Oaxaca
Spanish
Tikkun Olam
Project TEN/CADENA
Hunger
100
The size of the state of Oaxaca.
What is the 5th largest in the Mexican Republic?
100
"Good morning!"
What is "Buenos dias"?
100
The word "tikkun olam" appears in the bible __#___ times.
What is zero?
100
The Hebrew word "ten" translated.
What is "to give"?
100
The chronic, slow, persistent, insidious condition that affects generations of people in a geographic region.
What is "Seasonal Hunger?"
200
Name one type of forest and three commonly found animals.
What are tropical evergreen, mountain cloud, or pine and oak? What are squirrels, tlacuaches (Mexican possums), armadillos, white-tailed deer, wildcats, leopards, wild boar, tapirs, or spider monkeys?
200
"Con permiso."
What is "Excuse me"?
200
When and why G!d doesn't proclaim "it was good."
What is at the end of the 2nd day; according to R. Chanina a "schism was created?"
200
The center's specific location.
What is on a coffee farm in Pluma Hidalgo?
200
Chronic hunger.
What is food intake provides less than a person's minimum energy requirement?
300
The name of the state capital and it's founding date.
What is Oaxaca de Juarez, in 1521?
300
"The shovel"
What is "la pala"?
300
The four conception areas of tikkun olam discussed.
What is Aleynu prayer, midrashic call to preserve physical world, rabbinic desire to sustain social order, and Lurianic belief in our power to restore divine perfection?
300
The local partner non-profit's acronym (translated to English).
What is CADENA: Mexico's Committee for Natural Disasters and Emergencies?
300
Three of the five causes of seasonal hunger.
What is lack of access to food, high food prices, lack of food storage space, environmental instability, and lack of diversified crops?
400
One of the Fiestas celebrated in Oaxaca.
What is Guelaguetza festival? What is Noche de Rabanos? What is Day of the Dead? What is Calendas (celebrated in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec)?
400
"La comida es deliciosa!"
What is "The food is delicious"?
400
According to Luria's model of tikkun, human behavior does not have any effect on the world as a whole.
What is false? His model suggests that human behavior can have both positive and negative effects on the world as a whole.
400
The "kitchen class"
What is a project unique to the Oaxaca center for local children who do not regularly attend school, which includes a shared meal with volunteers teaching English and math?
400
All people at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet their dietary needs for a productive and healthy life.
What is food security?
500
The state gets it's name from this word and translates to this.
What is the Nahuatl word "Hauxyacac" meaning "on the tip of the guaje tree"?
500
"Endonde esta tu gorra?"
What is "Where is your hat?"
500
Description of how the rabbis used tikkun olam.
What is the parameters of obtaining and "get" and the circumstances of its viability?
500
The Jewish community in Oaxaca.
What is doe not exist?
500
The percentage change of calories per person per day than 30 years ago produced by world agriculture. (hint: be sure to indicate increase or decrease)
What is 17% more.
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