The Jewish Calendar & Bonus
What is the Jewish calendar based upon?
cycles of the moon
What makes the pilgrimage feasts unique from other feasts?
They require Jewish people to travel to Jerusalem if able.
What is the name of the horn blown on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Shofar
What does the word "pur" mean?
The lot
What is a Menorah?
The candle used during Hanukkah
What is another word for "yeast"
"leaven"
What does the passover celebrate?
When God delivered His people from slavery in Egypt
What is the most solemn day in the Jewish year?
Yom Kippur
What does Purim celebrate?
God's deliverance of His people during their exile in Persia.
What is the name of the ritual feast that occurs at the beginning of Passover?
What is the Hebrew word for month?
Chodesh
What are the three pilgrimage feasts?
Pesach (passover or the feast of unlearned bread)
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
Sukkot (Feast of Booths)
What day is calls the Jewish people to a time of reflection with God?
Rosh Hashanah
What story in the Bible starts the holiday of Purim?
Esther
What does Hanukkah celebrate?
The religious freedom and rededication of the temple under Judah Maccabee (from hellenization )
What two Jewish Feasts are not mentioned in the Old Testament?
Purim
Where do Jewish people travel during a pilgrimage feasts?
Jerusalem
How many days is between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Ten
Why similarity does Purim have with Halloween?
How many candles are lit in total during the whole celebration of Hanukkah?
8
What is the Jewish name for potato pancakes?
Latkes
What Jewish Holiday calls the people to give to the poor, alien , widowed, fatherless, etc?
Shavuot
10th day of Tishrei
What was the one very interesting and unique fact we learned in the Bible Project video about Esther?
That God isn't mentioned once in the whole book!
Latkes
Apple sauce
Challah
Matzo ball soup