Baby Naming
The Hebrew word Brit means.
What is a covenant?
Commandments by which Jews make the world a more sacred, just, and compassionate place.
What are mitzvot? Or What is a mitzvah?
The canopy under which a Jewish wedding takes place
What is a Chuppah?
One of the 4 letters on the dreidel.
Hay, Nun, Gimmel, or Shin
This staff member was born on Friday the 13th and has a black cat. Spooky.
Who is Jenny?
A brit is a partnership between God and the Jewish people. The Jewish people are agreeing to _______________ and in return, God is agreeing to _______________.
Jewish people are agreeing to be good Jews & in return, God is agreeing to protect them.
Something that you wear when you are reading from the Torah.
What is a talit?
The name for bride or groom in Hebrew.
What is Kallah?
OR
What is Chatan?
These are the heroes of the Hanukkah story.
Who are the Maccabees?
This staff member can juggle.
Who is Sam?
This is when a Hebrew name is used in a person's life.
When is an important Jewish life cycle event?
Give one example of a Mitzvah.
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The number of blessings said in a special part of a Jewish wedding ceremony.
What is seven?
The number 613 of these in the Torah.
What are mitzvot/commandments?
This staff member can speak Dutch.
Who is Alex?
One Hebrew name for the ceremony to bring a Jewish baby into the covenant with God
Brit Milah
Brit Bat
Simchat Bat
Zeved Habat
Brit Ben
Brit Shalom
Brit Chayim
A very special thing you do during your b-mitzvah ceremony.
What is read from the Torah?
One reason why we break the glass during a Jewish wedding.
One comes from a story in the talmud: two different Rabbis were upset at how loud and crazy guests at weddings were so they made a scene and broke some glass and everyone calmed down.
Represents the destruction of the great Temple in Jerusalem. It shows us that we can treasure joy even more even more when we remember how quickly it can end. Even at our happiest hour we remember the tragedy of Jerusalem.
When we are born, G-d shatters our single soul into two parts and it's a mission in life to try and find the other part of our soul and reunite through marriage.
The ceremony that happens at the end of Shabbat.
What is Havdallah?
This staff member has experience playing the saxophone.
Who is Matthew?
This is one ritual that Jewish people do during a baby naming ceremony.
Wrap the baby in a talit
Wash the baby's foot
Say the Kiddish
Say the Schecheyanu prayer
The d'var Torah is a speech you give at your B-Mitzvah about this.
What is your Torah portion?
The name of the Jewish marriage contract.
What is a Ketubah?
This is what Hiddur mitzvah means.
What is to glorify/make special the commandment?
This staff member doesn't like chocolate.
Who is Jeremy?