8-day Jewish holiday that celebrates the liberation of Jewish people from slavery.
What is Passover?
400
This is the symbol of Judaism.
What is the Star of David? (Also acceptable: menorah)
400
According to the Torah, the Israelites stopped at the foot of Mt. Sinai, where Moses spoke with God and brought down these to the people.
What are the 10 Commandments?
400

If you take one of these, it may tell you that you are a certain percentage "Jewish" but that only applies to being Ashkenazi Jewish.

What is a DNA test?

400

The place all torah arks face in communities around the world. 

What is Jerusalem?

400
This holiday is the Jewish New Year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
500

The term for the scattering of the Jewish people around the world.

What is diaspora?

500
According to the Torah, this is how long the Israelites wandered in the desert before reaching the promised land.
What is 40 years?
500

Catherine the Great ordered the Jews in Russia to leave and go to this place.

What is the Pale of Settlement?

500

This Hebrew phrase translates to "repairing the world" and it is every Jew's duty to do so.

What is tikkun olam?

500
This celebration is also known as the Festival of Lights.
What is Hanukkah?
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