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100
Where were the Israelites fleeing from in Exodus?
Egypt
100
Who is the founder of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?
Abraham
100
This holiday is often mislabeled as the "Jewish Christmas"
Hanukkah
100
What is the name of the promised land?
Canaan
100
What was the covenant made between God and Abraham?
Abraham promised to only worship one deity, God, and in return God would protect Abraham and his descendants.
200
Where/when did God give Moses the 10 Commandments?
On Mount Sinai while the Israelites were wandering the desert for 40 years.
200
Who is best known for inventing purple dye and the alphabet?
The Phoenicians
200
What holiday is the Jewish New Year?
Rosh Hashanah
200
When is Shabbat/Shabbos observed in Judaism?
Sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday
200
Name one thing David did as King?
united the tribes of Israel, established the capital of his new kingdom in Jerusalem, wrote psalms
300
Name two of the ten plagues God inflicted on Egypt.
water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children
300
Which Babylonian king destroyed the first Temple in Jerusalem?
Nebuchadnezzar
300
Where did Passover get its name from?
During Exodus, Moses ordered all Israelites to paint their doorways with lamb's blood so that their houses/families wouldn't be affected by God's plague (killing of firstborns).
The plague "passed over" their houses.
300
Where do Jewish people worship?
Synagogue
300
What type of cookie is eaten on Purim? 
Hamantaschen
400
What happened to the tribes of Israel after King Solomon's death?
They split up and created two new kingdoms- the kingdom of Judah (in the south) and the kingdom of Israel (in the north).
400
Goliath was a member of this group of people.
The Philistines
400
What is the holiday of Yom Kippur known as?
Day of Atonement
400
What is the name of the Hebrew Bible?
Tanakh
400
These are the oldest ever discovered pages from the Tanakh
The Dead Sea Scrolls
500
During Hanukkah, why are eight (8) candles lit on the menorah, one each night?
The menorah’s branches were meant to burn night after night, but the Maccabees only had enough oil to keep it lit for one day after the temple was destroyed. Miraculously, the flame stayed alive and lasted for eight days and eight nights. It gave the Maccabees time to find more oil and preserve the temple.
500
Judas Maccabeus led a revolt against this Seleucid king
Antiochus IV
500
What is celebrated on Purim?
Queen Esther's protection of the Jewish people from Haman, a Persian, who wanted them massacred.
500
Define diaspora
the migration of people to different areas outside of their homeland; the members of a group living outside the group's homeland or place of origin
500
Why do Jews pray at the Western Wall instead of in the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount?
Because the Dome of the Rock is a Islamic building and non-Muslims cannot go inside it.