7th Grade Mid-Year Fun!

Prayer

100

This prayer begins with the Hebrew word for "Listen."

Sh'ma

200

In this prayer, we call upon the good deeds of our ancestors.

Avot v'Imahot

300

This prayer, usually found toward the beginning of a service, is often called the Call to Worship.

Bar'chu

400

This prayer is often thought of as the Jewish Pledge of Allegiance.

Sh'ma

500

The Mourner's Kaddish is written in this ancient language.

Aramaic

Tzedakah

100

This is the number of different ways to give tzedakah, according to one ancient philosopher.

Eight

200

The lowest form of tzedakah is giving with this kind of attitude.

Grudgingly

300

This is the meaning of the Hebrew word "tzedakah."

Justice or Righteousness

400

This is the highest form of giving tzedakah.

Giving a person the opportunity to be able to support themselves.

500

This is the name of the philosopher who invented the eight rungs of tzedakah.

Maimonides

G*d

100

This is what we call a person who does not believe in G*d.

Atheist

200

This is the Hebrew word that we say instead of pronouncing: יהוה

Adonai

300

This Biblical person destroyed his father's idols to prove that there was only one G*d.

Abraham

400

This famous scientist said, "Religion without science is blind; science without religion is lame."

Albert Einstein

500

This is what we call a person who is not sure whether or not there is a G*d.

Agnostic

G*d Ideas

100

This is the idea that there is a G*d because there is a Creator who created order in the world.

Watchmaker

200

This is the idea that G*d is the energy that surrounds and connects us all.

The Force

300

This is the idea that there is a G*d because something inside us tells us right from wrong.

Jiminy Cricket

400

This idea is that G*d oversees everything that goes on in the world.

Ruler of the Universe

500

This is the moral of the "Two Boats and a Helicopter" story.

G*d is found in the goodness of people around us.

Potpourri

100

According to Shimon HaTzadik, the world stands on these three things.

Torah, Worship, Deeds of Lovingkindness

200

This is what the word "Mitzvah" means.

Commandment

300

This is the German word for "Night of Broken Glass."

Kristallnacht

400

This is the name of the train which took thousands of children to safety during the Holocaust.

Kindertransport

500

This is the number of candles in a box of Chanukah candles (the number needed for the entire festival).

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