IFI Board
This board member is not from the East Coast
Chloe
This is what the holiday Tu BiShvat is the holiday of
The New Year for the trees
Israel is roughly the size of this US state
New Jersey
A cup of wine is left on the seder table for this prophet
Elijah
Israel was created on this date
May 14, 1948
This board member was their high school mascot
Sam
Tu BiShvat is on this date of the Hebrew calendar
15 Shevat
These four countries border Israel
Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan
These are the four sons listed in the Haggadah
The Wise one, the Wicked one, The Simple one, and The one who Doesn't Know How to Ask
Israel was under rule of this empire for 402 years until the early 20th century
The Ottoman Empire
This board member has trained chickens and goats
Talya
True or False: Tu BiShvat is mentioned in the Torah
False
This desert covers 60% of Israel
The Negev desert
These are the traditional six items on a seder plate
Egg, Maror, Charoset, Shank bone, Lettuce, Parsley
What worldwide organization gave the UK a mandate over the land of Israel
The League of Nations
This board member coached kids basketball
Skye
This food, outside of the 7 species, is commonly eaten on Tu BiShvat
Carob
The lowest point on land in the world is located in this Israeli sea
The dead sea
Passover lasts this many days in Israel
7 days
Yitzhak Rabin
Ari J.
These are the traditional 7 species eaten on Tu BiShvat
Wheat, Barley, Grape, Fig, Pomgranate, Olive, Date
Due to the geography of Israel this water related environmental innovation was created
Drip Irrigation
List the 10 plagues in order of occurrence
blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, pestilence, boils, fiery hail, locusts, darkness, death of the first born
dam, tzefardeia, kinim, arov, dever, shechin, barad, arbeh, choshech, makkat bechorot
This 1917 declaration expressed British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland
The Balfour Declaration