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BETH HAVERIM SHIR SHALOM FUN FACTS
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ISRAEL
100
The three uses of the word Shalom
What is hello, goodbye and Peace
100
This is a Hebrew word for House of friends
What is Beth Haverim?
100
This deep fried potato pancake is commonly called what.
What is a Latke?
100
The villain in the Purim Story.
Who is Haman?
100
This is the capital of Israel
What is Jerusalem?
200
The Hebrew word for Yarmulke
What is Kippah?
200
Rabbi Mosbacher roots for this baseball team
What are the White Sox?
200
A Jewish number representing good luck
We dip apples in this sweet food to symbolize the ultra-sweet year we hope G-d will grant us.
200
The name of the piece of Matzoh hidden during the Seder on Passover
What is the Afikoman?
200
This body of water is the lowest place on Earth
What is the Dead Sea?
300
The first and last letter of the Hebrew Alphabet
What is Aleph and Tav?
300
Everything one were to need in the office is taken care of by one of these two ladies
Who are Iris and Lisa?
300
This blend of fruit and nuts symbolized the mortar which our forefathers used to build the pyramids.
What is Charoset?
300
Ritual performed on Saturday night to end the Sabbath
What is Havdalah?
300
True or False Israel is ranked number 10 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the U.S.
What is False? It is ranked number 2
400
The section of the reading from the prophets recited in synagogue after the Torah
What is the Haftorah?
400
Double Jeopardy This was Rabbi Kirzane’s last name before he married Jessica Kirzner
What was Crane?
400
A briney delight brought to America by German Jewish immigrants
What is a pickle?
400
This happens when you spin a dreidel and land on gimmel
What is winning the whole pot?
400
Leading Port city in Israel
What is Haifa?
500
What the words Mazel Tov actually means
What is Good Luck?
500
Rabbi Mosbacher roots for this college football team
What is University of Wisconsin?
500
This frothy drink said to have been invented by a Jewish owner of a Brooklyn candy shop
What is an egg cream?
500
This holiday commemorates the receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai
What is Shavuot?
500
The official emblem of the State of Israel
What is the Menorah?