Shabbat
Holidays
Prayers
Culture and History
Miscellaneous
100

This is when Shabbat starts every week.

What is "sunset" or "a few minutes before sunset"?

100

This "Festival of Flatbread" takes place in the spring.

What is Pesach (or Passover)?

100

This is the central prayer of Judaism.

What is Sh'ma?

100

Ashkenazi Jews originally come from this part of the world.

What is Germany and Eastern Europe?

100

There are this many books in the Torah.

What is five?

200

These are the typical greetings Jews say to each other on Shabbat.

What are "Shabbat Shalom" or "Gut Shabbos"?

200

This holiday marks the beginning of a new Hebrew year. 

What is Rosh Hashanah?

200

These are the words of the Sh'ma prayer.

What is sh'ma yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai ekhad?

200

Sephardic Jews originally came from this part of the world.

What is the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)?

200

These two countries are where the vast majority of Jews live today.

What are Israel and the United States?
300

This ceremony marks the end of Shabbat and the return to the normalcy of life.

What is havdalah?

300

This Festival of Booths takes place after the High Holidays.

What is Sukkot?

300

This is what the Sh'ma prayer means in English.

What is "Hear O Israel: HaShem is our G!d, HaShem is one"?

300

Mizrahi Jews originate from this part of the world.

What is North Africa and the Middle East?

300

There are approximately this many Jews living today.

What is around 16 million?

400

This is the correct order of the bread, candle, and wine blessings on Shabbat.

What is candles, wine, then bread?

400

This wintertime holiday, which comes from the rabbis not the Torah, originally celebrated a military victory but eventually came to also celebrate a miracle.

What is Chanukkah?

400

This version of a common prayer is used to transition between different parts of the service.

What is the khatzi kaddish?

400

This language, spoken by Jews hailing from Europe, combines Hebrew and German.

What is Yiddish?

400

This is the year that the Jewish Congregation of New Paltz was founded.

What is 1964?

500

There are 36 categories of this thing which are prohibited on Shabbat.

What is work?

500

This harvest holiday, which also celebrates G!d giving the Torah to the Jewish people, is celebrated over the summer.

What is Shavuot?

500

Most Jewish prayers are in Hebrew. This is the other language that some of our prayers are written in.

What is Aramaic?

500

This language, spoken by some few Sephardic Jews, combines Hebrew and Spanish?

What is Ladino?

500

The majority of Ashkenazi Jews can trace their lineage back to this small number of men and women.

What is seven men and four women?