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Holidays
Hebrew Vocabulary
Jewish Symbols
Important People from the Tanach
Jewish Foods
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I celebrate the victory of the Maccabees over the armies of Antiochus IV and the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem
What is Hanukkah?
100
I am the Hebrew word for "Dad"
What is abba?
100
I am the 6-pointed star on the flag of Israel
What is the Magen David (Star of David)?
100
I am the father of monotheism and I followed Adonai to a new land and promised to do everything Adonai asked of me
Who is Abraham?
100
We eat this cracker-like food with haroset and maror
What is matzah?
200
My name means head of the year
What is Rosh Hashana?
200
I am a group of ten Jewish adults needed for public worship
What is a minyan?
200
I am the special box with prayers inside that we place on our doorposts
What is a mezuzah?
200
I am Samuel's mother and I was so happy to finally have a child after many years without children.
Who is Hannah?
200
I am a delicious fried food made from potatoes that you might eat during Hanukkah
What is a latke (or potato pancake)?
300
You celebrate me by retelling the story of our journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom across the sea into the wilderness
What is Pesach (or Passover)?
300
I am the prayerbook we use at our Passover Seder
What is the haggadah?
300
I am the circle-shaped head covering that we can wear on our heads in the sanctuary out of respect.
What is a kippah (or yarmulke)?
300
I led the Israelites into the Promised Land
Who is Joshua?
300
I sometimes float in chicken soup, unless Ms. Burden tries to make me, in which case, I sink like a rock to the bottom of the bowl.
What is a matzah ball?
400
I am observed as the day when Israel got its independence
What is Yom Ha Atz'm'ut?
400
I am the tree of life to the Jewish people and I contain the five books of Moses
What is the Torah?
400
I am the ram's horn that we blow on Rosh Hashana
What is a shofar?
400
I was the first king of Israel
Who was Saul?
400
I am made of chopped fish and formed into a tiny little loaf and usually served with horseradish, but some people really don't like to eat me.
What is gefilte fish?
500
I am the most special and precious holiday you can observe in Judaism
What is Shabbat?
500
I am the leather wrappings and boxes that Mr. Kersey wears during our T'filah?
What are T'fillin?
500
I am the fringes that hang from the corners of our prayer shawl, which symbolize the 613 mitzvot
What are tzitzit?
500
I tricked my brother into giving me his birthright by offering him a bowl of soup
Who is Jacob?
500
I am the twisted bread that is eaten on Shabbat, but my name is really all about the little pinch of dough that is removed from me before I am baked.
What is challah?