Holidays
What are the names of the high holidays
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur
What year did Israel became an independent state?
1948
What do we during the amidah prayer?
Stand, take 3 steps backward and forward, bow
Who was the first Jewish person?
Avraham
What is the Chanukah itemthat has different letters on it in Israel than in other countries?
Dreidel
What is the holiday that celebrates the importance of trees?
Tu B'Shvat
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Who wrote the prayer Ashrei?
King David
Name 2 important events that happen in the Book of Breisheet.
Creation, Noah - flood, Abraham going to a new land, Canaan. Isaac, Anything about Joseph, Anything about Jacob
How many final letters are there in Hebrew and name them
five; nun , mem, chaf, feh, tzadi
On which holiday is it traditional to give special treats to our friends or neighbors?
PUrim
What is the lowest point on earth?
The Dead Sea
What does the word melech mean?
King
Who tricked their father?
Jacob
What does the word Tanach mean in English
Bible
Before this holiday, we search our houses for bread and crumbs. What is the name of that holiday?
Pesach
Name the 2 days Israel observes 2 minutes of silence
Yom HaShoah and Yom Hazikaron
What do we call the honor of being called to the Torah to recite the two Torah blessing?
Aliyah
Name the 5 books of the Torah in Hebrew
braisheet, shmot, vayikra, bamidbar, dvarim
What do the Hebrew letters in Tanach stand for and what do they mean
Torah (5 books) , Nevim (prophets), Ketuvim (writings)
Name the 3 Festivals
Sukkot, Pesach, Shavuot
Who is known as the father of Zionism and believed there should be a Jewish state?
Theodor Herzl
What is the name of the prayer that lists the "fathers" and the "mothers"?
AMidah
Who led the Israelites from slavery to freedom?
Moshe (Moses)
What is the name of the first month on the Jewish calendar?
Tishrei