Hebrew Words
The Talmud/Bible Says...
Psychology and the Brain
What We Believe In
More Jewish texts
High Holidays
Hanukkah
100
The meaning of "Shalom"
What is "peace," also hello, and goodbye
100
This is the number of arguments that God wants both sides to have in the Talmud, it is also the number that symbolizes we might not know everything
What is "49/49"?
100
These actions are symbolized by your "elephant"
What is the part of you that is instinctive and represents your emotions
100
"Fairness and cheating" and "loyalty and betrayal" are two examples of these
What are core values?
100
The sacred book in which we find the story of Abraham arguing with God, Moses and other stories
What is the "Torah"?
100
This is what we celebrate on Rosh hashanah
What is the Jewish New Year?
100
The number of days we celebrate Hanukkah.
What is 8?
200
The meaning of the hebrew word "Tov"
What is the Hebrew word for "good"?
200
This is the number that represents "completion" in the Talmud
What is "50"?
200
This is The part of your brain that SYMBOLIZES thinking slow and rationally
What is your "rider?"
200
Core values are universal (true or false)
What is "true"?
200
The name of the guy who was Abraham's nephew, in the story about arguing with God.
Who was "Lot"?
200
This is what we eat on Rosh Hashanah
What are apples and honey?
200
The word for this item in Hebrew is "Shamash".
What is the helper candle that lights the other candles?
300
The meaning of "Shana Tovah"
What is, "Have a happy New Year!"
300
The ideal argument to have acording to the Talmud IN HEBREW
What is a Maklokhet L'shem Shamayim"?
300
The part of the body that your "elephant" may symbolize
What is your heart?
300
We use these two symbols when our core values are in conflict with someone else's
What is using both the "elephant and rider"?
300
These were called Sodom and Gomorrah
What were the two cities that Abraham and God were arguing over?
300
The literal meaning of "Rosh Hashanah" in English
What is "the head of the year"?
300
The PROPER name for this object.
What is a Hanukkiah?
400
The meaning of "Maklokhet"
What is "argument"?
400
"Maklokhet lo shem Shamayim"
The argument that is not a good one to have
400
The exact part of your brain that controls your "rider"
What is your pre-frontal cortex?
400
The name of the value with which we feel the pain of others
What is "care/harm"?
400
True or false? God ended up destroying the two cities in Lot's story
What is "True"?
400
This is the holiday that comes right after Rosh hashanah
What is "Yom Kippur"?
400
The name for both of these objects in HEBREW/Yiddish?
What are latkes and sufganiyot?
500
The meaning of."Shamayim"
What is "Heaven"?
500
Hillel and Shammai
Who were the Rabbis who came up with the ideal arguments to have (or the 4 pillars of having a good argument)
500
This is the best way to solve problems, according to the psychologist we studied in symbolic terms.
What is "using both your rider and your elephant?"
500
the core value that we use when we feel there is an injustice
What is "fairness and cheating"?
500
This is the first book of the Torah in either Hebrew or English
What is Genesis or Bereshit?
500
The name of this object:
What is a Shofar?
500
This is the number of blessings we say on the first night of Hanukkah.
What is "3"?
600
The meaning of "Lo"
What is "no" or "not"?
600
The name of the guy who tried to argue with Moses
Who was Korach?
600
The meaning of "innate"
What is something you were born with?
600
The core value we use when we are patriotic
What is "loyalty and betrayal"?
600
This is the book of the Torah in which we find the story of Moses
What is the book of Exodus or Shemot?
600
This is the holiday that we repent and say sorry for our sins
What is "Yom Kippur"?
600
This is the reason why we celebrate Hanukkah for 8 days.
What is a second Sukkot?
700
This is the "sin" of Korach
What is trying to go against Moses's authority?
700
This is the meaning of a "learned experience"
What is something you learn about yourself after you are born
700
This is the value that this is represented by leadership
What is "authority and subversion"?
700
The number of books in the Torah
What is 5?
700
This holiday was the most important holiday for the ancient Israelites
What is Sukkot?
700
This fact is either true or false. The little jar of oil story happened for real.
What is FALSE?
800
1. Maintaining good relationships
2. Not trying to win but to work out a problem
3. Admit that you both may be right even if you hold opposite views
4. Listen to the other side and admit you might be wrong
What are the four pillars of a maklokhet l'shem shamayim?
800
This is the value that can represent institutions of religion and marriage
What is "sanctity and degredation"?
800
This is the thing that we pray for on Sukkot.
What is Rain?
800
The name of the people who desecrated the Temple in Judea.
Who were the Seleucids or the Greeks?
900
The names of both of these objects
What are the Lulav and Etrog?
900
This is the definition of "Hellenism".
What is the influence of Greek culture and religion on a group of people?
1000
This is the name of the holiday we celebrate right after Sukkot.
What is Simchat Torah?
1000
This is the meaning of the word, "Maccabee".
What is "hammer"?