Jewish Traditions
What do we dip apples in on rosh hashana?
honey
which holiday celebrates the jewish exodus from egypt?(hint:10 plagues, pharaoh, moses)
Passover
א
Aleph
deep fried potato pancakes. Usually consumed on hannukah
Latkes
who built the arc on which 2 of each animal along with this persons family resided on during the great flood?
Noah
What do we light on Hannukah?
Menorah
Which holiday celebrates the beginning of a new year
Rosh Hashanah
ת
Tav
a 3 pointed cookie with jam in the middle consumed on purim
hamentashen
Who led the jewish people from Egypt by the request of god?
Moses
what do we do on purim to commemorate the jewish communities survival?
Acceptable answers
- hold a festival
- dress up
- eat hamentashen
- hold a play
Which holiday do we celebrate in winter which celebrates miracle of the oil lasting for eight nights rather than one?
Hannukah
ר
Reish
unleavened bread that hasn't risen that takes the form of a cracker consumed on passover to represent how the jewish people had to leave quickly from egypt.
Matzo
who tried to kill the jewish people on Purim?
Hamen
what is the plate called on passover used to put a boiled egg, shank bone, maror, bitter herbs, charoset...?
Seder Plate
On which holiday do we build a sukkah and shake the Lulav and Etrog for a good harvest?
Sukkot
ק
Koof
a soup with chicken, carrots, and balls of matzo consumed on passover.
Matzoball Soup
Who Overheard the plot to kill King Achashverosh on purim and saved him?
Mordechai
What do we do on Tu B'Shevat to celebrate nature and protect the environment
Plant trees
On which holiday do we fast and atone for sins to start of the new year with a blank slate?
Yom Kippur
ז
Zayin
A combination of apples, nuts honey cinnamon and grape juice/wine. Usually made for the passover seder
Charoset
Who was the first queen in the story of Purim before Esther?