Famous Jews
He led the Jews out of Egypt and in the desert for 40 years.
Moses
On this holiday we eat pomegranate seeds and apples and honey.
Rosh Hashanah
Name 5 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Aleph, Bet, Vet, Gimmel, Daled, Hey, Vav, Zayin, Chet, Tet, Yud, Vav, Lamed, Mem, Nun, Samech, Ayin, Pey, Tzadik, Kuf, Resh, Shin, Taf, Final letters.
What does the word mitzvah mean?
Good dead, or commandment
What is the name of CBI's senior cantor?
Cantor Green
He led the revolt against the Greeks in the story of Hanukkah.
Judah Maccabee
On what holiday do we shake the lulav?
Sukkot
What sound does the hebrew vowel that looks like a T make?
Ah sound.
What is the Hebrew word for giving charity?
Tzedakah.
Name two CBI rabbis.
Rabbi Cahana, Rabbi Joseph
This famous scientist made important discoveries in physics and was born in 1879.
Albert Einstein
Name three characters from the Purim story?
Esther, Mordechai, Vashti, Haman, Achashverosh
What is the Hebrew word for dictionary.
Milon or מילון
What is one mitzvah we do on shabbat?
Light candles, saying the blessing over the challah, saying the blessing over the wine.
How many different locations has CBI been at since the synagogue was first built?
Three
During the Passover seder we leave a wine glass out for this Jewish prophet.
Elijah
Name four Passover plagues.
Blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, death of the firstborn.
What is the Hebrew word that means praise or bless?
Baruch, or Barchu
What are two mitzvot we do on Passover?
Have a seder, read from the haggadah, eating matzah, drinking four cups of wine.
What is the name of the stage at the front of the synagogue in Hebrew?
The Bimah.
This person is an abstract artist who grew up in Portland
Mark Rothko
This holiday is celebrated by Ethiopian Jews in the diaspora and in Israel.
Sigd
What are three ways we can write God's name in Hebrew?
יי ,אל ,אדוני ,יהוה
What are three mitzvot we do on Sukkot?
Shake the lulav, eat in the sukkah, sleep in the sukkah, have guests in the sukkah.
CBI was founded in what year?
1858