Israel
Hebrew word for "spring"; bustling city Tel ______
What is Aviv?
Root meaning praise or bless
What is Bet, reysh and tav?
Isaac's parents Who laughed when they knew they were having a baby
Who are Abraham & Sarah?
Name the four Matriarchs in the Torah.
Who are Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel & Leah?
Masks, Megillah and Hamentaschen
What is Purim?
The year that Israel officially became the Jewish homeland
What is 1948?
what is Hear O Israel, the lord our god the lord is one?
The number day of Creation when the Stars, Moon, and Sun were created.
What is the Fourth Day?
Name the 3 patriarchs in the Torah in Hebrew
What are Avraham, yitzhak and yaakov?
Torah dancing, start the Torah over and unroll it
What is Simchat Torah?
Abraham is the father to these three religions who consider Jerusalem their holy place
What are Judaism, Christianity and Islam?
The root meaning command or good deed
What is Mem, Tzadee, and Vav?
The name of the towns Abraham tried to save by bargaining or arguing with God
What are Sodom and Gomorrah?
Joseph was freed from prison in Egypt because of this ability
What is Interpreting Dreams?
Lulav, etrog and ushpizin
What is sukkot?
The name for the desert where the Israelites spent 40 years.
What is the Negev?
name two months in the Jewish calendar
What are.......?
The name of the prayer you recite when called up to the Torah.
What is Aliyah?
Name the twins who fought in the womb and became “leaders” of two major religions/peoples
jacob and Esau
Ten Commandments, harvest holiday and counting 7 weeks for it to come
What is Shavuot?
The lowest point in the world where everyone floats
What is the Sea of Salt or Dead Sea?
Pronounce in Hebrew and tell us what it means:
תְפוּחַ וְדְבַשׁ
What is "tahpooach v'divash" Apples and Honey?
Name the 3 out of 5 books of the Torah - in English and Hebrew
What are? Genesis בְּרֵאשִׁית B'reishit
Exodus שְׁמוֹת Sh'mot
Leviticus וַיִקְרָא Vayikra
Numbers בְּמִדְבַּר Bamidbar
Deuteronomy דְבָרִים D'varim
It took ten plagues for Pharoah to free the Israelites- name five
What are....?
Wear white, toss your sins, read story of Jonah
What is Yom Kippur?