Jewish Holidays
What holiday is known as the Jewish New Year's?
Rosh Hashanah
This horn is blown on Rosh Hashanah
Shofar
Name a holiday where you might eat Matzah Ball Soup.
Passover, Chanukka, Rosh Hashanah, to break your Yom Kippur fast -- almost any holiday!
What was Esthers uncle named in the purim story
Mordechai
What is the name of the hut we build outside on a holiday?
A Sukkah
Why do we eat matzah on Passover?
Because when the Jews left Egypt they did not have time for their bread to rise
On Purim, whenever you hear Haman's name you shake a noise maker called what?
Grogger
Why do we celebrate Purim
Triangle
What is the word for the fish loaf on the seder plate at Passover
Gefilte fish
Chanukah is called the Festival of what?
Lights
On what holiday do Jews fast?
Yom Kippur
In the story of Chanukkah, what was the miracle?
That the oil that they had lasted 8 days.
What must a sukkah have ?
3 walls and a roof you can see the stars under!
How many years did the Jews walk through the desert after they left Egypt
40 years
What is the book called that we read on Passover?
The haggadah
What do we shake on Sukkot?
The lulav
The shofar is traditionally made from the horn of what animal?
Ram
What does Rosh Hashanah literally translate to
Head of the year- Jewish new year
Name two things you can not eat on Passover if youre Ashkenazi (other than bread or cake)
Rice, oats, beans, legumes–peanuts and lentils, and corn
Chanukah is a major Jewish holiday– true/false
False
What holiday is known as the Day of Atonement or the day we apologize for what we've done in the last year?
Yom Kippur
Name the object that Jews put on the doorposts of their house, such as the doorpost outside the front door and your bedrooms.
Mezuzah
Name the jelly filled donut that is eaten on Chanukka?
Sufganiyot
On Chanukah there are 2 types of candle holders – what are they?
Menorah and Chanukiah
Tu B'Shevat is a holiday that celebrates what?
The earth, trees, and how important it is to take care of the world around us.