Lesson 1
What letter has a toe?
ת - Tav
What letter looks like lightening?
ל - Lamed
Which letter has a rounded back?
ר - Resh
Name one letter of the silent squad
א or ע or ְ or ה
What letter looks like an item from a traditional Jewish wedding?
Pronounce בַּת
בַּת - Bat
Pronounce בּוֹם
בּוֹם - Bohm
Pronounce בֵּית
בֵּית - Beit
Pronounce נֵר
נֵר - Ner
Pronounce נַח
Nach
What is the Hebrew word for final (as in a final letter)?
סוֹפִית - Sofit
True or false: רֵ and רֵי are pronounced the same
True! If י follows the ֵ vowel, the י is silent
During what holiday do we shake the lulav?
We finish the torah reading about מֹשֶׁה on Simchat Torah. What do we call מֹשֶׁה in English?
Moses
What prayer do we lovingly call the “Frankenstein” prayer?
Ashrei
Pronounce תַתָשׁ
תַתָשׁ - Tatash
Pronounce שַׁבָּתוֹת
שַׁבָּתוֹת - Shabatot
Pronounce מוֹרֶה
מוֹרֶה - Moreh
Pronounce הַשָׁעוֹן
הַשָׁעוֹן - HaSha’On
Pronounce בֵּיתֶךָ
Beitechah
Translate either word of Rosh Hashanah into English
Rosh - Head
Hashana - The Year
What Hebrew word do we say during havdallah after dipping the candle into the grape juice?
שָׁמַעְתִּי - Shamati(I heard)
What prayer do we say to celebrate something new/doing something for the first time?
Shehcheyanu - שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ
On simchat torah we restart the Torah. Which book of the Torah do we begin with? (In Hebrew!)
בְּרֵאשִׁית- Bereshit
Name 2 of letters we’ve learned that have a sofit version
Mem, nun, chaf, Tzadi