Holidays
This holy day is celebrated on the seventh day of the week.
What is Shabbat or Sabbath?
This is the period of mourning after the passing of a loved one. Written in Hebrew: שִׁבְעָה
What is Shiva?
This is the language the Torah was originally written in.
What is Hebrew?
This man is considered the father of Jewish faith.
Who is Abraham?
This scientist discovered the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This is the Hebrew name for the Jewish celebration of the new year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This is the period of rest and holiness commencing at nightfall on Fridays.
What is Shabbat or Sabbath?
This sacred text is a record of Jewish laws and legends, containing the Gemara and the Mishnah.
What is the Talmud?
This is the belief that there is only one god.
What is monotheism?
This actress plays Black Widow in the Avengers.
Who is Scarlett Johansson?
Passover commemorates this event, which is also the name of the second book of the Torah.
What is Exodus? (the liberation of the Israelite slaves from Egypt)
This is the practice of circumcision performed in Jewish tradition at birth.
What is brit milah or bris?
This is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
These are the two food items not permitted to be eaten together in the Kosher laws.
What are meat and dairy?
This artist wrote "Hashem's" Plan.
Who is Drake?
This holiday is the last day of the Ten Days of Repentance.
What is Yom Kippur?
This is the physical structure under which a Jewish couple stands during their wedding ceremony.
What is Chuppa?
The list of religious precepts given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai.
What is the Ten Commandments or the Decalogue?
This is the ceremony during which a circumcision is performed on Jewish baby boys when they are 8 days old.
What is brit milah or bris?
This American lawyer became the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This holiday marks the defeat of the Seleucid Empire, which tried to prevent the people of Israel from practicing Judaism.
What is Hanukkah?
This is the Hebrew name for the good and bad inclinations which Jewish people believe are present in every person.
What is yetzer hara an yetzer hara?
These are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy?
This is the set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared.
What is kashrut?
This German philosopher helped write the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels.
Who is Karl Marx?