Values
This value means "charity" or "righteousness" and it is about giving money to those in need. It is also the name of the money we collect in boxes.
What is "tzedakah"?
This word starts most Hebrew prayers and means "blessed".
What is "baruch"?
This is the name of the heroine of the story of Purim, and the book about Purim is named after her.
Who is Esther?
This is the name of the candelabrum we light on Chanukkah?
What is menorah (or hanukkiah)?
This value means "dedication" and is also the name of a holiday we celebrate often in December when we give gifts and light a candelabrum.
What is "Chanukkah"?
This is the blessing over the bread.
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-motzi lechem min ha-aretz.
This is the name for a Purim play.
What is a shpiel?
What is a "sukkah"?
This value means to take a rest and it is the Hebrew word for the Sabbath.
What is "Shabbat"?
This is a six word prayer that some say is the most important of all prayers whose first word means "listen".
What is the Sh'ma?
This is the name of the villain of Purim whose name we blot our with groggers.
Who is Haman?
This is the appropriate greeting for Rosh HaShanah which literally means "a good year."
What is "shanah tovah"?
This value means "separation" and it is also the name of the ceremony we do to mark the end of the Sabbath.
What is "havdalah"?
This long prayer is a paragraph that is about love that begins with the phrase, "and you shall love".
What is the ve-ahavta?
This is the name of the city where the Purim story takes place.
What is Shushan?
On the Jewish holiday of T'u Bishvat, we celebrate the birthday of these.
What are "the trees"?
This value means "repairing the word" and it is about doing good deeds to make the word a better place.
What is "tikkun olam"?
This is Israel's national anthem that in English is called "The Hope".
What is "Ha-Tikvah"?
This is the month when Purim takes place which is also the month when the Jews were to be attacked on the 14th day.
What is Adar?
This is the name of Israeli Independence Day in Hebrew (hint: we discussed it last week).
What is Yom HaAtzma'ut?