Holiday Basics
Shavuot celebrate what?
What is giving of the Torah
The mountain where the Torah was given
What is Mount Sinai?
Many people stay up all night studying Torah, called this
What is Tikkun Leil Shavuot?
A popular dairy dessert eaten on Shavuot
What is cheesecake?
The Hebrew word “Shavuot” means this
What are weeks?
Shavuot comes how many days after Passover?
What is 50 days?
The leader who received the Torah
Who is Moses?
Synagogues are decorated with these to remember Mount Sinai
What are flowers/greenery?
Thin pancakes often filled with cheese
What are blintzes?
Ruth was from this nation before joining the Jewish people
What is Moab?
The counting leading up to Shavuot is called this
What is the Omer?
The number of commandments in the Torah
What is 613?
A book from the Bible traditionally read on Shavuot
What is the Book of Ruth?
Shavuot is also called the holiday of these first agricultural offerings
What are Bikkurim (first fruits)?
Who is the King traditionally said to have been born and died on Shavuot
Who is King David?
Shavuot is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals called this
What are the Shalosh Regalim?
The loud natural phenomenon heard at Sinai
What is thunder?
The special liturgical poem read in synagogue
What is Akdamut?
A grain harvest associated with Shavuot
What is wheat?
The counting of the Omer begins on this holiday
What is Passover?
Another names for "Chag HaShavuot"
What is "Chag HaKatzir" , "Yom HaBikkurim"
The special laws given directly at Sinai, also called this
What are the Ten Commandments?
The custom of eating dairy foods is connected to this idea
What is keeping kosher laws after receiving the Torah?
These two foods symbolize the Land of Israel and are often mentioned
What are milk and honey?
The Torah is divided into these five books
What is the Five Books of Moses (Chumash)?