Jewish Foods
The special bread that we eat on Friday night
What is Challah?
What is the holiday called that we do not eat any bread?
What is Passover?
Channukah celebrates two miracles. Name one.
What is the miracle of the oil or the miracle of the Maccabim?
The name of the ceremony that happens around the age of 13 for boys and 12 for girls.
What is a Bar/bat mitzvah?
Instead of Halloween, Jews have a custom to wear costumes on Purim, to represent how this queen hid her identity.
Who is Queen Esther?
The potato pancake that we eat on Chanukah
What is Latkah?
What is the name of the candle holder that is used on Chanukah?
What is Menorah/ Chanukiah?
In which country were the Jews held as slaves for hundreds of years?
What is Egypt?
This is the name of a Jewish religious leader, often the leader of a synagogue.
What is a Rabbi?
There is a custom to dress in this color on Yom Kippur to symbolize purity.
What is white?
The triangle-shaped cookie we eat at Purim.
What is Hamantaschen?
This holiday brings a joyful parade into the synagogue followed by dancing and reading the Torah?
What is Simchat Torah?
This is the age of the State of Israel.
What is 77?
A Mezuzah has this prayer written on a scroll inside.
What is the Shema?
The blessing for this ritual is baruch ata a-donai e-loheinu melech haolam asher kidishanu b'mitzvah v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel shabbat.
What is Shabbat candlelighting?
The name of the ritual of casting our "sins" bread into the water during Rosh Hashanah.
What is Tashlich?
Why on Rosh Hashanah do we eat apples dipped in honey?
What is to have a sweet new year?
He was the leader of the Jewish people after Moshe.
Who is Yehoshua (Joshua)?
The basis of the Jewish religion is this religious text, known to Christians as the Old Testament.
What is the Torah (or the Five Books of Moses)?
The name of the marriage canopy used in Jewish weddings.
What is a Chuppah?
The unleavened bread called that we eat on Passover.
What is Matzah?
This holiday celebrates Moses receiving the 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai.
What is Shavuot?
He was the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel, who also has an airport in Israel named after him.
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
What is the garment worn over men's shoulders during prayers called?
What is tallit?
What is the name for the specific foods, like corn, peanuts, and rice, that some Jews eat on Pesach and some don't?
What is kitniyot?
This is the mixture of apples, wine, nuts, and cinnamon that is on the Seder plate.
What is charoset?
This holiday celebrates the birthday of the trees.
What is Tu B'Shvat?
He was the first King of the Jews.
Who is Shaul (Saul)?
What is the ritual garment called that Jewish men wear on their heads?
What is a Yarmulke or Kippah?
What is the name of the long sidelocks of hair some Haredi men grow?
What are peyot (peyos)?