Passover - Shavuot Jeopardy Game #2

Counting the Omer

100

When do we start Counting The Omer

Second night of Passover

200

For How many weeks do we count the Omer?

Seven

300

What Holiday Do we celebrate after we finish counting the Omer?

Shavuot 

400

What does Omer Mean?

Sheaf

A sheaf is a bunch of grain ( in the context of counting the omer... barley) bound together after reaping. 

500

What does Shavuot mean?

How is the name of this holiday connected to the counting of the omer?

Weeks

The holiday is called Shavuot because we count the seven weeks between the holiday of Passover and Shavuot

Passover

100

What is happening in the Seder when we say this blessing

.בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן

We are about to have one of the 4 cups of wine or grape juice.

200

The 14th step of the Passover Seder is Hallel (Praises)

The standard group of psalms that make up a full Hallel is recited at this point. A blessing is recited over the last cup of wine and it is drunk.

Q: In Which section of the Tanakh  are all the psalms found?

Ketuvim (Writings)

300

The ________ is half of the middle matzah that is broken in the fourth step of the seder, yachatz. It is customary to hide the ________, and the person who finds it gets a prize! The ________ is eaten last of all at the seder, during step 12, tzafun.

Afikoman

400

What is happening when we sing or say these words;

.לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשָלָיִם הַבְּנוּיָה

We have reached the end of the formal Seder. The words express our desire to celebrate in Jerusalem next year.

500

Name Five of the symbolic items that might be found on a Passover Seder Plate.

• Shankbone, zeroa, symbolizes the lamb that was sacrificed in ancient days
• Roasted egg, beitzah, represents the Passover offering of ancient days, as well as the wholeness and continuing cycle of life
• Bitter herbs, maror, a reminder of the bitter lives of the Hebrew slaves
• Charoset, the mixture of apples, nuts, sweet wine, cinnamon and sugar in the Ashkenazic fashion or dates, nuts and sweet wine in the Sephardic tradition, reminds us of the bricks and mortar made by the Hebrew slaves
• Greens, karpas, symbolizes spring, the time of year when Passover takes place

Vocabulary

100

סְבִיבוֹן

Dreidel

200

שָׁנָה

Year

300

אֶתמוֹל

Yesterday

400

זְמַן

Time

500

כוֹכָבִים

Stars

Vocab

100

שָׁבוּעַ

Week

200

חוֹדֶשׁ

Month

300

מִזְרָח

East

400

גְלִידָה

Ice Cream

500

שָׁעָה

Hour

???

100

יוֹם

Day

200

What does Amidah mean?

Standing

300

Name the current Hebrew year

5781

400

Name 6 Hebrew months

(Double points if you can name them all)

What is Tishrei, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul

500

On what holiday do we read the Book of Ruth during the holiday's services.

Shavuot

Customarily, the Book of Ruth, part of the section of the Bible known as Writings, is read during services on Shavuot. Ruth was a young Moabite woman who married an Israelite man. When her husband died, she followed her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Israel and adopted the Jewish faith and people as her own. To feed herself and Naomi, she gleaned in the field of Boaz, a rich man. Boaz is taken with her, and eventually they marry. Among their descendants is the famed King David.

The theme of Ruth’s conversion to Judaism is central to this story.