Hebrew Letters
This letter is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet
What is Alef?
This is when the Jewish calendar starts
Rosh Hashanah
This person was the first Jew.
Who was Abraham?
This is the date of the destruction of the first temple.
586 BCE
One line across.
What sound does tet make?
What is T?
This is the holiday celebrating the military victory by the Maccabees.
What is Hanukkah?
This person said the phrase: "If I am not for myself who will be for me, if I am only for myself what am I, and if not now when?
This was the date of the destruction of the 2nd temple.
What is 70 CE?
One dot below a letter.
This is the number of final letters.
What is five?
This is the holiday where the Torah is completed and begun.
What is Simchat Torah?
Tevye was the name of a character in this film, book, and broadway show featuring life in a shtetl.
What is Fiddler on the Roof?
This is the name of a major immigration center for people including many Jews from eastern Europe.
What is Ellis Island?
Two dots side by side.
The letter is round like your head.
Resh
This is the holiday that is known for repenting your sins.
What is Yom Kippur?
This was the name of the first queen in the Purim story who refused to be judged on her beauty.
Who was Vashti?
This is the term for a small village or town where many Jews congregated.
What is a shtetl?
Oooo
This letter does not start the alphabet, yet is silent.
What is Ayin?
This is what TU means in Tu B'Shevat.
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What was the highest level of tzedakah according to Maimonides?
What is teaching a skill to allow someone to be self-sufficient?
This term starting with "d" means to scatter or separate.
What is diaspora?
Vav with a dot on top OR a ball going OVER your head.
What is Oh?