Holidays
What holiday do we celebrate every Friday night at sundown?
Shabbat, also called Shabbos.
What is the word for dad in Hebrew?
אבא
What letter looks like the shape of a hand?
Yud/Yod
Looks like your yad, which means hand in Hebrew.
יָד Yad
What US state is Israel about the size of?
New Jersey.
Name two famous Jews, they can be from any professional background: scientists, actors, singers, and/or athletes.
Scientists: Albert Einstein, Jonas Salk, Rosalind Franklin, and many more.
Actors/Actresses and Comedians: Adam Sandler, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Tiffany Haddish, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and many more.
Singers: Bob Dylan, Barbara Streisand, Bette Midler, Leonard Cohen, Regina Spektor, and many more.
Athletes: Aerin Frankel, the Hugh brothers, Sandy Koufax, Aly Raisman, Mark Spitz, Harrison Bader and more!
What is the final plague that G-d brought onto Pharaoh and the Egyptians?
Death of the Firstborn.
What is the word that has three meanings: Hello, Goodbye, and Peace?
Shalom שָׁלוֹם
True or False: Once a person is fluent in Hebrew, they do not need Nikudot (vowels) anymore.
True. They use context clues if there are similar-spelling words.
What is Israel's capital city? It is also known as "the Old City".
Jerusalem
What is the prayer that we Jews recite in the morning and evening (wake up and go to bed)?
Hint: This is a prayer that is calling all Jews to pray and listen.
The Shema.
Why do we dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah?
For a sweet new year!
What does mitzvah mean?
Commandment.
It's not just a good deed but a commandment.
What is the Jewish lucky number "Chai" (meaning life) equal?
18 for Chet and Yud equaling 18.
Which has more people living there, Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?
Jerusalem. Jerusalem has double Tel Aviv's population.
What is the 4 Questions called in Hebrew?
Mah Nishtanah.
Who is one of the two heroes in the story of Purim?
Hint: This is the story where we defeat the evil Haman!
Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai.
What letter replaces the letter shin on the Israeli dreidel (sivvivon)?
Pay replaces Shin. פ
The word Shahm (there) is replaced with Po (here).
Because Israeli dreidels say
"Nes Gadol Haya Po" = "A great miracle happened here."
"Nes Gadol Haya Shahm" = "A great miracle happened there."
Nes = Miracle
Gadol = Great
Haya = Happened
Po = Here Shahm = There
What is one way to remember the "oh" vowel?
OVER (the fence, over the head)
Oh! Up in the sky.
YellOw
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What is the largest desert in Israel called?
The Negev Desert.
What is Israel's national anthem called?
Hatikvah (the Hope)
What were the two miracles of Chanukah?
1. The oil lasting eight days.
2. Winning the war against King Antiochus and rededicating the Temple in Jerusalem.
Who is Adonai?
Spelled in Hebrew as: יי
(two yuds)
G-d
What are the two letters that are silent?
ע א
What are two bodies of water that surround Israel?
The Mediterranean Sea, The Dead Sea, The Sea of Galilee, The Jordan River, and The Red Sea.
Where does the word Jew come from?
The region of Judea = Jew (where Jews come from, we are Yehudim) and that we are descended from the tribe of Judah. There is a region in Israel called "Judea and Samaria".