Hebrew
Jewish Calendar
Jewish Holidays
Food Blessings
Jewish Potpourri
100

Rosh Chodesh

What is first of the month, "head of the year"?

100

True or false: Your Hebrew birthday and your Gregorian birthday will always be on the same day. 

False

100

The name of the holiday where we start reading the Torah from the beginning and dance with the Torah in celebration 

What is Simchat Torah?

100

Blessing over grape juice or wine

What is Borei Pri Hagafen?

100
How many commandments are there?

613

200

Tashlich

What is casting our sins in a body of water?

200

The names of three Jewish months 

Teacher has list 

200

Name 2 miracles in the Hannukah story

Small Jewish army beating larger Greek army, oil lasting for 8 nights

200

Blessing over challah

What is hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz?

200

Name five Biblical characters

Too many to name! 

300

Melachot

What are forbidden activities on Shabbat?

300

This is the name of the "leap month" in the Jewish calendar!

What is Adar I?

300

The names of the lemon-looking item and the plants for Sukkot 

What are Lulav and Etrog?

300

Blessing before noodles

What is Borei Minei Mezonot?
300
Name three Jewish denominations

Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Renewal, Humanistic...

400

Ushpizin/Ushpizot

What are honored guests we invite to our sukkah?

400

The kind of calendar the Jewish calendar is (ie based on the sun, the moon) 

What is lunisolar?

400

The four blessings that we might say at home on Shabbat

Candle blessing, kiddush, netilat yadayim (washing hands), and hamotzi

400

Blessing before salad

What is Borei Pri Ha'Adamah?

400

Name three things a Jewish person might wear

Kippah, tallit, t'fillin, tzitzit 

500

Shalosh Regalim 

What are Festival holidays (Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot)?

500

First month of the Jewish calendar

What is Nisan?

500

The meaning of "Yom Kippur"

What is day of atonement?

500

Blessing before milk

What is shehakol nihyeh bidvaro?
500

Name the five books of the Torah and the three sections of the Tanakh

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim)

Torah, Prophets, Writings (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim)



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