By the Book
Customs
Good Reads
What's in a Name?
Eat or be Eaten
100

We use this book during the Pesach Seder instead of our regular prayer book.

What is the Haggadah?

100

On Rosh Hashanah, we hear this Biblical instrument.

What is the Shofar?

100
On Rosh Hashanah we read the story of the Akeida, when G-d tells Abraham to sacrifice this person. 

Who is Isaac?

100

Some people say that the triangular pastries we eat on Purim resemble this mans hat. 

Who is Haman?

100

Some people practice the ritual of tashlikh by throwing bread crumbs into a body of water to symbolize getting rid of their sins. They hope that these animals will eat the bread so that their sins will disappear.

What are ducks and fish?

200

Tu B'Shevat comes from this book's teachings.

What is the Talmud?

200

This is the common Hebrew greeting at the end of Shabbat.

What is Shavua Tov? (Good Week)

200

On Yom Kippur we want our names to be written in this book.

What is the Book of Life?

200

The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are called this.

What are the Days of Awe?

200

On Yom Kippur, we read the Biblical story of Jonah. In it, Jonah gets swallowed by this animal, not to be confused with the one that swallows Pinocchio. 

What is a big fish?

300

On Purim we read from this book.

What is the Megillat Esther?

300

Many people wear this color on Yom Kippur to symbolize holiness and purity.

What is white?

300

On Simchat Torah we celebrate finishing and starting to read this.

What is the Torah?

300

These two holidays, along with Shavout, are sometimes called the Pilgrimage Festivals.

What are Pesach and Sukkot?

300

Squirrels love to eat this when it's hanging from the sukkah.

What is corn?

400

This name never appears in the Purim story.

 What is G-d?

400

On Simchat Torah we often do this fun activity.

What is dance with the Torah?

400

This is not one of the five books of Moses. Prologues, Bereishit, or Shemot?

What is Prologues?

400

Sukkot is also known as Hag HaAsif or the Holiday of the Gathering, which refers to this Fall event.

What is harvesting the crops?

400

Some people eat fish heads on Rosh Hashanah for this reason. 

What is it symbolizes we are at the "head of the year" or start of the year?

500

The Pesach story comes from this book in the Torah?

What is Shemot or Exodus?

500

A sukkah and a camping tent have this in common. 

What is some people eat and sleep in both?
500

The last book of the Torah that we finish reading on Simchat Torah is called this. 

What is Devarim?

500

Simchat Torah is celebrated on the same day as this holiday in Israel.

What is Shemini Atzeret?

500

This Hebrew words means fit or proper.

What is kosher?

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