Jewish Holidays
This Jewish holiday celebrates a miracle where oil in the Temple lasted eight days instead of one. It is also known as the “Festival of Lights.”
What is Hanukkah?
This Hebrew word meaning peace is widely used in everyday life as both a greeting and a way to say goodbye.
What is shalom?
This opening story of the Torah describes God creating light, land, animals, and humans over six days before resting on the seventh.
What is the Creation story?
This traditional Jewish object has seven branches and was used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
What is a menorah?
This soft, braided bread is eaten on Shabbat and is often served at Jewish holiday meals.
What is challah?
This is the holiest day in Judaism, when people fast for about 25 hours and pray for forgiveness for the past years sins.
What is Yom Kippur?
This Hebrew expression is used to congratulate or wish good fortune, especially during major celebrations or milestones.
What is mazal tov?
This man from the Torah was chosen by God to build an ark and preserve life during a great flood that covered the earth.
Who is Noah?
This object is placed on the doorposts of Jewish homes and holds a small scroll with Torah verses.
What is a mezuzah?
This Hanukkah toy is a spinning top with Hebrew letters on each side, used in a traditional game played during the holiday.
What is a dreidel?
This Jewish holiday celebrates the story of Queen Esther saving the Jewish people and is known for costumes, parties, and gift giving.
What is Purim?
This Hebrew word refers to one of God’s commandments in the Torah, and it can also mean an act of kindness or good deed.
What is a mitzvah?
This important figure in the Torah is known as the first Jew and followed God’s command to leave his homeland and begin a covenant.
Who is Abraham?
This instrument made from a ram’s horn is sounded during the Jewish New Year to encourage reflection.
What is a shofar?
This traditional unleavened bread is eaten during Passover to remember that the Israelites left Egypt in such a hurry that their dough could not rise.
What is matzah?
This holiday remembers the Exodus from Egypt, when the Israelites left slavery and crossed the sea, and it includes eating unleavened bread called matzah.
What is Passover (Pesach)?
This is a Jewish house of worship where people pray, read the Torah, and come together as a community.
What is a Beit Knesset?
This prophet guided the Israelites out of Egypt during the Exodus and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
Who is Moses?
This holy scroll is read in synagogues and contains the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is a Torah scroll?
This meal is held on the first nights of Passover and includes reading, food symbols, and retelling the Exodus story.
What is a Seder?
This holiday, called the Jewish New Year, is marked by the blowing of the shofar and a time of reflection and prayer.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This sacred text in Judaism is the first section of the Hebrew Bible and includes the foundational laws and stories of the Jewish people.
What is the Torah?
This biblical event during the Exodus tells how the Israelites escaped from Egypt when the sea was miraculously divided.
What is the parting of the Red Sea?
This garment worn during prayer is a shawl with fringes called tzitzit on its corners.
What is a tallit?
This sacred weekly day in Judaism begins at sunset on Friday, when candles are lit and work is set aside to focus on rest and family.
What is the Sabbath (Shabbat)?