Bereisheit
What is the first parsha in the Torah
Bereisheit
Names
What are the three pilgrimage holidays
Pesach, Shuvout, and Sukkot
This fruit is supposed to have the same number of seeds are mitzvot in the Torah
Pomegranate
What is the Ner Tamid
The everlasting light
How many levels did the ark contain
3
Who was Moses' father-in-law
Yitro/Jethro
Which holidays are associated with Tashlich and what do we do?
Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur. We symbolically through our sins away.
Name 4 ingredients that go in Moroccan charoset?
Prunes, dates, apricots, apples, raisins, cinnamon, coconut, sugar, grape juice
The 12 tribes come from who's family
In what city did Lot settle
Sodom
What was the second plague called
Frogs/Tzfardeyah
Which Jewish holidays are not listed in the Torah and why?
Channukah and Purim - they occurred after the Torah was written.
What is traditional to eat for Shavuot?
Cheesecake and other dairy foods
What year did Israel become a nation?
1948
What is the first thing that happens in Chayyei Sara
Sarah dies
What happened after Aaron's staff became a serpent
Pharaoh's wisemen/magicians did the same. Then Aaron's serpent ate the Pharaoh's serpents
Which Holiday comes 7 weeks after Passover?
Shavuot
what are the 5 grains that we don't eat on Pesach if they have been in contact with water for more than 18 minutes
Oats, Barley, Rye, Spelt, Wheat
Which countries surround Israel?
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt
Name 2 instances where the younger brother gets preferred treatment over the elder brother.
Abel/Cain, Yitzchak/Ishmael, Ya'akov/Esau, Moshe/Aaron, Yosef/Re'uven, Ephraim/Manasseh
Who was the craftsman who built the ark, the tent of meeting, all of the furniture, etc
Bezalel ben Uri
Name the four Jewish New Years
Rosh Hashanah, Elul 1, Pesach, Tu B'shevat
What is the Hebrew name for Hamantashan?
אוזני המן (oznei Haman)
What is the one prayer/activity required to say/do a Bar/Bat/B'nei Mitzvah?
To have an aliyah. To say the blessing before and after reading from the Torah.