The Story
Language
Symbols
Customs I
Customs II
100
- (minus) Ball
With the help of what was Moses saved?
100
What is the meaning of the word 'seder'?
100
Slavery
What do the bitter herbs on the seder plate symbolize?
100
7-8
How many days does Passover last?
100
Nisan
In which Hebrew month is Passover celebrated?
200
Exodus
What is the English name for the Jews' escape from Egypt, or for the book in the Bible in which the story of Moses and of the Jews' escape from Egypt is told?
200
How is this night different?
(Ma Nishtana in the Sarajevo Haggadah)
What does the phrase 'Ma Nishtana HaLayla Hazeh?' mean?
200
Shank bone
On the Pesach seder plate, what symbolizes the Passover sacrifice (Korban Pesach) in the Temple and/or the blood that the Israelites used to paint on their door posts?
200
March-April
In which months does Passover fall?
200
The book(let) read during the Passover Seder
(The Sarajevo Haggadah)
What is a Passover Haggadah?
300
Locusts, lice, pestilence and boils
What are four of the ten plagues?
300
skip
What is another word for (the phrasal verb) pass over? (Pasach in Hebrew; Passover = Pesach)
300
No time, lack of time
What is the reason why Jews eat matzot (unleavened bread) during Passover?
OR What does unleavened bread symbolize?
(Because when they escaped from Egypt, the Jews were in a hurry, and there was no time to let the bread rise).
300
Whisky, beer, bagel, bread
What are (examples of) food items that are chametz/not kosher for Passover?
300
Dayenu, Echad Elohenu, Chad Gadya
What are traditional songs sung during the Pesach Seder?
400
Lamb's blood
What did the Israelites paint on their door posts, so that the angel of death would pass over their houses when he killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians?
400
"of or relating to the moon"
What is the meaning of lunar?
(as in 'a lunar calendar', a calendar based on the moon cycle)
400
He is supposed to visit us every Pesach eve.
Who is the prophet Elijah?
400
Hitting your neighbor with green onions
What appears to be an Afghani Jewish Passover tradition, according to the video?
400
Telling the Passover Story
What is the Maggid part of the Haggadah all about? OR What is the central part of the Seder?
500
The Nile turning into blood
What was the first plague of Egypt?
500
Grace after the meal
What is the usual English translation of Birkat HaMazon (or the Barech part of the Haggadah)?
500
Bricks and mortar
What does Charoset (usually a sweet mix of nuts and fruit) represent on the Seder plate?
500
Liberation, redemption, memory
What are some of the main themes of Passover?
500
Rice, beans, corn, lentils, soy, humus
What are kitniyot (types of food usually eaten by Sefardi Jews during Passover but considered not Kosher for Passover by religious Ashkenazi Jews)