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Birth
B'nai Mitzvah
Conversion/
Confirmation
Marriage
BONUS
100
Circumcision
What is a Jewish ritual performed on a male child 8 days after birth.
100
In our first conversation about B'nai Mitzvah, what is the game we played to give us insight into the concepts of exclusion and inclusion.
What is Musical Chairs
100
Mayyim Hayyim
What is a Mikveh?
100
Chuppah
What is the canopy the couple stands beneath when they get married.
100
Shiva
What is a mourning custom in Judaism
200
Baby Naming (or Brit Bat/Brit Simcha)
What is a Jewish ceremony where most often a female child's birth is celebrated and her name is announced to the world.
200
In talking about friendship and lovingkindness, we discussed a story about someone who had a gossip problem. This person was told to take an ITEM and shake its contents out of a window and then to collect all of its contents afterward. What is this item?
What is a feather pillow
200
We read poetry and stories by famous Jews to describe their...?
What is Jewish identity
200
Ketubah
What is the marriage contract the couple signs before their ceremony which spells out all the ways they are going to care for each other during their lives.
200
K'riyah Ribbon
This is pinned on the clothing of mourners to show outwardly to the community that they are mourning
300
Sandek
What is a person who is given the honor of holding the baby at any Jewish birth ritual.
300
We played a game called "Mirroring" to represent the theme of our second B'nai Mitzvah class. What was the theme that game represented?
What is role modeling (leading and following)
300
Beit Din
What is a Jewish court? When going through the process of conversion, every candidate for conversion has to sit before a JEWISH COURT, who determines whether or not they are prepared to complete their conversion.
300
We do this to remember the sadness in the world during one of the happiest days of our lives.
What is breaking the glass
300
7 times
What is the number of times the couple circles each other before entering the chuppah.
400
Mohel
What is a person trained to perform circumcisions. This person can be a doctor or a rabbi.
400
We read a story about Kamtza and Bar Kamtza. When one showed up to the party instead of the other, the host behaved badly and eventually threw him out. How did the rabbis present in that story act AND how does that teach us how not to act?
What is standing by while someone else is bullied/humiliated/hurt/etc...
400
Immersion
What is the process that every person who chooses to convert to Judaism must undergo.
400
Tisch
What is the pre-wedding custom where a couple is greeted by their guests and treated like royalty and made to feel happy and joyous.
400
Chuppah symbolizes this
What is the home they are creating.
500
This will always be available in any Jewish celebration, and so too do we find these two birth ceremonies centered around it as well.
What is a feast!
500
Jewish Journey
What is a series of life cycle events that happen throughout the life of a Jew.
500
A Zayit or Olive's worth...
What is the least amount of fresh water one needs to let in in order to make a mikveh kosher.
500
Circling
What is the activity the couple does immediately before entering under the chuppah
500
24 hours
What is the number of hours Jewish law requires that a burial take place within after a death occurs.