Hebrew words from Torah
Hebrew words from siddur
Holidays
Tefillah - Prayer
Miscellaneous
100

This word means "peace" and is also used as a greeting.

What is שלום/shalom?

100

This word means "blessed," and appears at the beginning of many Hebrew blessings.

What is ברוך/barukh?

100

We celebrate this holiday by reading the Megillah and dressing in costumes.

What is Purim?

100

This prayer begins with the Hebrew words meaning, "Hear O Israel."

What is the Shema?

100

The Magen David/Jewish star has this many points.

What is six?

200

This word means "light" and appears throughout the Torah, notably in Genesis 1.

What is אור/or?

200

This word means "king" and appears in many blessings.

What is מלך/melekh?

200

This is the holiday that comes right after Yom Kippur. 

What is Sukkot?

200

This is the blessing that calls the community to prayer.

What is the Barekhu?

200

This is how many books of the Torah there are.

What is five?

300

This word means "earth" or "ground" and is related to the name of the first person G!d created.

What is אדמה/adamah?

300

This frequently-said word means something like "I agree" or "Me too."

What is אמן/amein?

300

This holiday, also called the "Festival of Weeks," occurs 50 days after Passover and is one of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals.

What is Shavuot?

300

This is the prayer we say to mourn for deceased loved ones.

What is the kaddish yatom/mourner's kaddish?

300

This is how many sections of the Hebrew Bible there are.

What are three?

400

This word means "brother," the relationship between Moshe and Aharon.

What is אח/akh?

400

This word means "life" and appears in many different prayers. 

What is חיים/khayyim?

400

The so-called "saddest day on the Jewish calendar," this holiday's name is its Hebrew date.

What is Tisha B'av?

400

This prayer is considered Judaism's most important statement of belief in one G!d.

What is the Shema?

400

This is the year the State of Israel was founded.

What is 1948?

500

This word means "covenant," and describes the special agreement between G!d and the Jewish people.

What is ברית/brit?

500

The Hebrew words עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם refer to G!d and mean this.

What is "Maker of Peace?"

500

These three modern Israeli holidays occur back-to-back-to-back in the spring.

What are Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remebrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), and Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Indepence Day)?

500

This is the meaning of the Hebrew word aleinu.

What is "it is upon us?"

500

This is what the Hebrew word מצוה/mitzvah means.

What is "commandment?"