Rosh Hashanah
What is Rosh Hashanah?
What is the beginning of the Jewish new year
Jews who converted to Catholic faith were called
Conversos
What is inscribed on the Liberty Bell?
Words from the Hebrew bible
What is the holiday called that we do not eat any bread?
Passover
What is the name for the Jewish tradition of giving money called?
Tzedakah.
What is the tradition of tashlich?
What is throwing bread into a moving body of water to symbolize getting rid of our sins
Luis de Torres was who to Christopher Columbus?
His interpreter.
Who conquered New Amsterdam and renamed it New York?
The British.
What is the name of the candle holder that is used on Chanukah?
What is Menorah/ Chanukiah?
What is a Ketubah?
Jewish Marriage license.
What is a shofar made out of?
What is a rams horn
Where did the Jews end up by the end of the chapter?
New Amsterdam
Jewish life was centered almost entirely on the synagogue. What is one thing the synagogue did?
The synagogue care for the Jewish cemetery, supervised the kosher butcher, made sure that bakers produced enough matzah for Passover, and educated Jewish children.
What holiday brings a joyful parade into the synagogue followed by dancing and praising the Torah?
What is Simchah Torah?
What is a mitzvah?
What is doing a good deed?
What do we eat the symbolizes a sweet new year?
What is apples and honey
Name one freedom Jews gained
They received the right not to appear in court on Saturday. They received land for a Jewish cemetery. Slowly they gained rights to engage in free trade, to serve in local guard units, to own real estate, and finally, to become full citizens of the colony.
Sephardim-come from the Hebrew name for Spain, which is?
Shepard.
What do we celebrate on Shavout?
What is receiving the Torah?
What is the name of the marriage canopy used in Jewish weddings?
A Chuppah.
Why do we eat round challah on Rosh Hashanah?
What is creation of the world/ cycles of the year
Who set up the Inquisition that used torture and death as weapons against Jews.
King Ferdinand.
When the Revolutionary War ended, what became the national policy of the new Untied States.
Freedom of religion.
What is the holiday that celebrates the festival of the trees?
What is Tu BiShvant?
How many commandments are there?
613.