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100 -- He led the Israelites to victory over invaders from Midian, and his name also rhymes with Midian.
Who was Gideon?
100 - This country is where most of the Talmud was compiled.
What is Babylonia?
100 -- This is what we call the pointer that we use to read the Torah.
What is the yad?
200 -- She got Samson to tell him the secret of his strength, then betrayed him to the Philistines.
Who was Delilah?
200 -- Before World War II, these two countries had the most Jews in Europe.
What were Poland and the Soviet Union?
200 -- This is what we called the portable worship space we built and carried in the wilderness.
What is the mishkan (tabernacle)?
300 -- He was recently re-elected as prime minister of Israel.
Who is Netanyahu?
300 -- Founded in 1909, today this is Israel's largest city.
What is Tel Aviv?
300 - This is the vessel from which we drink wine on holy occasions -- like Shabbat.
What is a kiddush cup.
400 -- Her short stories, written in the middle ages, gave us a window into what medieval Jewish life looked like in Europe.
Who was Gluckl of Hamelin?
400 -- While there are almost no Jews living in China today, during World War II, this Chinese city provided refuge to thousands of Jews fleeing the Holocaust.
What is Shanghai?
400 -- This is the name for the kind of Menorah used during Chanukah.
What is a Chanukiah?
500 -- This high priest was the father of the Maccabees.
Who was Mattathias?
500 -- This is the city with the largest Holocaust museum in the USA.
What is Washington, DC?
500 -- Kosher for 51 weeks during the year, this is the substance we avoid during Passoveff.
What is chametz?