God
Torah
Holidays
Jewish People
100

In this many days, God created the world.

What is Six?

100

There are this many books in the Torah.

What is 5?

100

This holiday does not permit the eating of leavened bread.

What is Passover or Pesach?

100

This is the place where we pray, learn in religious school, and visit with our friends.

What is our Temple or our Synagogue?  Or What is Beth Israel Congregation?

200

This prayer in English is “Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One”.

What is the Shema?

200

This is the Hebrew word for "commandment"

What is Mitzvah?

200

This ceremony marks the end of the Sabbath. 

What is Havdallah?

200

This is the ceremony after which Jewish children are considered adults. 

What is a Bar or Bat Mitzvah?

300

During the Passover seder, we open the door for Elijah because we hope that he will bring this _________ who will announce the coming of God's rule of the world.

What is the Messiah?

300

These three men are the forefathers of the Jewish people.

Who are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?

300

 This holiday is also known as the Day of Atonement.

What is Yom Kippur?

300

This is the name and translation of Israel’s national anthem. 

What is Hatikvah which means "the hope."?

400

This is the agreement between God and the Jewish People.

What is the covenant or Brit?

400

This many commandments are found in the Torah.

What are 613?

400

On this holiday, we finish reading the Torah, and start it all over again.

What is Simchat Torah?

400

This is the Hebrew word for Jews who originally came from Central and Eastern European. 

What is Ashkenazi?

500

According to Jewish tradition, the Israelites said this to God when they were offered the Torah (with all of its commandments) at Mt. Sinai.

What is Na-aseh v'nishmah or "we will do it and we will hear it"?

500

These are the names of the Five books of the Torah.

What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy?

500

This Jewish holiday is not mentioned in the Tanach (the Hebrew Bible).

What is Chanukah?

500

This is the Hebrew word for community.

What is K'hillah?