Kashrut
What type of food are Jews not allowed to eat with meat?
Dairy foods
What recent holiday is the holiday when Jews are not allowed to eat anything?
Yom Kippur
What is the name of the ritual we do to mark the end of Shabbat each week?
Havdallah
How many months of the Jewish year are there?
12 (13 on a leap year)
What are three Hebrew words?
Shalom, Todah, Shabbat
Split hooves and chews its cud
What is one food traditionally eaten during the next holiday?
Latkes or jelly donuts
Who were the first Jews?
Abraham and Sarah
What celestial body governs the Jewish calendar?
The moon
Who are three biblical figures?
Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rachel, Rebecca, Leah, Jacob
What is a food called if it is not dairy or meat?
Parve
During what holiday do Jews give away gift baskets?
Purim
When was the second temple in Jerusalem destroyed?
70 CE
What Jewish year are we in?
5786
What are the 5 books of the Torah?
Bereishit (Genesis), Shemot (Exodus), Vayikra (Leviticus), Bamidbar (Numbers), Devarim (Deuteronomy)
What is one nonkosher bird?
Birds of prey or scavenging birds
When is the Jewish equivalent of valentines day?
Tu B'av
When was the first Rabbi around?
The 1st century CE
What is a Rabbinic hour (the hours the Rabbis measure by in order to calculate when to pray)?
One twelfth of daylight
On which continents can Jews be found today?
All but Antarctica
Why don't Jews eat giraffes?
They don't taste good!
What is the holiday of the trees?
Tu B'shvat
Why did Moses break the tablets?
He was mad at the Israelites for building the golden calf.
How many possible combinations of the Jewish calendar are there?
14
What is a commonly used Yiddish word or phrase?
Chutzpah (audacity), schmooze (yap and socialize), mensch (a good person)