Culture
Israel
Hebrew Language
Holidays
Miscellaneous
100
This is the standard name for a Jewish congregation.
What is a synagogue?
100
This is the country that borders Israel directly to the North.
What is Lebanon?
100
This phrase literally means, "son/daughter of the commandment".
What is Bar/Bat Mitzvah?
100
This holiday is the Jewish Day of Atonement (commemorated by fasting, in tradition), about 10 days after the celebration of the New Year on Rosh Hashanah.
What is Yom Kippur?
100
This country, after Israel, has the largest population of Jews.
What is the United States?
200
This is the fringed cloth traditionally worn at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah or a Jewish wedding.
What is tallit?
200
This is the desert found in southern Israel.
What is the Negev?
200
This is the family of languages that Hebrew belongs to.
What is the Semitic family?
200
These people are associated with the oil that lasted for eight nights when expected to last just one - the story of Hanukkah.
Who are the Maccabees?
200
This is the Hebrew equivalent of the Yiddish word, "yarmulke". (YAH-muh-kuh)
What is a kipah?
300
This is a mystical sect of Judaism, known for its use of ciphers (codes).
What is Kabbalah?
300
This mountain is the site of the end of the Jewish-Roman War, where 960 Jewish rebels committed a mass suicide as an act of honor.
What is Mount Masada?
300
This language is generally regarded as a mixture of German (and other Germanic languages) with Hebrew.
What is Yiddish?
300
Traditionally used during Sukkot, these are two of the seven plant species of Israel - a date palm frond and a yellow citrus fruit.
What are the lulav and the etrog?
300
This is the number of Commandments found in the Torah.
What is 613?
400
This is that catchy song played during some Jewish dances (particularly, the hora).
What is Hava Nagila?
400
He was the first official leader of the independent State of Israel.
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
400
This is the name given to the Hebrew alphabet.
What is the Aleph-Bet?
400
This holiday commemorates Israeli independence on May 14 (Iyar 5 on the Hebrew Calendar).
What is Yom Ha'atzmaut?
400
This country has the largest population of Jews in South America.
What is Argentina?
500
This is a community of Jewish people in Uganda, with their name meaning "people of Judah". (We made charoset using their recipe last year. :D)
Who are the Abuyadaya?
500
She is the fourth Prime Minister of Israel and the first woman to hold that office.
Who is Golda Meir?
500
This language, also known as Judeo-Español, integrates elements of Hebrew with elements of Spanish. It was originally spoken in the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East and North Africa, Italy, France, Morocco, and the UK. (Fun fact: You might find some speakers of this language in the Americas today, especially the US, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina)
What is Ladino?
500
This holiday commemorates the 50th day after the end of Passover - the day on which Moses received the Ten Commandments. (It's the 6th of Sivan - my birthday on the Hebrew Calendar. :D)
What is Shavuot?
500
This is my Hebrew name!!! :)
What is Shmuel?
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