Holidays
The Jewish New Year
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This letter: א
What is aleph?
The scroll that we read out of every week. It has five books with all the stories about the Jewish people.
What is the Torah?
This person was told by G-d to leave his home and go to Israel, where he eventually became the father of the Jewish people.
Who was Avram/Avraham/Abraham?
The holiday when we fast for one day.
What is Yom Kippur?
This letter: ב
What is Bet/Vet?
This is the braided bread that you eat on Shabbat
What is Challah?
This is the action of giving charity (hint: we do it at the beginning of class every week in Shorashim!)
What is Tzedakah?
This person helped lead the Jews out of Egypt. He talked to a burning bush and split the Red Sea with his staff. He also received the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Who was Moses?
This holiday is the Festival of Lights, and we eat latkes for it!
What is Chanukkah?
This word means hello, goodbye, and peace in Hebrew
What is Shalom/שלום?
This crunchy cracker is one of the only things some people can eat on Passover
What is Matzo?
This item is white with two blue stripes and a blue Jewish star.
What is the Israeli flag?
This woman is the heroine of the Purim story because she told the king that Haman was evil.
Who was Esther?
We dress up in costumes on this holiday, and use noise machines whenever we hear the name "Haman."
What is Purim?
This letter: ג
What is gimel?
We eat these two things together on Rosh Hashana to symbolize a sweet new year
What are apples and honey?
This person built an ark to save his family and the animals from a big flood.
Who was Noah?
This was the group of Jews that fought the Greeks in the Hannukkah story.
Who were the Maccabees?
This is Israel's birthday, also known as independence day.
What is Yom Ha'atzmauut?
This letter: ד
What is dalet?
These triangle-shaped cookies are eaten on Purim to remind us of Haman's hat
What are Hamantaschen?
What it means to be a M.E.N.S.C.H.
What is Mature, Enthusiastic, Neat, Sensitive, Caring, and Helpful?
This is the Creator of everything, and is not really a person but speaks to us in many ways. They are often the one we pray to and are the main focus of many of the stories in the Torah.
What/who is G-d?