History and Origins
Who are the founders of Judaism
Abraham and Sarah
What is the main book of Judaism that provides stories, laws, and standards?
Torah
What is the name for the people who founded monotheism?
Jews
What is the prayer that focuses on one God?
Shema
What are the three countries with the largest Jewish population today?
Israel, U.S., and France
What were ancient names for Jews?
Hebrews or Israelites
What are the five books of Torah in order in English? Bonus 200 points: What are the 5 books in Hebrew
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Bereisheet, Shemot, Vayikra, Bemidbar, Devarim
What are the rules involving "proper" eating?
Kosher or kashrut
What is the term given to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?
What are the High Holy Days?
Approximately how many Jews are in the world today?
16 million
What was the name of the tribes in the north and the name of the tribes in the south
North: Israelites
South: Judah
What is the word in Hebrew and English for the thing used to read Torah?
yad/ hand
How many Jewish people are needed in a minyan?
10
What is the holiday called the miracle of lights and what does the word mean?
Chanukah (Dedication)?
What does Or Chadash mean?
New Light
Who first received the Torah?
Moses
How many books are in the second section of the Tanakh? Name at least 5 books for a bonus of 200 points
21
(Joshua, Judges, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
What is the symbol outside the Knesset?
Menorah
What type of calendar is used as a base of the Jewish calendar
lunar-solar calendar
Name four major cities in Israel?
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Eilat, Tiberias, Haifa, Ashkelon, Beersheva,...
What are the other two sections of the Tanakh after Torah?
Prophets (Nevi'im) and Writings (Ketuvim)
What are the five books read with five different holidays (aka the 5 scrolls)
Songs of Songs- Passover
Ruth- Shavuot
Lamentations- Tisha B'Av
Ecclesiastes- Sukkot
Esther- Purim
What are three modern holidays in Judaism that just happened in the last two weeks?
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day),
Yom HaZikaron (Israeli memorial day),
Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli independence day)
Name at least 7 holidays found in the Torah?
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Tu B'Shevat, Passover, Shavuot, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh
What is the most sacred city in Israel and what does the Hebrew word mean?
Jerusalem and it means city of peace