HOLIDAYS
It is 8 days long in the winter
Chanukah
Honour and guard the...
SHABBAT
where do ashkenazi jews come from?
Central and eastern europe
3 angels come to abraham to tell him that?
His wife will have a baby boy
name the 3 daily prayer services
Shacharit, mincha and Maariv
The unleavened bread
Matzah
the Hebrew term for acts of kindness
Gemilat chassadim
what happened in spain in 1478 to the jews?
The spanish inquisition
Where does moshe speak to Hashem for the first time?
at the burning bush
what is the central prayer of davening
THE SHEMA
The heroine of the purim story
Queen Esther
animals must have these 2 things to be kosher
Split hooves and chew the cud
what happened on the 14th of may 1948 for the jews
The establishment of the state of israel
What sin did the jews commit when moshe went up to get the torah at har sinai
THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF
To have focus and concentration
A 24 hour fast that takes place in the summer, to mourn the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash
Tisha'ba'av
How many mitzvot in total
613
what is the RAMBAN'S full name
rabbi moshe ben nachman
name 5 of the ten plagues in egypt
blood, frogs, lice, boils, wild animals, dead animals, locusts hail, darkness, death of the firstborn
What prayer do we say specifically on rosh chodesh and festivals?
Hallel
the bitter herb we eat on pesach and why
MAROR to remind us of the bitterness of our slavery
what are chukim?
Mitzvot which the Torah has not given us a reason for
Who was rabbi akiva?
He was a simple shepherd who began studying at age 40 and became the greatest sage of the Second Temple era
Name the 12 tribes
Reuven, shimon, levi, yehuda, yissachar, zevulan, dan, naftali, gad, asher, yosef and binyamin
Translate the words kabel berachamim uve'ratzon et tefilatenu
accept with mercy and compassion our prayers