Miscellaneous
What is the Torah made out of?
Animal Skin
How does passover get its name?
The death of the first born plague "passed over" the homes of the Jews in Egypt.
Orthodox Jews believe that ____ has the right to change Jewish practice?
No one! (only G-d)
What sport does Zach play?
Waterpolo!
What is the Tanakh? (i.e. what does it contain?)
Torah, Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings)
Tu B'shvat; Tisha B'Av; Tu B'Av
The main sect that believes that Jews can both be Jewish and assimilate into the surrounding culture is:
Reform Judaism!
What play is Sidney going to be in?
Into the Woods (as Little Red Riding Hood!)
What type of calendar is the Jewish calendar?
Lunisolar
What happens in Israel on both Yom Hashoah (holocaust remembrance day) and Yom HaZikaron (Isreal's memorial day for fallen soldiers)?
A siren can be heard throughout the whole country; everyone stands still and silent
True or False: the menu at the first rabbinic ordination dinner banquet ever held in the United States (by the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College) was NOT kosher?
True!
What is Rudy's Middle Name?
Noa!
What is the name of the language that originated in in Spain and was carried to its present speech areas by the descendants of the Spanish Jews who were expelled from Spain?
Ladino
Tisha B'Av commemorates the destruction of which temple? The 1st or 2nd?
BOTH! They were destroyed on the same date, years and years apart!
Different denominations of Judaism are, at their core, different ____ to different ____.
Different answers to different questions.
10
Name at least 3 of Jacob's children (not including Joseph!)
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, or Benjamin (bonus: his sister Dinah!)
What is the counting of the Omer?
We count the Omer between Pesach and Shavuot - 33rd day period.
_____ Judaism was a reaction to _____ Judaism was a reaction to _____ Judaism (Fill in with: Reform; Conservative; and Orthodox)
Conservative Judaism was a reaction to Orthodox Judaism which was a reaction to Reform Judaism.
What year did Rudy have her Bat Mitzvah
January 2011