Jewish Values
Tikun Olam
What is repairing the world?
The name of the collection of ethical VALUES from our ancestors translated as "Stories of our fathers"?
What is Pirkei Avot?
Name of the Jewish holiday commemorating the Holocaust.
Bonus if you can name the other two holidays closely following this holiday. Think Memorial Day and Independence Day.
What is Yom HaShoah?
Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day)
Yom HaAztmaut (Independence Day)
The Hebrew names for Abraham and Sarah
What are Avraham v'Sarah?
The name of Jacob's father and mother
Who were Isaac and Rebecca?
Tzedakah
What is charitable giving?
The sage who said "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the commentary—go and study it!"
Who is Hillel?
What is truth?
Abraham's father sold these in Ur
What are idols?
The gift that Jacob gave to Joseph that made his brothers jealous
What is the many-colored coat?
Kavod
What is respect or human dignity?
Name the 5 books of Moses (bonus if you know the Jewish name--not Torah)
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Pentateuch
Tzedek means this in english
What is justice?
The names of Sarah and Abraham before Abraham's circumcision/completion of covenant with Gd (Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90)
What are Sarai and Avram
Who were Leah and Rachel? and Who was Rachel?
Kehila
What is Community
Name the three sections of the TaNaKh
Torah
Nevi'im
Ketuvim
Teshuvah means this in English
What is compassion?
Abraham and Sarah traveled from Ur (Mesopotamia) to which nation/land?
What is Canaan? Current day Israel
The nickname given to Jacob by Gd?
What is Israel?
Chesed
What is Kindness or Compassion
Name the Books of Jewish Commentary: Hint--Pirkei Avot is part of this sacred text (containing Jewish oral laws about keeping kosher, how to pay damages, ethics).
Bonus if you can name the two parts of this collection of Rabbinical/Sage Wisdom
What is the Talmud? (Mishnah + commentaries on Mishnah known as Gemara)?
S'licha means this in English
What is forgiveness?
The name of Abraham's nephew who accompianied him and Sarah to Canaan?
Who is Lot?
Name 2 of the 11 brothers of Joseph? Hint: Think of the root of Judaism named after one of the brothers.
Who are Reuben, Judah, Benjamin, Simeon, Levi, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher and Naphtali?