Torah Portion
This is the amount that the Jews were required to contribute to the building of the mishkan (tabernacle)
What is a HALF SHEKEL?
אָבַטִיח
What is A-VA-TI-ACH? (English: watermenlon)
הָשֵׁם שֶׂלִי יוֹסֵף
What is HA SHAME SHEH-LEE YO-SAFE? (English: my name is Yosef/Joe)
This is the war that took place in 1967 that lasted six days
What is the SIX DAY WAR?
This is the stage of the frog life cycle between full grown frog and egg
What is a TADPOLE?
These are the two people who were in charge of overseeing the building of the mishkan (tabernacle)
Who are BETZALEL and AHOLIAV?
מְלָפְפוֹן
What is MI-LA-FI-FONE? (English: cucumber)
בְּרוּחִים הָבָּאִים
What is BROO-CHIM HA-BA-IM? (English: welcome everyone)
This is a country that borders Israel (name one)
What is EGYPT/JORDAN/LEBANON/SYRIA?
This is the largest species of bear
What are POLAR BEARS?
This is the reason that the Jews started to panic at Mount Sinai
תָפּוּח אָדַמַה
What is TA-POO-ACH A-DAH-MAH? (English: potato)
הָיוֹם אָנִי לוֹמֵד/לוֹמֶדֶת
What is HA-YOM ANI LO-MADE/LO-MEDET? (English: today I am learning)
These are the two colors displayed on the Israeli flag
What are BLUE and WHITE?
This famous Roman emperor has a type of salad named after him
Who is JULIUS CEASER?
This is what the Jews built for themselves to be a new God
What is the GOLDEN CALF?
מִיץ תָפּוּזִים
What is MEETZ TA-POO-ZEEM? (English: orange juice)
אָנִי מָאַמִין בְּנִיסִים
What is ANI MA-AMIN BI-NI-SEEM? (English: I believe in miracles)
This is the amount of Jews living in Israel today
What are SIX MILLION Jews?
This is the process water undergoes when it heats up into vapor and collects in the sky
What is EVAPORATION?
This is what Moses did in reaction to seeing what the Jews had done
What is SMASHING THE TABLETS (that the ten commandments were written on)?
שָׁלוֹם עָלֵיכֶם
What is SHALOM A-LAY-CHEM? (English: "peace be upon you" - common greeting)
אָנַחְנוּ אוֹהָבִים לָלֶכֶת לְבֵּית סֵפֶּר
What is A-NACH-NU O-HAV-IM LA-LE-CHET LI-BEIT-SEFER? (English: we love to go to school)
This man was the first prime minister of the modern state of Israel (hint: he was one of the options of people to draw in when we planted parsley on the cups)
Who is DAVID BENGURION?
This is the approximate amount of pizzas that all Americans combined eat in one year
What is approximately 3 BILLION pizzas? (about 46 slices per American every year)