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YIDDISH EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
100

A four-run hit in baseball.  

Grand Slam  

100

What a mom might say to a child who talks too much.

“Hold your tongue.”

100

A small beard that covers the chin, but not the cheeks.

Goatee

100

What is the name of the ceremony in which a Jewish child passes from childhood to adulthood at age thirteen?  

Bar Mitzvah (or Bat Mitzvah for girls)

100

Klutz  

 A clumsy person

200

She famously started painting at age 78.

Grandma Moses

200

What two of the three proverbial “wise monkeys” advise.

See no evil and hear no evil. (The third money advises to “speak no evil,” but speech is not one of the five senses.)

200

Metatarsus adductus is the official name of this condition in which the feet point inward when walking.

Pigeon toe

200

What day of the week is set aside as the Sabbath in the Jewish religion?

Saturday (To be more specific, the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at sundown on Saturday night.)

200

Glitch

A minor problem or error

300

This New York City landmark has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad terminal in the world.

Grand Central Station

300

If you have this attribute, everything turns to gold for you.

Midas touch

300

A section of hair that stands straight up or at an odd angle.

Cowlick

300

The menorah is an eight-candle candelabra used during this Jewish holiday.

Hanukkah

300

Chutzpah (The “C” is silent)

Nerve, extreme arrogance, brazen presumption. Note: In English, chutzpah often means courage or confidence, but among Yiddish speakers, it is not a compliment.

400

This second largest city in Michigan is the hometown and burial site of US President Gerald Ford.

Grand Rapids

400

In the Bible, this phrase describes the law of retaliation, indicating that the person who causes an injury to another is to be penalized to a similar degree.

“An eye for an eye …”

400

The last of the seven deadly sins, another word for laziness.

Sloth

400

What is the name of the skullcap worn by men in temple?

Yarmulke

400

Mazel Tov

Congratulations

500

This legal body is empowered to determine if criminal charges should be brought against a suspect. 

Grand Jury 

500

A small bouquet of sweet-smelling flowers.

Nosegay

500

Double ones on a dice roll.

Snake eyes

500

What is the name of the Hebrew Bible, which in temples is usually stored in scrolls?

The Torah 

500

Mishegas

Insanity or craziness