Prayers & Blessings
What short prayer announces G_d's oneness?
What is the Shema?
מֶֽלֶךְ
What is king?
Name two of Adam and Eve's children.
Cain, Abel, Seth
What holiday celebrates the Jews being saved from the Persians killing them?
What is Purim?
What prayer did the Israelites sing after crossing the Red Sea?
What is Mi Chamocah
נְּבִיאִים
What is prophets?
Name one prayer for which we stand up
Shema, Kaddish, Barchu
According to legend, who first wrote down the Torah?
Who is Moses?
Name a Jewish language besides Hebrew
Ladino, Yiddish, Judeo-Italian
Which prayer contains instructions to hang mezuzot outside your house and to lay tifillin?
What is V'ahavtah?
נֵר
What is light/candle?
Name one reason why we bow for certain words.
What is to show respect?
OR
What is because the word 'baruch' and the Hebrew word for knees, 'birkayim', are very similar.
Name both of Moses' siblings
Aaron and Miriam
What is a minyan?
What is a group of 10 or more Jewish adults who gather together to pray?
What prayer do we say on special occasions to celebrate G_d bringing us to this moment?
What is the Shehecheyanu?
מָגֵן
What is a shield?
Name a prayer that is ONLY said in the morning or the evening
Yotzeir Or OR Ma'ariv Aravim
How many children did Jacob have?
13
What is a Jewish ritual bath called?
What is a Mikveh?
What prayer, praising G_d, is recited near the end of services?
What is the Mourner's Kaddish?
רֽוּחַ
What is wind/spirit?
In traditional Jewish communities, how many daily prayer services are there?
Three
Name the five books of the Torah in Hebrew
B'reishit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and D'varim
On what holiday do we mourn the destruction of the temple?