Going to the Chapel!
Wedding couples stand under this traditional canopy during their ceremony.
What is a chuppah?
Jews do not preserve their dead using this method, believing that we should return to the earth as pure and whole as possible.
What is embalming?
What is a yarzheit?
This prayer is recited for the first time at the burial of a loved one.
What is Mourner's Kaddish?
This famous baseball player refused to play in a World Series game that took place on Yom Kippur.
Who is Sandy Koufax?
During a Jewish wedding ceremony, the groom traditionally performs this act right before the MAZEL TOV!
What is the breaking of the glass?
When a Jewish person dies, they are typically buried within this amount of time, unlike many non-Jewish burials which can take place a week or more after death.
What is three days?
The tradition of bedecken, or veiling a bride at a wedding, comes from a biblical story in which this forefather accidentally married the wrong girl.
Who is Jacob?
Almost a year after a loved one is buried, this life cycle moment at the cemetery marks the end of the formal period of mourning.
What is an unveiling?
This Israeli actress, who played Wonder Woman, brought her adorable kids to our summer camp when she was filming in Detroit!
Who is Gal Gadot?
This is the only time of the week when Jews CANNOT get married.
What is Shabbat (Friday night to Saturday night)?
After a funeral, Jews traditionally do this for seven days, although many families now choose a shortened length of time.
What is 'sit shiva?'
This is the Jewish marriage contract signed by a couple, a rabbi, and their witnesses before the ceremony begins.
What is a ketubah?
This tradition is often referred to as the 'greatest mitzvah' one can do for another person, since it is an act that can never be repaid.
What is helping to bury them (shoveling dirt onto a casket)?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas, Santa Clause is Coming to Town, Let it Snow, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Winter Wonderland - oy, can you believe it?
This sacred act often done during traditional weddings symbolizes the bride 'binding' herself to her new husband.
What is circling?
Jews are laid to rest in this simple garment, ensuring that all are equal in death.
What is 'Tahara' or burial shroud (will also accept talit)?
This traditional Jewish divorce document is used to prove the dissolution of a marriage, especially in the case of a man or woman who wants to remarry.
What is a 'get?'
Parents, siblings, and children of the deceased often participate in this ritual, in which a black ribbon is torn to mark them as mourners.
What is 'kriah?'
These two 'Friends' celebrated the festival of lights with the Chanukkah armadillo.
Who are Ross and Monica?
These blessings, referred to by this Hebrew phrase, are the central part of the wedding ceremony, and include hopes for friendship, peace, children, and joy.
What are the Sheva Brachot?
These categories of deaths used to be forbidden from being buried in Jewish cemeteries, although today, they are often permitted.
What are suicides?
This substance is used at almost all life cycle events - it helps marks time as sacred and special.
What is wine?
While Jews don't believe in Heaven or Hell, there is mention of this place in our sacred literature.
What is the 'olam ha'ba,' or the 'world to come?'
This 2008 movie making fun of Israeli culture was a box-office flop, but a beloved cult classic among the people of the tribe.
What is 'You Don't Mess with the Zohan?'