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Judaism Basics

100

The most widely used symbol for Judaism (bonus points if you know the Hebrew name)

Star of David (Magen David)

200

The name of the Jewish house of worship

Synagogue

300

The title of the people who lead Jewish congregations and interpret Jewish law

Rabbis

400

The item that Jews wear on their heads

Kippah/yarmulke

500

The percentage of the world population that is Jewish

0.2%

Holidays

100

The holiday about miracles

Chanukah

200

The holiday about the harvest and community (we celebrated in JSU last week!)

Sukkot

300

The Jewish new year

Rosh Hashanah

400

This holiday celebrates the starting of the Torah (last week!)

Simchat Torah

500

The holiday where Jews repent for their sins

Yom Kippur

Holidays pt.2

100

This holiday happens every week from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday

Shabbat

200

This is the ceremony that ends Shabbat, when 3 stars are visible in the sky

Havdalah

300

This holiday celebrates the trees

Tu B'Shvat

400

This holiday remembers the exodus from Egypt

Passover

500

The 49 days after Passover, celebrating wheat harvest and receiving Torah

Shavuot

Food

100

We eat this type of food for Chanukah

Fried

200

These two Jewish holidays have seders (name both for bonus points)

Passover and Tu B'Shvat

300

Name 3 of the items that go on the Passover seder plate

Matzah, maror (bitter herb), lamb shank, karpas (green vegetable), egg, charoset

400

These two food groups cannot be eaten together, according to Kosher law

Meat and dairy

500

This is the name of food, like fish, that are always Kosher

Parve

Torah

100

Name 3 of the 7 matriarchs and patriarchs

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah

200

This is the person who led the Jews from Egypt

Moses

300

These are the 5 books of the Torah

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

400

This is the Hebrew word for the weekly Torah reading

Parashah

500

Name 5 Hebrew letters

I'm not writing them all out