By the Numbers
This is the only festival that all Jews celebrate for 8 days.
What is Chanukah?
This is the first letter of the word for Torah.
What is Tav?
We have three festivals that fall on the 15th day of the month. Name any one of them.
What is Pesach/Sukkot/Tu B'shevat?
The letters in the Hebrew word for life, חי, also represents this number.
What is 18?
This is the first letter to appear in the Torah, in the book of Bereishit, which is the first word in Torah.
What is bet?
This is what we call the first day of every month.
What is rosh chodesh?
This is the minimum age for a girl to have a Bat Mitzvah.
What is 12?
In Exodus, we are told to remember the Sabbath day with the command "Zachor." This is the first letter in Zachor.
What is zion?
This is the only holiday that falls on Rosh Chodesh.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This is the traditional age for a boy to have a Bar Mitzvah?
What is 13?
In Deuteronomy, the commandment changes from "Remember the Sabbath to Observe the Sabbath. This is the first letter in the word for observe: Shamor. (Hint: It's also the first letter in Shabbat)
What is Shin?
This holiday falls on the 14th day of the month of Adar
What is Purim?
This is the number of times a Jew is expected to say the Shema each day.
What is 2?
The last line in the Torah says that no like Moses has since arisen who performed God's miracles "in the eyes of all Israel." This last letter of "Israel" is the last letter in the Torah.
What is lamed?
This holiday, which falls on the 10th of Tishri, never falls on a Friday or a Sunday.
What is Yom Kippur?