Holidays
This holiday is celebrated for eight days and nights, involving lighting a menorah.
What is 'Chanukah'?
This mitzvah is about giving food and drink to those in need.
What is 'Tzedaka'?
Head in Hebrew
Rosh
ראש
During their Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the celebrant is often expected to give a speech called a
_' _ _ _ _ _ _ _, where they share insights or thoughts about their Torah portion.
What is a "D'var Torah"?
This service, often referred to in English as the 'morning service', includes a few central Jewish prayers, one of which is "The Shema."
What is 'Shacharit'?
This holiday is referred to as the 'Head of the Year'
What is Rosh Hashana?
The mitzvah of honoring these people is a commandment from the Torah.
Who are "your parents"?
Eye in Hebrew
Ayin
עין
After your B'Mitzvah, you will be considered an _ _ _ _ _ in the Jewish community.
When wrapping the tefillin strap around the arm, Jewish tradition dictates that the strap should be wound in a specific pattern. This pattern is said to form the shape of this Hebrew letter.
What is the letter "Shin"?
This holiday, known as the "New Year for Trees," is celebrated by planting trees and eating fruits, especially those mentioned in the Torah.
What is 'Tu B'Shvat'?
This Hebrew phrase means “repairing the world” and encourages us to make the world a better place.
What is "Tikkun Olam"?
To eat in Hebrew
L-ech-ol
לאכול
After the Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony, the B'Mitzvah is responsible for keeping all 613 of these.
What are "mitzvot"?
What does B'Tzelem Elohim mean?
What is 'made in the image of G-d/Hashem?'
Each year, we fast for 26 hours on this holiday, to repent for 'missing the mark'.
What is Yom Kippur?
This value teaches that saving a life is one of the most important commandments.
What is 'Pikuach Nefesh'?
Face in Hebrew
Pan-eem (Panim)
פנים
This term refers to the honor granted to someone who has been called up to the torah to recite the blessings
What is 'Aliyah'?
On this holiday, we celebrate our freedom from slavery in Egypt by eating matzah.
What is "Passover" or "Pesach"?
We shake the _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ during the holiday of _ _ _ _ _ _.
What is lulav and etrog, during the holiday of Sukkot?
What does Derech Eretz mean?
What is 'finding the middle ground' or having common courtesy or respect?
To speak in Hebrew
Le-da-ber
לדבר 🗣️
This is the prayer that many Bar/Bat Mitzvahs learn to recite during their ceremony, as it marks the moment when they begin their journey of spiritual adulthood.
What is the Torah reading and/or Haftarah?
Ears in Hebrew
Oz-nay-eem 👂
Oznaim
אוזניים