Holiday Foods
We eat this instead of bread on Passover.
What is matzah?
It means hello, goodbye and peace.
What is "shalom"?
We celebrate this holiday every week from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday.
What is Shabbat?
The place where we keep the Torahs.
What is the ark?
The Jewish New Year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
A Chanukah treat made from grated and fried potatoes.
What are latkes?
It is a good deed or commandment.
What is a "mitzvah"?
This is the holiday celebrating the new year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This is the scroll that Bar and Bat Mitzvah students read from during their service.
What is the Torah?
The Day of Atonement.
What is Yom Kippur?
They are triangular cookies that we eat on Purim.
What are hamentashen?
It is the first word of many of our blessings and it means blessed or praised.
What is "baruch"?
This spring holiday celebrates the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
What is Pesach?
The religious leaders of the Jewish people.
Who are the rabbis and cantors?
The Harvest festival.
What is Sukkot?
This special bread is braided and we eat it on Shabbat.
What is challah?
Found on the seder plate, this food represents the bricks and mortar that were used by the slaves.
What is "charoset"?
This is the holiday when Queen Esther's bravery helps to save the Jews.
What is Purim?
The raised platform from where the service is led.
What is the bima?
This is the holiday when we finish reading the Torah, roll it back to the beginning, and start to read it again.
What is Simchat Torah?
We eat these dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah.
What are apples?
This is the greeting we say on festivals.
What is "chag sameaich" or "gut/good yontof"?
What is Sukkot?
The English name for the "Ner Tamid," the object which sits on the ark and is always lit.
What is the Eternal Light?
We say this to greet each other on Rosh Hashanah.
What is Shanah tovah?