Holidays
It happens every week
Shabbat
Jacob stole this from his older brother Esau
His birthright/father's blessing
ב
Bet
Every brucha starts with...
בָּרוּך אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶך הָעוֹלָם
Jewish holidays start________ and end_______.
at sundown, at sundown
We celebrate the Jewish New Year with apples, honey and blowing the shofar
Rosh HaShannah
He built an ark to save his family and two pairs of each animal
Noah
צ
Tzadik
We say this over challah
Hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz
בָּרוּך אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶך הָעוֹלָם הָמוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הַאָרֶץ
We do t'shuvah (apologize) for what we've done wrong and wear white
We light candles each night for 8 nights to remember the miracle of
Chanukah
His brothers sell him into Egyptian slavery and they only meet again many years later
Joseph
ה
Hay
We say this over grape juice
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן
Bore'h prei ha'gafen
We eat new kinds of fruits and celebrate the trees
Tu B'Shevat
Jews in Tunisa lightly hit the person that hides the ________ on ________ until they give up its location
afikomen, passover
He grows up in Pharoah's palace, kills a slavemaster, then frees his people from slavery
Moses
ש
Shin
We say this over candles
בָּרוּך אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶך הָעוֹלָם אַשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶל שַבָּת
We sit outside in______for our meals on_______.
Sukkahs, Sukkot
We eat dairy and stay up all night to study Torah
Shavout
She is the first person to convert to Judaism after promising to stay with her friend Naomi
Ruth
ף
pay/fay sofit
We say this when we do something for the first time
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu, v'kiy'manu, v'higiyanu laz'man hazeh
We celebrate_________ in the middle of counting the Omer by getting haircuts and lighting bonfires
Lag B'Omer