Concept Words
What is Kavanah?
Purpose/intention
This Holiday gets its story from a scroll not the Torah.
Purim
1948
The First Month
Tishrei
Where is Edan from?
Los Angeles, California
What is Tzedakah?
Chairty/ Giving money to those less fortunate
We tell the story of the Jews crossing the sea in Exodus during which Holiday.
Passover (Pesach)
What is the capital city of Israel?
Jerusalem
The Month we celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Simchat Torah
Tishrei
What is a Mitzvah
What is Shalom Bayit?
Peace in the home
The first Holiday of the Jewish year.
Rosh Hashana
How many people from the United States moved to Israel?
Just under 150,000 people
The last month
Elul
When is the first Jewish temple destroyed, by whom? (If you get just one thats ok)
586 BCE by the Babylonians.
This concept word means "work"
Avodah
Name the four species of Sukkot. (All or nothing)
Lulav, Etrog, Arava, Hadas
Name TWO inventions from Israel (hint: there are many)
Waze, USB disk, Re-walk, Driving scanner, Drip Irrigation, desalination, iron dome
How many months are there in total?
12
Fourteen Countries
Define Gemilut Hasadim
Acts of kindness/love
How many candles are lit during Hannukah?
44
How do the Jewish people connect to Israel?
Jewish Ancestral Homeland. Kingdoms of David and Judah before the Jews were expelled and exiled.
Explain why there could be the month Adar, and Adar II, meaning Adar repeats itself (Hint: how is Hebrew calendar different from Gregorian calendar)
The months revolve around the moon and not the sun. Sometime there needs to be an extra month added to keep within the timing of the Gregorian calendar.
Who is the clay man from Jewish Kabbalah?
Golem