Hebrew
Life Cycle Events
Shabbat
Tzedaka
Holidays
100

What letter makes the sound SH?

Shin

100

What does a Bar/Bat/Bnei Mitzvah celebrate? 

Becoming an adult in the Jewish community and being responsible for keeping the mitzvot to the best of your ability. 

100

When do we celebrate Shabbat?

Every week from Friday night to Saturday night 

100

What object do some people use to give charity?

Tzedaka box

100

What holiday celebrates freedom from slavery in Egypt?

Passover

200

How many vowels make the sound AH?

Two

(Other accepted answer: three)

200

What is an important part of the Bar/Bat/Bnei Mitzvah ceremony?

Calling up the child to the Torah to get an Aliyah 

200

What three things do we have at the Shabbat table?

Candles, grape juice, and challah

200

What is more important: how one gives or what one gives?

How one gives

200

What is the Jewish New Year called?

Rosh Hashanah

300

Which two letters only make a sound when a vowel is under it?

Alef and Ayin

300

What is the name of the ceremony for naming a boy baby?

Brit Milah
300

What story in the Torah does Shabbat come from?

The story of creation. God rested on the seventh day.

300

What does righteousness or justice mean?

Righteousness: being morally right/doing the right thing 

Justice: treating everyone properly 

300

What two miracles do we celebrate on Chanukah?

The oil lasting 8 days and the Jews winning the war against the Greeks. 

400

Which two letters make the sound K?

Koof and Kaf

400
What is a Jewish custom when someone passes away?

Shiva, lighting a memorial candle, placing a stone at the grave. 

400

What ritual do we do at the end of Shabbat? (What is it called?)

Havdallah

400

What four letters are in the word tzedaka?

Tsadee, Daled, Koof, Hey

400

Name 3 of the characters in the Purim story.

King Achashverosh, Queen Vashti, Queen Esther, Mordechai, Haman

500

Which two vowels make the sound OOH?

Vav with a dot in it and the three dots in a diagonal line 

500

What is the name of the cloth that some people wrap the baby in?

The wimple

500

What does the word Kiddush mean?

Holy, Sanctified 

500

What are two examples of Tzedaka on Purim?

Matanot L'Evyonim and Mishloach Manot

500

Name 4 out of 6 things on the Seder Plate.

Egg, bone, charosset, kappas, bitter herbs, lettuce.