Some Basics
The number of books in the Torah
What is five (5)?
The Spiritual Value of the Hay Class
What is Tikkun Olam?
The Hebrew word for giving charity
What is tzedakah?
The language of Jewish prayer
What is Hebrew?
The prayer before we begin Torah study
What is: Baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech haolam asher kidshanu b'mitsvotav v'tzivanu laasok b'divrey Torah?
The number of portions in the Torah
What is 54?
We do this in synagogue on Shabbat morning. It helps us learn about our history and additional mitzvot
What is reading the weekly Torah portion/parsha?
The prayer that declares our belief in only one God
What is the Shema?
The third book of the Torah?
(in Hebrew or English)
What is Leviticus/Vayikra?
Define: Tikkun Olam
What is ‘repair of the world’?
The mitzvah of Passover
What is ‘telling the story’/reading the Haggadah?
The blessing that begins the prayer service
What is the Barchu?
Another name for the Bible
What is the Tanach?
The Hebrew word for the Five Books of Moses comes from the number five in Hebrew
What is Chumash?
The number of commandments listed in the Torah
What is 613?
The prayer of transition/change
What is MiChamocha?
The three parts that comprise the Tanach (in Hebrew or in English)
What are: The Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim?
What are: the Five Books, Prophets and Writings?
The fifth book of the Torah – (in Hebrew or English)
What is D’Varim/Deuteronomy?
Helping someone find work or a job so that he or she can earn money for himself or herself
What is the highest level of Maimonides Ladder of Tzedakah?
The Hebrew name of the morning prayers
What is Shacharit?