Torah Time
According to tradition, Shavuot marks the giving of?
What is the Torah?
This dairy dessert is one of the most recognized Shavuot foods in America.
What is cheesecake?
This mountain is traditionally associated with the giving of the Torah.
What is Mount Sinai?
This biblical scroll is read publicly on Shavuot
What is Megillat Ruth?
This counting period connects Passover to Shavuot.
What is the Omer?
In which Hebrew month the Torah was given to the Israelites.
What is Sivan?
Some explain dairy foods are eaten because the numerical value of the Hebrew word “chalav” equals this number.
What is 40?
The Torah describes Mount Sinai as covered with this because God descended upon it in fire.
What is smoke?
Ruth demonstrated this quality by remaining loyal to Naomi.
What is loyalty or kindness?
The custom of staying awake all night learning Torah is known by this Hebrew name.
What is Tikkun Leil Shavuot?
This medieval sage explained that the Israelites had to spiritually prepare for three days before receiving the Torah.
Who is Rashi?
After receiving the Torah, the Israelites could not immediately prepare meat according to these laws.
What are the laws of kashrut?
This sound grew increasingly louder before the Ten Commandments were given.
What is the shofar blast?
Ruth gathered leftover grain in the fields according to this Torah commandment for the poor.
What is leket?
Shavuot is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals known collectively by this Hebrew term.
What are the Shalosh Regalim?
According to the Talmud, God held this over the Israelites at Sinai as a sign of the seriousness of accepting the Torah.
What is a mountain?
In many Sephardic communities, this stuffed pastry filled with cheese is traditionally eaten on Shavuot.
What are borekas?
According to tradition, Mount Sinai was chosen because it was this type of mountain compared to others.
What is humble or low?
This wealthy landowner married Ruth.
Who is Boaz?
In Temple times, two loaves made from this grain were brought as a special Shavuot offering.
What is wheat?
This tractate of the Mishnah contains many of the agricultural laws connected to Shavuot and first fruits.
What is Bikkurim?
One custom links dairy foods to this biblical phrase describing the Land of Israel.
What is “a land flowing with milk and honey”?
This Hebrew word describes the covenant established between God and the Jewish people at Sinai.
What is brit?
The genealogy at the end of Ruth connects her family line to this future Jewish redeemer.
Who is the Messiah?
Who was the king, according to tradition, was born and died on Shavuot
Who is King David.