Jewish Tradition
Hebrew
Chanukah
General JEDI
100

This is the amount of candles that we light for Shabbat dinner

What is 2? Double the points - Why 2?

100

These letters make the sounds V D Z respectively.

What sounds does ב ד ז make?

100

This is the name of the "Bad guy"

What is Antiochos? double - This sounds like what Yiddish word?

100

This is what J.E.D.I. stand for

What is "Jewish Education Development Initiative"?

200
TRIPLE POINTS!

These are the three groups that are from a lower social-economic standing, that the Torah specifically states that we need to help.


What are the Foreigner, Orphan, Widow? Double the triple! How do you say these in Hebrew?

200

This is the  amount of different letters in the Hebrew Alphabet (Finite letters do not count as a different letter)

What is 22? double - How many are "Vowel letters"?

200

This is the amount of brothers that Judah had.

What is 4?

200

The Ashkenazi Jews Generally originate from this area of the world

What is the significant of Eastern Europe? double - Where do Shephardi Jews come from?

300

This is the amount of books in the Torah

What is 5? Double the points - name 3 books

300

The practice of writing the sound of a word from one language with letters from the other

What is "Transliteration"?

300

That is the origin of the word "Macabee"

What is a old Jewish word for Hammer?

300

These are the groups of the JEDI program

What are the "Younglings" and the "Padawans"?

400
One way of translating this would be: Justice/Charity

What is the translation for Tzedakah צדקה?

400

His name is שַׁי, but he is not so שַׁי

Who is Shai (me) :)

400

He was the first leader of the rebellion against the Greeks

Who was Matityahu?

400

This animal is lost due to an unfortunate bathroom incident

Why are there no Unicorns?

500

These are the kind of things that we have to "postpone Shabbat" for.

What is Piku'ach Nefesh?

500

These are the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 in Hebrew

What are: אַחֵד שְׁתַּיִים שָׁלוֹשׁ אַרְבַּע חָמֵשׁ?

500

This is the amount of candles 3 Chanuki'yot uses during the first 5 days of Chanukah

What is 60?

500

these are 4 different Jewish foods that we have had

What are: Pickles, Bagels, Gefillteh fish, Sufgani'yot, Strudel, Challah, Knishes?