Beliefs
God created the world in 7 days and rested on the 8th. True or False?
False. According to the Jewish myth, God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th.
Bat and Bar Mitzvahs are celebrated when a child is turning...
12 - 13
Name 2 Jewish holidays.
Chanukah
Yom Kippu
Shabbat
Rosh Hashanah
What is another name for a prayer shawl?
A tallit. A tallit is used while one is praying.
Abraham and Sarah had a son named ____
He had a son named _____
Isaac
Jacob
Is Judaism a monotheist religion? Or is it a polytheistic religion.
Monotheist, meaning only believing in one God
Orthodox children go to school like any other children. They learn Math, Science, History, Jewish Religious Teachings, and....
Hebrew. Orthodox children learn Hebrew in school, one of Judaisms oldest languages.
What does Shabbat represent?
According to the Jewish creation story, God created the world in six days, then rested on the seventh. So the Sabbath, observed on the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, is also a day of rest. Many Jews do not work or travel or carry money on the Sabbath. It is a time for families to gather for worship, study, and relaxation.
Do Reform, male Jews wear head coverings?
No, they do not. They also do not have any special food laws they have to abide by, unlike Orthodox Jews.
What is another name for the Bible?
The Tanach
How many forms of Judaism are there? Name them
Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, and Conservative Judaism
What is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem that is important to Judaism. Hint: There are more than 1 name for it.
Worshipers pray before one of Judaisms holiest sites, The Western Wall once called the Wailing Wall. The wall is part of a Jewish Temple destroyed almost two thousand years ago by the Romans.
Yom Kippur is similar to the Islamic holiday Ramadan is what way?
Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement. For twenty-four hours, adult family members do not eat or drink.
Orthadox Jews who are male wear a head covering called a?
A Yarmulke as a sign of respect to God
What language is the Torah written in?
English
Hebrew
Other
Hebrew
Abraham believed that God entered everyone in a personal way. True or false?
True. After he realized that God was neither the son or the moon, he decided that God was much larger and entered everyone in a personal way.
Who leads the prayer ceremony in a synagogue?
A Rabbi
What is another name for Passover?
Pesach
On Purim, Jewish children dress in costumes to celebrate the story of queen Esther. True or False?
True. The spring holiday of Purim celebrates the time Queen Esther saved the Jews of ancient Persia from destruction by a powerful, wicked man named Haman. The biblical Book of Esther is read aloud in the synagogue, and children sometimes dress up and reenact the story.
What was the town called that Abraham and Sarah lived in called?
Ur
Name 5 of the 10 commandments
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make thyself a graven image.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Thou shalt not murder.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet.
Where are the Torah scrolls kept when there is not a prayer service going on?
The Torah scrolls are kept at the front of the synagogue in a decorated cabinet called the Ark.
What holiday falls after Yom Kippur and what does it represent?
Soon after Yom Kippur is the festival of Sukkot, a celebration of bountiful harvests. During this week-long holiday, many families eat their meals in homemade huts called sukkahs. Some families build the sukkah themselves; others go to a sukkah at their temple. The sukkah symbolizes the shelters made by the Israelites during their wandering in the desert.
Does Reform Judaism or Orthodox Judaism have a stricter dress code?
Orthodox Judaism has a stricter dress code because people who are Orthodox Jews tend to be more traditional while Reform Judaism is more modern.
What year (approx) was Jerusalem founded in?
3761 B.C.E.