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The G-d Wrestler
Jacob, renamed Israel
Before this holiday, we perform "Tashlich" by visiting a body of water and release our mistakes/sins from the previous year.
Yom Kippur
The central prayer of Judaism
The Sh'ma
What does Pirkei Avot mean?
"Wisdom of our Fathers" or "Wisdom of Our Ancestors."
The Book of Esther
The "first Jew"
Abraham
Birthday of the Trees
Tu Bi'shvat
The prayer connected to the Sh'ma
The V'havta
What are the two definitions of "Avodah?"
"Prayer" and "Work"
Nachson and Abraham smashing the idols are not in the Torah or Bible, they are are stories from this, which Morah Megan calls "Biblical fan-fiction."
Midrash
The son of Abraham and Sarah
Isaac
This holiday is all about welcoming others.
Sukkot
This prayer comes directly from the book of Exodus in the Torah, and asks, "Who is like YOU, G-d?"
Mi Chamocha
Complete this quote from Pirkei Avot 1:2, "The world stands on three things, Torah, Avodah, and ______."
Gimilut Chasadim
Messengers came to give Abraham this news about Sarah
She is pregnant!
Ruth's mother-in-law who urges her to go back to Moab
Naomi
This book of the Torah contains the story of Passover
Exodus
On Hanukah, every night we light candles and thank G-d for "nisim," meaning ______ in English.
"Miracles"
What are "gimilut chadasim?"
"Acts of loving-kindness"
When setting out to find a partner for his boss's son, Isaac, Eliezer devises this test
Whomever will offer water to both him and his camels
The king of the Assyrian-Greeks who orders the Maccabean temple destroyed
King Antiochus
On Shavuot, we read this book from the Tanakh (Bible)
The Book of Ruth
We say this prayer whenever we do something for the first time ever, or the first time in a year.
The Shechechyanu
Complete this quote from Pirkei Avot 1:18, "Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel used to say: on three things does the world stand: On justice, on truth and on _____."
Peace
The miracle of Chanunukah told in The Book of the Maccabees
The Maccabee army defeated the Assyrian-Greeks, despite their lesser numbers and resources