Hebrew Word Meanings
Blessed
What is Baruch?
The prayer that is said when you wake up and when you go to sleep
What is the Shema?
This scroll holds the Shema and is on the doorpost of your home
What is a mezuzah?
The high holiday where we fast and think about our previous year and the year beginning
What is Yom Kippur?
We eat this to celebrate a sweet, new year
What is apples and honey?
head
What is Rosh?
The prayer that is said over the bread
What is the Hamotzi?
A pointer used to read the Torah
What is a yad?
The holiday that we celebrate more than any other
What is Shabbat?
A braided bread that we eat on Shabbat
What is challah?
one
What is echad?
This prayer is the call to worship
What is the Barechu?
The head covering worn in the sanctuary
What is a kippah?
The holiday where we eat latkes and play dreidel
What is Hanukkah?
A potato pancake fried in oil
What is a latke?
light
What is Or?
This prayer means the one who brings the evening
What is Ma’ariv Aravim?
The special candle holder lit during Hanukkah
What is a menorah?
The holiday for the trees
What is Tu B'shevat?
What is hummus?
A word that means God.
What is Adonai?
Avot Ve’imot
What prayer connects us with the fathers and mothers of Judaism?
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are written in Hebrew in this special scroll
What is the Torah?
The holiday that celebrates the Exodus from Egypt
What is Pesach/Passover?
A donut eaten at Hanukkah
What is sufganyot?