Purim Part 1
When Haman’s name is said during Purim, how should people react?
What is saying boo! Or shaking the grogger.
What Jewish holiday do we eat matzah?
What is passover
This holiday celebrates the saving of the Jewish people as told in the book of Esther.
What is Purim
This 8-day “Festive of lights” involves light a menorah and eating fried foods
What is Hanukkah
What shape are hamantaschen's?
What is Triangle
Pastries filled with different fillings that are traditionally eaten at Purim?
What is a Hamantaschen
What is the name of the bread we eat on most Jewish holidays and Shabbat?
What is challah bread
During Purim, it is traditional to read this scroll aloud, often with noisemakers used to drown out the villains.
What is the megillah
This is the Jewish New Year, often celebrated by blowing a ram’s horn called a shofar
What is Rosh Hashanah
Where did everything take place that led to Purim?
What is persia
What is the traditional reading read in Purim?
What is a Megillah, or the book of Esther
What food do Jewish people traditionally NOT eat on Passover?
What is bread
She was the Jewish queen who risked her life by approaching the king to save her people
Who is Queen Esther
On this “Day of atonement” Jewish people typically fast for 25 hours and spend the day in prayer.
What is Yom Kippur
What happened to Hamen?
What is hanged
Why do some people dress up in costumes at Purim?
What is a tradition that Esther initially masked her Jewish identity, so we do too.
What is the main ingredient of food made on Hanukkah?
What is oil
On Purim, people dress up in costumes to symbolize this theme, reflecting how things in the Purim story were not what they first appeared to be.
What is a hidden identity or thing being hidden or revealed
This springtime holiday retells the story of the exodus from Egypt and the 10 plagues
what is Passover or Pesach
Who was Esther’s cousin and guardian?
Who is Mordechai
Where does the grogger name derive from?
What is Polish for “rattle”
What is the name of the minor Jewish holiday celebrating trees and the harvest?
What is Tu Bishvat
what does the word “purim” mean?
What is lots (like a lottery)
This weekly day of rest begins every Friday at sundown and ends Saturday night
what is Shabbat
what is mishloach manot?
What is sending gifts of food to friends