Jewish Lifecycle
Jewish Rituals
Lifecycle Vocabulary
Who Am I? (Lifecycle Figures)
Bear Rituals
100

What ceremony welcomes a baby boy into the Jewish covenant?

What is a Brit Milah?

100

What prayer is said at special "firsts" in Jewish life?

What is the Shehechiyanu?

100

What does "brit" mean in Hebrew?

What is covenant, agreement, or promise?

100

I washed visitors’ feet to welcome them and am honored in birth rituals.

Who is Abraham?

100

What kind of ceremony did we do to welcome our bears into the Jewish community?

What is a naming ceremony?

200

What Jewish lifecycle event marks a young person becoming responsible for mitzvot?

What is a Bar/Bat/B’nai Mitzvah?

200

What is the name of the prayer said during mourning that doesn’t mention death?

What is the Mourner’s Kaddish?

200

What is the Hebrew word for the Jewish ritual of naming a baby girl?

What is a Brit Bat?

200

I adopted a baby from the river who became a Jewish hero.

Who is Pharaoh’s daughter?


200

What article of clothing did we make for our bears for their B’nai Mitzvah?

What is a tallit?

300

What is the ceremony called when a Jewish couple gets married?

What is a wedding or kiddushin?

300

What ritual involves immersing in water to symbolize spiritual transformation?

What is the mikveh?

300

What is a ketubah?

What is a Jewish wedding contract?

300

I received the first covenant and was told my children would be a great nation.

Who is Abraham?

300

What did we make and decorate for the bears’ wedding?

What is a chuppah?

400

What ritual happens at the end of a person’s life to honor them and support the family?

What is a funeral or shiva?

400

What ritual item is worn during prayer and has tzitzit on the corners?

What is a tallit?

400

What is shiva?

What is the 7-day mourning period after a person dies?

400

I was the first convert to Judaism and followed Naomi to Israel.

Who is Ruth?

400

What document did we sign at the bear wedding?

What is a ketubah?

500

What is the final step of the mourning process where the gravestone is unveiled?

What is an unveiling?

500

What is the name of the 7 blessings said at a Jewish wedding?

What is Sheva Brachot?

500

What is tzitzit?

What are the fringes on a tallit that remind Jews of the commandments?

500

My story helped shape mourning rituals after my sons died in the Torah.

Who is Aaron?

500

What ritual did the bears go through that involved dunking in imaginary water?

What is the mikveh?

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