Holidays
What holiday do we celebrate every Friday night at sundown?
Shabbat, also called Shabbos.
What is the word for dad in Hebrew?
אבא
What letter looks like the shape of a hand?
What US state is Israel about the size of?
New Jersey.
Who is a famous Jewish person?
Albert Einstein, Adam Sandler, Carrie Fisher, the Hugh brothers, and more!
What is the final plague that G-d brought onto Pharaoh and the Egyptians?
Death of the Firstborn.
What is the word that has three meanings: Hello, Goodbye, and Peace?
Shalom.
True or False: Once a person is fluent in Hebrew they do not need Nikudot (vowels).
True. They use context clues if there are similar-spelling words.
What is Israel's capital city? It is also known as "the Old City".
Jerusalem
What is the prayer that we Jews recite in the morning and evening (wake up and go to bed)?
The Shema.
Why do we dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah?
For a sweet new year!
"Nes Gadol Haya Sham" is on the dreidel. What does it mean in English?
A great miracle happened there.
What word is represented by a letter on the dreidel Nun-Gimmel-Hey-Shin.
What is the Jewish lucky number "Chai" (meaning life) equal?
18 for Chet and Yud equaling 18.
Which has more people living there, Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?
Jerusalem. Jerusalem has double Tel Aviv's population.
What is the 4 Questions called in Hebrew?
Mah Nishtanah.
Who is one of the two heroes in the story of Purim?
Esther and Mordechai.
What letter replaces the letter shin on the Israeli dreidel, called a sivvivon?
Pay/Pey replaces Shin.
The word Shahm (there) is replaced with Po (here), meaning here. Because Israeli dreidels say "Nes Gadol Haya Sham" a great miracle happened here.
What is one way to remember the "oh" vowel?
OVER (the fence, over the head)
Oh! Up in the sky.
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What is the largest desert in Israel called?
The Negev Desert.
What is Israel's national anthem called?
Hatikvah (the Hope)
What were the two miracles of Chanukah?
1. The oil lasting eight days.
2. Winning the war and rededicating the Second Temple.
What does "Hashem Sheli [Name]" mean in English?
My name is...
Which is a vowel that can go silent if in the middle of a word?
Shva.
What is one body of water that surrounds Israel?
The Mediterranean Sea, The Dead Sea, The Sea of Galilee, The Jordan River, and The Red Sea.
Where does the word Jew/ Yehudi come from?
The region of Judea = Jew (where Jews come from, we are Yehudim).
Descended from the tribe of Judah. There is a region in Israel called "Judea and Samaria".