Jewish Holidays
At what time do all Jewish Holidays begin?
What is Sundown
In what year was modern Israel founded?
What is 1948
This word means Hello, Goodbye, and Peace
Shalom
What do we call the dispersion of Jews out of their homeland and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe?
What is Diaspora
What holiday do we ask for forgiveness during?
What is Yom Kippur
What are Israel's three official languages?
Hebrew, Arabic, and English
This word means Charity
Tzedeka
What are the two primary Jewissh geographic regional groups?
What are the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews
How do we observe Tu BiShvat? (Name as many as you can!)
What are:
Eating fruit and nuts from trees, Planting trees, Saying the blessings over fruit, Celebrating the trees birthday, Picking up litter, Cleaning the environment
The Negev desert
The name for a Ritual Bath in Jewish tradition?
Mikvah
Judaism was the first ______ religion, meaning they only believe in ___ God
What is Monotheistic, meaning One God
What does Hanukkah celebrate rededicating after defeating the Greek Empire? (Besides the oil!)
What is the Second Temple
Why did many Jews leave Israel in the 7th century?
What is religious prosecution by the Muslim conquest
The word Hebrew, in Hebrew
Irvrit
Jewish languages are the various languages and dialects that developed in Jewish communities around the world, how many can you name?
What are: Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Tat, Judeo-Italian, Bukharian
What three blessings do we use to celebrate the first night of Hanukah?
What are
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tsivanu l’hadlik ner shel Hanukkah
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asah nisim la’avoteinu bayamim hahem bazman hazeh
Baruch atah adonai elohenu melech ha’olam, shehecheyanu, v’kiyimanu, v’higiyanu lazman hazeh
What countries border Israel?
What are Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria
Holy, Holy, Holy, we say this word three times during T'fillah
Kodesh
How many people do you need for a Minyan?
What is 10