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This sweet pastry, often filled with poppy seeds or fruit preserves, is a traditional treat associated with Purim.
What is hamantaschen?
This holiday marks the end of the Ten Days of Repentance and is characterized by fasting, prayer, and seeking forgiveness.
What is Yom Kippur?
This year marks the founding of the Toronto Police Service, originally known as the "Toronto Police Force."
What is 1834?
This popular Israeli dish made of ground chickpeas is often served as a dip or spread.
What is hummus?
Officers investigating a sweet theft discover the suspect has been "caught red-handed" with this Hanukkah treat, which is typically filled with jelly and covered in powdered sugar.
What is sufganiyot?
This slow-cooked dish, typically made with brisket or other cuts of beef, is a staple of Jewish holiday meals.
What is cholent?
The custom of eating dairy foods is associated with this holiday, which commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
What is Shavuot?
This was the first Toronto Police station, which served as the city’s primary police office until it was replaced by the current headquarters in 1874.
What is the "Toronto Court House" on Front Street?
This is the name of Israel’s currency, which was introduced in 1985, replacing the old shekel.
What is the New Shekel (ILS)?
The word "dreidel" comes from the Yiddish word for spinning top. The game played with this object originated from this European country, known for its rich Jewish culture and history.
What is Germany?
This fish dish, traditionally eaten on Shabbat and holidays, is made by poaching or baking a fillet of fish, often served with horseradish.
What is gefilte fish?
This minor fast day commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and falls on the 9th of Av.
What is Tisha B'Av?
This police service, founded in 1834, is older than both the New York City Police Department (1845) and the Boston Police Department (1839).
What is the Toronto Police Service?
This is the only major river in Israel that flows year-round, running from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Jordan River?
Hanukkah's association with oil is rooted in this event, when a single vial of sacred oil miraculously lasted for eight days in the rededicated Temple. This type of oil is central to the story.
What is olive oil?
This eggplant-based dish, commonly made with tomatoes, onions, and garlic, is a Sephardic favorite, often served as a side or appetizer.
What is baba ghanoush?
This is the practice of going to water and "casting away" our wrongdoings.
What is Tashlich?
Name three of the last seven police chiefs of Toronto.
This Israeli intelligence agency is responsible for foreign intelligence gathering and covert operations, and it is considered one of the most elite in the world.
What is the Mossad?
The four letters on the dreidel stand for “A great miracle happened here,” but outside of Israel, they use this letter in place of Shin
What is "Peh"?
A traditional dish served during Passover, this food consists of finely ground matzah mixed with eggs, onions, and seasoning, fried.
What are matzah brei?
This holiday, observed on the 15th of Av, is often referred to as the "Jewish Valentine’s Day," as it is a day for celebrating love and matchmaking.
What is Tu B'Av?
This is the approximate number of uniformed and undercover officers in the Toronto Police Service.
What is 5,400 uniformed officers/undercover officers?
This style of architecture, characterized by the use of white limestone, was popularized in the 1930s and 1940s in Tel Aviv and earned the city the nickname "The White City."
What is Bauhaus architecture?
The largest menorah in the world is traditionally lit in this city each year.
What is New York City?