Marriage
A covenant ceremony between a couple
What is a wedding?
What is a baby naming?
The blessing over the bread
What is the Motzi?
A coming of age ceremony in which a 13 year old becomes a Jewish teen
What is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah?
From the word seven, this is a time period where friends and family visit the home of the mourner to offer condolences
What is shiva?
A canopy which welcomes people
What is a Chuppah?
A promise or pledge to raise a baby Jewishly.
What is a covenant?
The word and time in our week when we rest.
What is Shabbat?
This scroll is read by the Bar/Bat Mitzvah on the day of their service
What is the Torah?
This is the ideal timeframe in which a Jewish person should be buried
What is 24 hours/as soon as possible?
A Jewish marriage contract
What is a Ketubah?
The name of the ceremony is when a baby boy is circumcized.
What is Brit Milah?
What is the Barchu?
A portion read from the Torah by the Bar/Bat Mitzvah
What is a Parshah?
This is the tearing of a garment or ribbon to show mourning
What is kriyah?
This object is traditionally broken during a Jewish wedding to symbolize the relationship between the couple
What is glass?
What is Bat Brit?
What is the prayer when we close our eyes and hear.
What is the Sh'ma?
This is a portion from the book of Prophets or Writings that is sometimes chanted by a bnei mitzvah
What is the Haftarah?
This is what gets offered at a funeral service that tells about the life of the deceased
What is a hesped or eulogy?
Ideals that include: loyalty, love, life, communication, happiness
What are the virtues of marriage?
The name of the person who conducts a Brit Milah or Bris.
Who is a Mohel?
Shalom
Who was Judith Kaplan?
This is the Hebrew word for the Jewish burial garment
What is a "kittel"?