Hebrew Vocab
What does דָג mean?
Fish
What is "Hand" in Hebrew?
Yad or יָד
How many days does Chanukkah last?
Eight days
When do we say the Shechechianu?
When we do something for the first time, or for the first time in at least 30 days.
Who is the Principal of TSTI?
Morah Mindy
What does שלום mean?
"Shalom" means "hello", "goodbye", and "peace"
What is a group of ten or more Jewish adults?
A "minyan" or מנין
Name three things (In English or Hebrew) that we have on the Seder plate.
Egg/beytzah, Charoset, Green vegetable/karpas, salt water, lamb shank/Zroah, bitter herbs/maror, and in some families, and orange.
The V'ahavta is a guide on how to use what prayer?
The Shima. It tells us to bind it on our foreheads and arms, hang in on our doorposts in Mezuzot, when to say it, and how to take in the words.
In which town is TSTI located?
South Orange
What does עֲלִיָה mean?
"Aliyah" means "to go up" and is what we call the honor of reading from the Torah
What is book in Hebrew?
Sefer or סֵפֶר
What are we celebrating on Simcha Torah? At TSTI we usually celebrate by unrolling the torah all the way and having all of the students dance in the middle.
Reaching the end of the Torah and starting over.
Which forefathers and foremothers are mentioned in the Avot V’Imahot? (In Hebrew or English)
Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebbecca, Rachel, and Leah
What does "TSTI" stand for?
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
What does יִשְׂרָאֵל mean
"Yisrael" is Hebrew for "Israel"
What is the Hebrew ending meaning "ours" or "belonging to us"?
"Nu" or נוּ
How many times is God mentioned in the Purim story?
None
Name two things we thank God for in the Nissim B’chol Yom
Freeing the Captive, Opening the eyes of the blind, allowing us to distinguish between day and night, lifting up the fallen, stretching the earth over the water, etc.
What is the last grade taught at TSTI before Hebrew High School?
Seventh Grade
Where do we see בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
At the beginning of Blessings. It means "Blessed are you Adonai our God, ruler of the universe."
"How are you?"
Ma Nishma? מַה נִשְׁמַע?
What Holiday did we celebrate this past Thursday?
Lag Ba'omer, the 33rd day out of the Omer, which is a 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot. The Omer is traditionally a time for reflection, when Jews do not get haircuts or celebrate weddings, and so Lag Ba'omer is one day during the Omer when celebration is traditional.
What blessing starts with the phase
אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָּתֶךָ
The V'ahavta
What is the name of Morah Mindy's stuffed animal dog?
Gus