All About Alyssa
Israel
Hebrew Letters
Jewish Holiday
Hebrew Words
100

Where does Alyssa go to school?

Butler University

100

What is the capital of Israel?

Jerusalem

100

ח

chet

100
What Jewish holiday is known as the festival of lights?

Hanukkah

100

What word means Hello, Goodbye, and Peace?

Shalom

200

Where is Alyssa from?

St. Louis, MO

200

What are the three spoken languages in Israel?

English, hebrew, arabic

200

ע

ayin

200

What holiday is the day of repentance where we often fast (above Bar/Bat mitzvah age)

Yom Kippur

200

How do you say thank you?

Todah Rabah

300
How many siblings does Alyssa have and what are they?

Two brothers—one twin brother and a younger brother

300

This machine that allows you to make your own soda was invented in Israel?

Soda Stream

300

צ

tzadi

300

This holiday remembers the 40 years that the Jewish people spent wandering through the desert on their way to the promised land

Sukkot

300

What is the word for please and you're welcome?

bevakashah

400

What are the names of Alyssa's dogs?

Bertie and Parker

400

What bodies of water border Israel?

Dead Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Jordan River

400

ן

nun sofeet

400

This holiday is the festival of the trees

Tu'beshvat
400

What is the word for friend?

Chaverim

500

What is Alyssa studying in school?

Psychology and Spanish—Pre Occupational Therapy

500

What US state is Israel the size of?

New Jersey

500

ף

fay sofeet

500

This holiday celebrates finishing the torah and starting again.

Simchat Torah

500

What is the word for love?

Ahava