Holidays
We play the dreidl game and light menorahs on this holiday.
What is Hanukah?
Who is the person who God tells to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt?
Who is Moses?
שְׁמַע
What is Shema?
What are the names of the first two humans?
Adam and Eve
What do we eat on Hanukah?
What are latkes or gelt?
We use gragger's to blot out Haman's name on this holiday. We also have a lot of fun!
What is Purim?
Who is the Jewish man who gets a coat of many colors, and then his brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt?
Who is Joseph?
יָדֶךָ
What is yadecha?
Who are at least two of the matriarchs?
Who are Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel?
What are apples and honey?
This holiday is the Jewish new year.
What is Rosh HaShanah?
Who built the ark for the flood?
וּקְשַׁרְתָּם
What is uk'shartam?
Who steals his brother's birthright by tricking his father and wearing animal hair on his arms?
Who is Jacob?
What is the name of the cookie we eat on Purim?
What is hamantaschen?
This holiday is one where we fast all day.
What is Yom Kippur?
Who is the person who kills his brother at the beginning of the Torah?
Who is Cain?
וְאָהַבְתָּ
What is V'ahavta?
Who is Abraham's son?
Issac
Why do we eat matzah on Passover?
When the Israelites left Egypt, they didn't have time to let the bread rise, and we remember this!
During this holiday, we have meals outside in three sided booths, and shake a lulav and an etrog.
What is Sukkot?
Who is Esther's cousin and the hero of the Purim story?
Who is Mordechai?
מְכַלְכֵּל
What is m'chal'kel?
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy?
What is the name of the sandwich we eat on Passover with matzah, maror (bitter herbs), and charoset (apple mix)?
What is a Hillel sandwich?