Ivrit (Hebrew)
This Hebrew word means “light.”
What is Or?
This part of the Mishnah focuses on ethics and wisdom instead of laws.
What is Pirkei Avot?
There are this many Jewish New Years
What is 4?
The first temple was built in this place
Tu Bishvat is the new year for
What are the trees?
“Tzedek” is the Hebrew word for this important value.
What is Justice?
The two types of Torah are
What is Torah Shebichtav (The Written Torah) and Torah Shebe'al Peh (The Oral Torah)?
This system is used to count/for dates in Hebrew
What is Gematria?
A prophet is someone chosen by God to deliver _____
What is a divine message?
We read this Megilah on Shevuot
What is Megilat Ruth?
This Hebrew phrase means “A great miracle happened there.”
What is Nes Gadol Haya Sham?
The Oral Torah was preserved in this collection of rabbinic discussions and debates.
What is the Talmud?
We count the Omer for this many days
What is 49?
The First Temple was destroyed in 586 BCE by this empire.
What is Babylon/the Babylonian Empire?
In Megillat Esther, this surprising thing never appears in the story.
What is God's name?
"Tikvah" is the Hebrew word for what?
What is "hope"?
In Yoma 85b, the rabbis interpret “live by them" to teach this major Jewish value.
What is Pikuach Nefesh (saving a life)?
Tu Bishvat is this date in the Hebrew Calender
What is the 15th day of Shevat?
King David wanted to build the Temple, but this son of his actually built it.
Who is Solomon (Shlomo)?
What is the name of the book we use during the Passover Seder?
Haggadah
"Seder" is the Hebrew word that literally means
TaNaK (תנ"ך) is an acronym for
What is Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim?
The name of what happens every 7 years, when Jewish law requires fields to lie fallow and personal debts to be forgiven.
What is a Shmita year?
The prophets taught that this mattered more than the Temple building itself.
What is ethical behavior/justice/kindness?
The definition of a Pilgrimage holiday in Judaism, and how many we have
What is the 3 holidays when the ancient Israelites were commanded to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate and bring agricultural offerings?