About the Torah
The Torah is written in this language
What is Hebrew?
Simchat Torah is a Jewish _______
What is a holiday?
We do this with the Torah on Simchat Torah
What is dance?
This person received the Torah at Mount Sinai
Who is Moses?
Simchat Torah is a time to be _______
What is joyful/happy?
Rather than a book, the Torah is considered a ______
What is a scroll?
On Simchat Torah, people dance with these
What are Torah scrolls?
We feel this way because Simchat Torah is a joyful holiday
What is happy/joyful?
The Torah begins with the story of the creation of this
What is the world?
On Simchat Torah, we sing and ______
The Torah consists of this many books
What is 5?
The words Simchat Torah mean this
What is "Joy of the Torah"?
People walk around the synagogue carrying the Torah in special parades called these
What is a Hakafot?
The Torah is kept inside this special cabinet in the synagogue
What is the Ark?
We read the Torah from beginning to ______
What is end?
The last book of the Torah is called this
What is Deuteronomy/Devarim?
During the celebration, people often sing, dance, and wave these colorful objects
What are flags?
During Hakafot, we go around in circle this many times
What is 7?
We use this pointer to help us follow the words when reading the Torah
What is a Yad?
After we finish the Torah, we start again with the story of _______
What is creation?
The first book of the Torah is called
What is Genesis/Bereshit?
On Simchat Torah we finish reading the Torah, and then we do this
What is start reading it again?
We celebrate finishing the Torah because learning Torah is something we do throughout our ______
What is our lives/the year
The Torah ends with the story of the death of this important Jewish leader?
Who is Moses?
Simchat Torah reminds us that learning never really _______
What is ends/stops?