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100

You cannot brew this drink. 

What is coffee?

100

The day of rest.

What is Shabbat?

100

He led the Jews out of Egypt and in the desert for 40 years.


Who is Moses?

100

This occurred when the Egyptions were chasing us after we left Egypt.

What is the splitting of the sea?

100

The Hebrew word for giving charity.

What is Tzedaka?

200

You cannot do this act that changes ones scent.

What is perfume?

200

The central affirmation of Israel.

What is the Shema?

200

This King of Israel was famous for his harp playing and his slaying of Goliath, a giant Philistine.

Who is David?

200

This occurred on a mountain in the desert.

What is the giving of the torah?

200

This is what we do each week in temple on the Sabbath. It helps us learn about our history and the mitzvot.

What is reading torah?

300

Not a doorbell, but another way to announce your arrival. 

What is a knocker?

300

A rest or break from work.

What is Sabbatical?

300

She was originally a Moabite princess who converted to Judaism and came to Israel with her mother-in-law instead of staying home like her sister.

Who is Ruth?

300

This happened to a famous prophet who tried to run away from G-d on a boat.

Who is Jonah and the Wale?

300

These include a citron fruit, a palm frond, willow leaves and myrtle leaves. We shake them together on Sukkot.

What are the four species?

400

You are allowed to complete this activity if the water does not reach the top.

What is swim?

400

Jews descended from those Jews who left the Iberian Peninsula as Jews by the expiration of the respective decreed deadlines.

Who are Sephardic Jews?

400

This prophet symbolically visits us each Passover at our seders and was famous for going up to Heaven alive in a chariot of fire.

Who is Elijah?

400

This event occurred after the King of Persia banished his first wife because she disobeyed him. It helped him find a new wife.

What is a beauty contest?

400

We do this mitzvah on the night of Passover?

What is have seder and read Haggadah?

500

This cosmetic task that elongates falls under denying and is not permitted.

What is putting mascara on?

500

 Hebrew name for the material used as a roof for a sukkah, used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

What is Schach?

500

This man took over for Moses as leader of the Jews when they entered Israel.

Who is Joshua?

500


On site of First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, this was built by Caliph Abd el-Malik.

What is Dome of the Rock?

500

Mitzvah comes from the root word, Tzavata, meaning.

What is connection?