Passover Quiz!
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What is the name of the Jewish place of worship?
Synagogue
If something is not Kosher, it is ...?
Trefah
What is Shabbat? When does it begin and when does it end?
The Jewish day of rest/The Seventh Day/Sunset Friday - Sunset Saturday
The Torah contains how many books?
Name a famous public figure Jewish person
Might include: Einstein/Freud/Rabbi Jonathan Sacks/Judith Kerr (other possible of course!)
Why would a Jew not eat a cheeseburger?
Because it mixes meat and dairy
Who is considered the Father of Judaism (and indeed, the three faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)?
Abraham
Why is a pig Trefah?
What is the Hebrew term for the Jewish Food Laws?
Kashrut
What are the five books of the Torah?
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
What is the little cap called worn by Orthodox Jewish men and all Jews who so wish in Reform/Progressive Judaism?
Kippah/Yamulke
What is the word beginning with 'D' which means the "scattering" of the Jewish people all of the world?
Diaspora
Name three Jewish symbols...
7 X 80 + 53 = ?
(and tell me what this refers to...)
613 mitvot/mitzvah/commandments
What is the first and last day of the week in Judaism?
Sunday and Shabbat (Saturday)
Jesus and his disciples were celebrating what festival and meal when he said "One of you will betray me"
Passover / The Seder Meal
Ladino is the dialect spoken by which group of Jews?
Sephardic
Where are the Torah Scrolls kept?
Holy Ark/Aaron Hakodesh
Name two famous "New Yorker" foods the Ashkenazi Jews brought with them from Europe to the US ..! (P and B.... - one of these has a hole in the middle)
Pretzels and Bagels!
The Spanish government has offered citizenship to which group of Jews who were evicted in 1492 from this part of Europe?
Sephardic Jews/Sephardim
What is the name of the little capsule found in the wall at the entrance of Jewish homes containing a special prayer on parchment paper.
BONUS: what is the name of this prayer?
Mezuzah
(the name of the prayer is the Shemah)
The Torah Scrolls are not written on normal paper. What are they written on? What is the name of this material?
Parchment (animal skin)
Tell me the Hebrew for "Eternal Light" and tell me what this is and where you can find it.
"Ner Tamid"
What was the name of the two-letter region where Abraham was from, and in what present-day country is this!? (Clue: Pope's visit?)
Ur (in present day Iraq) Pope Francis visited the Muslim leader Ayatollah Al-Sistani this year.