Holidays
This 8-night holiday involves lighting a menorah.
What is Hanukkah?
The Western Wall is in this city.
What is Jerusalem?
The scroll containing the Five Books of Moses.
What is the Torah?
Shabbat begins at sundown on this day.
What is Friday?
This word means hello, goodbye and peace.
What is shalom?
At this holiday’s seder, the youngest asks the Four Questions.
What is Passover?
This super-salty lake at the lowest point on Earth lets you float.
What is the Dead Sea?
The small cap worn on the head.
What is a kippah?
The braided bread on the Shabbat table.
What is challah?
The toast you make when raising a glass, meaning “to life.”
What is l’chaim?
On this holiday you blow the shofar and dip apples in honey.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
Israel’s currency.
What is the shekel?
The cabinet where the Torah scrolls are kept.
What is the Ark / Aron Kodesh?
The blessing said over wine on Friday night.
What is Kiddush?
What you shout when someone gets engaged or the glass breaks at a wedding.
What is mazel tov?
On this fall harvest holiday, you eat meals in a hut and shake a lulav and etrog.
What is Sukkot?
A collective community in Israel where members traditionally shared work and property.
What is a kibbutz?
Worn draped over the shoulders during morning prayers, it has knotted tassels on its four corners.
What is a tallit?
This ceremony with wine, spices and a braided candle ends Shabbat.
What is Havdalah?
The Rosh Hashanah greeting meaning “good year.”
What is Shana Tova?
This holiday, 7 weeks after Passover, celebrates receiving the Torah and is known for dairy foods like cheesecake.
What is Shavuot?
Israel’s first prime minister, who has the main airport named after him.
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
The raised platform where the Torah is read.
What is the bimah?
A slow-cooked stew that’s started Friday and eaten for Shabbat lunch.
What is cholent?
The Hebrew word for “thank you.”
What is todah?