Famous Dates
ג תשרי
צום גדליה
How many walls must a sukkah have?
2 plus a tefach of a third
I am a kohen, but was not born a kohen. I also have a parsha named after me.
Pinchas
Spell the lower school Judaic Studies principal, Morah Sarah's, last name.
Richter
What megillah do we read on sukkot?
Kohelet
In Hebrew, what is the theme of the year?
Kavanah
What is the date of Purim?
יד אדר
Who are the 7 Ushpizin?
Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe, Aaron, Yosef, David (order does not matter).
I was David's head general.
Yoav
Which is the smallest grade in the middle school?
6th grade (77 kids)
List 3 alternative names for sukkot
Chag HaAsif, Zman Simchateinu, Chag
What does כוונה mean?
Mindfulness (focus)
ה אייר
Yom Haatzmaut
In what parsha in the Torah are we told to dwell in the sukkah?
Emor
I collected leket for my mother-in-law.
Ruth
Dr. Fine is the head of the STEM program. What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
What are all the brachot said at kiddush on the first night of sukkot?
בורא פרי הגפן
מקדש ישראל הזמנים
לישב בסוכה
שהחיינו
What was the theme of the year last year?
Shemita
The Hebrew date for the first night of counting the Omer.
טז ניסן
Which 2 holidays in the Torah are called Atzeret?
Shmini Atzeret and Shavuot
I lived the longest out of anybody in the Tanach.
Metushelach
What are all the colors of the SAR logo? (7 colors)
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Purple
Demonstrate the correct way to shake a לולב and אתרוג - you must say the ברכה (without God's name) first. (Assume this is not your first time shaking.)
לולב ביד שמאול (הדסים ימין, ערבות שמאול) ואתרוג ביד ימין אם פתאום למטה.
ברוך אתה ה אלקינו מלך העולם אשר קדישנו במצותיו וציונו על נטילת לולב.
עכשו פתאום למלעה.
Then… Shake: forward, right, back, left, up, down
What does the שרש of the theme of the year (כִּווּן) mean?
Direction
Simchat Torah in Israel
כב תשרי
The pitum protrudes from one side of the etrog. What protrudes from the other?
Ukatz or oketz
I am the wife of Aharon Hakohen.
Elisheva.
Who is the associate principal of the ELC?
Alana Gelnick
What are the 2 Torah portions that we read on שמחת תורה (in חו"ל)?
זאת הברכה
בראשית (פרק א)
Who is in charge of making the theme of the year music video and song?
Morah Ali