Parts of the Torah
Weekly Torah Portions
What is the parasha?
Total number of commandments
613
Blessings for wine and for bread
Kiddush and Motzi
Hanukkah is the Festival of...
Lights
Potato pancakes fried in oil served at Hanukkah
Latkes
The written version of the Torah
What is the chumash?
Where did G-d give the 10 commandments to Moses?
Mount Sinai
Recite the beginning of many Hebrew blessings
Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha`olam.
Name for the Hanukkah food of a jelly donut
Sufganiyot
How many questions are asked during the Passover Seder?
4
The atzei chayim
What are the two wooden shafts that attach the Torah scrolls
The bonus rule in Shayna's 5th Grade Class
HAVE FUN
Write the word for PEACE in Hebrew
שׁלום
In Israel, what letter replaces Shin on the dreidel
Peh
The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. One of the traditions is the blowing of the shofar. The shofar is traditionally made out of the horn of what animal
Ram
The five books of Torah?
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Name 5 out of the 10 commandments
1) I am the Lord thy god, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2) Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
3) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4) Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
5) Honor thy father and thy mother.
6) Thou shalt not murder.
7) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8) Thou shalt not steal.
9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against they neighbor.
10) Thou shalt not covet anything that belongs to thy neighbor.
Write the word ISRAEL in Hebrew
ישראל
On the first night of Hanukkah we say an additional prayer
Shehecheyanu
The most important holiday in Judaism is Yom Kippur, what does this mean?
Day of Atonement
Name the three words that make up the acronym TANAKH
Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim
Describe the two different categories the 10 commandments fall into
1. A covenant between you and Adonai
2. A covenant between you and your peers
Read this word: עִברִית
*Bonus points if you know what it means!
Hebrew
The 4 letters on the Dreidel; Nun, Gimmel, Hey and Shin, are mnemonics for the phrase 'Nes Gadol Hayah Sham. What does this translate to?
A great miracle happened there
The holiday of Purim celebrates events that happened in which book of the Bible?
Esther