Oh Boy!
The name of the ceremony that welcomes a baby boy into the covenant
What is Brit Milah or Bris?
Ashkenazic Jews typically name babies for relatives who have ______
What is died?
No matter what the ceremony looks like, every welcoming ceremony for a baby girl includes 2 things. They are
What are giving her a Hebrew name and a festive meal?
The Hebrew word "brit" means "covenant" or "promise"
True
We do this to start Shabbat
What is light candles?
This holiday happens 52 times a year
What is Shabbat?
A Brit Milah has two parts. They are:
What are the circumcision and the naming?
Jewish babies usually have two names: an English/secular name, and a _________ name
What is a Hebrew name?
One modern custom parents sometimes incorporate is to read a letter to the baby explaining this
What is who she is named for?
The ceremony to welcome a baby boy into the covenant is called a "Brit Milah"
True
Shabbat (and other Jewish days) begins in the evening because...
What is because the Torah tells us, "There was evening. There was morning, the first day."?
Rosh Hashanah falls on this date every year
What is the first of Tishrei?
The Brit Milah takes place on the ___th day after birth
What is the 8th?
Sephardic & Mizrahi Jews are often named for these relatives
What are living grandparents?
The welcoming ceremony for a baby girl has many names. 100 points for each one you can name!
What are:
Brit Bat
Simchat Bat
Baby Naming
Baby girls do not have a welcoming ceremony
False, it is called a Baby Naming, Brit Bat, or Simchat Bat
In the Kiddush for erev Shabbat (Friday evening) we are taught that Shabbat is supposed to remember these two moments in Jewish history
What are creation and the exodus from Egypt?
DAILY DOUBLE:
The number of days after Yom Kippur that Sukkot begins
What is 5?
Brit Milah means
What is the covenant of circumcision?
In a Brit Milah, the ceremony that welcomes a baby boy into the covenant, this is the person who performs the circumcision
Who is the mohel/mohelet?
The decade when Jewish parents began having welcoming ceremonies for baby girls
a. 1950s
b. 1970s
c. 1990s
What is b. 1970s?
The title of the person who performs the ritual circumcision is called a maggid
False, they are a mohel/mohelet
The Ten Commandments appear this many times in the Torah
What is twice?
The date of Yom Kippur is...
What is the 10th of Tishrei?
The title of the person who performs the circumcision
What is a mohel/mohelet?
This is the name of the person who carries the baby into the Brit Milah/Brit Bat
What is Kvater/Kvaterin?
Name two different ways parents might welcome a baby girl into the covenant?
What are:
wrapping her in a tallit
washing her feet
announcing her name at synagogue
A Brit Milah will take place even on Yom Kippur
True!
This is the reason that we light (at least) two candles on Shabbat
What is that the candles stand for the 2 reasons for Shabbat -- 1 is to remember that G-d rested on the 7th day of creation and the 2nd is to remember that G-d took us out of Egypt.
The current year in the Hebrew calendar is...
What is 5784?