Holidays
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100
It's a mitzvah to eat matza on this holiday.
What is Passover?
100
This occurs on the eighth day of a Jewish baby boy's life.
What is a Brit Milah (circumcision)?
100
He brought the Torah down from Mount Sinai.
Who is Moshe (Moses)?
100
The father of modern Zionism.
Who is Theodore Herzl?
100
The name of a Jewish spiritual leader and its meaning.
What is Rabbi (teacher)?
200
The day on which G-d forgives mistakes for those who feel bad about their errors and want to improve.
What is Yom Kippur?
200
The last thing a Jew should say before dying (if he/she can, of course).
What is Shema Yisrael?
200
The father of monotheism.
Who is Avraham (Abraham)?
200
Prior to 1948, Jews living in Israel were called this.
What are Palestinians?
200
The three main Jewish denominations.
What are Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform?
300
The main Mitzva on Chanukah is this.
What is lighting the Menorah?
300
The name for someone who is old enough to accept the Mitzvot on him or herself.
What is a Bar or Bat Mitzvah?
300
The first of the Jewish people to be a government official.
Who is Yosef (Joseph)?
300
This used to be on the site where the Dome of the Rock now stands.
What is the Beit Hamikdash (Jewish temple)?
300
The prayer in Aramaic recited in a prayer service, often by a mourner.
What is Kaddish?
400
The name for the Jewish New Year for trees.
What is Tu Bishvat?
400
The age at which a scholar is allowed to learn Kabbalistic secrets.
What is age 40?
400
He had a coat of many colors.
Who is Yosef (Joseph)?
400
The first female Prime Minister of Israel.
Who was Golda Meir?
400
The three categories of Jews called to the Torah.
What are Kohen, Levi, and Yisrael?
500
The holiday of Sukkot commemorates this.
What is G-d's protection, the Cloud of Glory that accompanied the Jews in the desert, or the actual huts that the Jews lived in during that time.
500
The number of parts there are in a Jewish wedding.
What is two (Kiddushin and Nissuin)?
500
He destroyed the Jewish Temple.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar? or Who is Titus?
500
Moving to Israel is called this. (Explain why also.)
What is Aliyah? (This also was the name for Jews going up to Jerusalem in ancient times.)
500
Number of people needed for a prayer group.
What is ten?
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