Holidays
Foreign language in which many of our prayers our recited.
What is Hebrew?
The meaning of Bar/Bar Mitzvah
What is son/daughter of the commandments
The holiday that celebrates the escape of the Jews in Egypt from slavery
What is Pesach/Passover?
One of the rituals people perform on Shabbat
What is lighting the candles, eating challah, drinking the wine, saying prayers?
The place in the sanctuary from which services are led?
The Bima
The Hebrew words for prayer and blessing (two words)
What are tefillah and B'racha
Place from which the Jews escaped from slavery
What is Egypt?
Traditional way we concentrate on atoning for our sins on Yom Kippur
What is fasting?
The Hebrew Bible (that non-Jews refer to as the Old Testament.
What is the TaNaCH
The pointer used to read from the Torah
What is a yad?
Prayer that declares the oneness of God. Hint: it is in the Torah and on a scroll in a mezuzah and tefillin.
What is the Shema?
The number of mitzvot in the Torah
What is 613?
A B' mitzvah being called up to the Torah to recite the blessings before and after the Torah reading
What is an aliyah?
He had a technicolor dream coat and twelve brothers
Who is Joseph?
The holiday during which we end the Torah start it again from the beginning. We celebrate this with dancing and singing.
What is Simchat Torah
Prayer shall with fringes that we commanded to wear in the words of the Shema
What is a tallis/tallit?
What is Halacha?
The ritual object made of leather that is placed on your head and wrapped on your arm and has boxes containing a scroll with the words of the Shema
What is Tefillin