The Passover Story
During Passover, which book of the old testament do we read?
Exodus
What are the only ingredients allowed in matzah?
Flour and Water
How many cups of wine are required by the Haggadah?
4 cups of wine during the Seder
+ 1 cup for Eliyahu
What Hebrew month is Passover celebrated in?
Nisan
!! DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
What number month of the year is it?
The First!
What body of water did Moses lead the Israelites through?
Sea of Reeds or The Red Sea
The three Matzahs on the table signify three categories/tribes of Jews - name them!
כהן - Kohen - Priests
לוי - Levi - the Leviite tribe
ישראל - Yisrael - every single Jew
Order or Ritual
What year was the classic film 'The Ten Commandments' starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner released?
1956
What three items are used to search for chametz?
A feather, candle and spoon
What were the names of Moses' Mother?
Yocheved
EXTRA POINTS IF YOU KNOW THE DAD'S NAME
Amram
What is the maximum number of minutes matzah can be baked?
18 Min.
What is customarily said at the end of a Seder?
Next year in Jerusalem!
Leshana haba b'yerushalayim
The same actor who played Voldemort in the Harry Potter films also played this Passover Story Villain in the 1998 animated masterpiece, The Prince of Egypt. Name the villain and the actor!
Ramses II (Pharoh) played by Ralph Fiennes
The middle days of Passover are called what?
Hol Hamoed
According to the maggid (story), how many years were the Israelites enslaved in Egypt?
400 Years
The custom of putting an orange on the Seder plate can be traced to this Jewish feminist:
Dr. Susannah Heschel
Which major figure in the Passover story gets only one mention in the Haggadah?
Moses
Which U.S. President was the first to host a Passover Seder at the White House?
Barack Obama
The last Shabbat before Passover is called what?
Shabbat Hagadol
What were the names of Moses and Tziporah's Son's?
Gershom and Eliezer
Name 2 of the 4 names for the Passover holiday (Hebrew or English)?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY IF YOU CAN NAME THEM ALL
(1) Chag HaMatzot (Festival of Matzah)
(2) Chag HaPesach (Festival of the Passover Sacrifice); (3) Chag HaAviv (Festival of Spring)
(4) Zman Cheiruteinu (Time of Our Freedom)
What language is the word Afikomen derived from?
Name 3 of the voice actors from the 1998 animated masterpiece, The Prince of Egypt.
- Steve Martin (
- Martin Short
- Patrick Stewart
- Sandra Bullock
- Jeff Goldblum
- Donald Glover
- Helen Mirren
- Val Kilmer
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Ralph Fiennes
On the first day of Passover, we say a special prayer asking for...
Dew
In the first morning of Passover, many Jewish communities recite a special prayer called Tefillat Tal, literally
“the prayer for dew.”
The prayer is one of two times in the year when Jews recite special prayers for precipitation. The other is in the
fall, at the end of the holiday of Sukkot, when a prayer for rain, Tefillat Geshem, is recited.
Both prayers coincide with the changing of the agricultural seasons in ancient Israel. The winter is the rainy
season in Israel. Summer is long, dry and hot, and in ancient times the regular presence of a tiny bit of dew
could mark the difference between a successful harvest season and a poor one.