Fall-Winter Holidays
What was one symbols of the Maccabees?`
Menorah or Hanukkiyah
Dreidel
Lion of Judah
Hammer
What is Tu Bishvat?
How many times did Noach send a bird from the teivah? +100 if you can tell me the birds he sent and how many times he sent each of them
What new names did G-d give to Avram and Sarai?
Abraham/ Avraham
Sarah
What trope mark is this? אֹת֑וֹ
What story or sefer/ספר do we read on Yom Kippur?
Jonah! !ינה
(Pesach) What did Pharaoh say to get the Egyptians to start enslaving the Jewish people?
He made them afraid of the Jewish people. He said they might join their enemies in a war against them.
When they got to Canaan, Lot and Avraham shared. Where did Lot decide to live?
The Jordan River
Besides Avram and Sarai, which one of the avot v'imahot got a new name from G-d? What was his/ her new name?
Yaakov/ Jacob was renamed Yisrael/ Israel
What is the white, bitter part of a citrus fruit called?
the pith!
(Sukkot) How many אַרְבָּעָה מִּינִים/ arba minim are there? What are they called?
FOUR!
לוּלָב/ lulav - date palm
הֲדַס/ hadas - common myrtle
עֲרָבָה/ aravah - willow
אֶתְרוֹג/ etrog - citron
(Pesach) What does עַבְדוּת/ avdut mean? What does חֵרוּת/ heirut mean?
How many years did Yaakov work in order to marry Rachel?
14!
What is the woman's name who Eliezer meets at the well and agrees to marry Yitzhak?
Rivkah/ Rebecca
What is a ברית/ brit? +100 if you can tell me one example we studied this year.
Covenant/ Agreement/ Promise
G-d promised to never flood the world again. G-d promised Avram he would have many descendants and would inherit a special land.
What is t'shuvah/ תְּשׁוּבָה?
+100 if you can name the four steps of t'shuvah.
Being your best self
Realize mistake, Regret mistake, Apologize for mistake, Don't repeat mistake
What do we celebrate for Shavuot? What do we read for Shavuot?
We celebrate G-d giving us the Torah/ Aseret HaDibrot and we read the Ten Commandments/ Aseret HaDibrot.
Bilhah and Zilpah were the handmaidens of Rachel and Leah. They gave birth to children/ sons for Rachel and Leah.
How did Yaakov end up with two wives?
He wanted to marry Rachel. Lavan tricked him into marrying Leah and then let him work 7 more years for Rachel.
What does g'milut hasadim mean?
Lovingkindness
What was one thing the Maccabees had to do to clean the temple after they recaptured it from the Greek soldiers?
Build the altar
Brought the menorah, altar of incense and the table back into the temple
Put bread on the table
Hung up or fixed the curtains
Celebrated the dedication of the altar for 8 days
(Purim) Why was Esther scared of going to King Achashverosh without him calling her to come?
Because if she went before him and he did not extend the golden scepter to her, she would be put to death!
What were two things Yaakov did before and during his meeting with his brother Esau?
He split his camp into 2 groups
He sent him gifts
He put his family in order with Rachel in the back
He bowed to him 7 times
Rachel and Yitzhak had twin sons what were their names? Which son was Rachel's favorite? Which son was Yitzhak's favorite?
Esoo/ Esau and Yaakov/ Jacob
Rachel's favorite was Yaakov. Yitzhak's favorite was Esau.
What are the verb letters in וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ? What do they mean?
ו–and
י+וּ-they