Welcoming Shabbat
Prayers of Erev Shabbat
Hebrew words!
Hanukkah!
הַבְדָּלָה
100

This is the day and time that shabbat begins.

What is Friday night (at sunset/with three stars?)

100

The Proverb that is said over the wife during the blessing of the wife.

What is Proverbs 31 (v. 10-31)?

100

The root of the word for blessing.

What is ב-ר-ך?

100
The 3rd blessing that is said on only the first night of Hanukkah

What is the שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ (Shehecheyanu)?

100

This ritual marks the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the weekday.

What is הַבְדָּלָה?

200

These are lit before the Erev Shabbat service to represent bringing peace and light into the home.

What are Sabbath candles?

200

The meaning of the prayer said over wine and/or grape juice.

What is Sanctify/Sanctification?
200

The prefix that means "in".

What is ב?

200

The word that is different in the blessing of lighting the hanukkiah compared to the blessing of the sabbath.

? חֲנֻכָּה What is 

200

During Havdalah this fragrant item is smelled to symbolize a sweet week ahead.

What is fragrant incense (cloves and cinnamon)?

300

This Hebrew word refers to the intention and focus behind prayers and rituals.

What is Kavanah? כַּוָּנָה

300

In the blessings over the sons, these sons are mentioned.

Who are Ephraim and Menasseh?

300

The root letters/word that means remember or memory.

What is ז-כ-ר?

300

The phrase that the dreidel represents (not in Israel).

?נס גדול היה שם What is   

300

Families often use this ritual to carry a bit of Shabbat's light into the coming week.

What is extinguishing the flame in the wine/grape juice?

400

This Psalm, traditionally sung on Friday night, describes G-d's creation of the world.

What is Psalm 92

400

Many families stand at the doorway of their home while singing this blessing on Friday night.

What is Shalom Aleichem? שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם

400

The Hebrew word that means to light.

What is לְהַדְלִיק?

400
The word that is different when playing dreidel in Israel.

?פה What is

400

Four things we are specifically blessing G-d about in the blessing of Havdalah.

What is wine, spices, fiery lights, and the separation of holy from mundane?
500

These two words represent key themes in Shabbat.זכור & שמור

What is to remember and to guard?

500

The two psalms that can be said over the husband on as a blessing at the Friday night service.

What is Psalm 1 and what is Psalm 112?
500

The Hebrew word for love.

What is אַהֲבָה?

500

The weapon that Judah Maccabee took from Apollonius and used for the rest of the military campaigns.

What is a sword?

500

The meaning of the connection between Havdalah candle and our fingernails. 

What is seeing and appreciating the Havdalah light?

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