Hebrew
This is the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet
What is alef?
We celebrate this holiday every week.
What is Shabbat?
This scroll in a decorative case is put on our doorways.
What is a mezzuzah?
These two people are the first people we read about in the Torah.
Who are Adam and Eve?
This prayer is considered our central prayer and reminds us of one God.
What is the Sh'ma?
These three Hebrew letters spell Shabbat.
What is Shin, Bet, Tav
This holiday celebrates our freedom from slavery.
What is Passover?
What is the Torah?
He built an ark for his family and pairs of animals to survive a flood.
Who is Noah?
This is our "call to prayer."
These are three things that make Hebrew different than English.
What are: we read Hebrew from right to left, Hebrew has vowels that go under or over the letters, Hebrew has no capital or lower case letters.
This holiday celebrates the birthday of trees.
What is Tu B'Shevat?
In English, this light hanging in the front of our sanctuary is often called the "eternal light."
What is the ner tamid?
His father made him a special coat which made his brothers very jealous.
Who is Joseph?
This song appears in the Torah and was first sung when the Hebrew people were crossing the Sea of Reeds.
What is "Mi Chamocha?"
These three Hebrew letters are the root for HOLY.
What are koof, dalet and shin?
These holidays are ten days apart. One is the New Year and the other is the Day of Atonement.
What are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
This is the name of our prayerbook.
What is the Mishkan T'Filah?
She saved the Jewish people from death by marrying the King of Shushan.
Who is Esther?
This prayer follows the Sh'ma and talks about loving God.
What is the V'Ahavta?
These five Hebrew letters all have a "final" form.
What is chaf, mem, nun, fey and tsadee.
This holiday is when we celebrate the wheat harvest in Israel and also the giving of Torah on Mount Sinai.
What is Shavuot?
Most people put on this prayer shawl for the first time at their Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
What is a tallit?
These three siblings helped the Hebrew people leave Egypt and led them towards Israel.
Who are Moses, Miriam and Aaron.
These are the three names for our central prayer, sometimes known as the Standing Prayer.
What are the Amidah, the Shemoneh Esreh and Tefillah?