SAR Chol Hamoed 2022 -- Grade 7

Famous Dates

100

ג תשרי

צום גדליה

200

What is the date of Purim?

יד אדר

300

ה אייר

Yom Haatzmaut

400

The Hebrew date for the first night of counting the Omer.

טז ניסן

500

Simchat Torah in Israel

כב תשרי

Sukkot 1.0

100

How many walls must a sukkah have?

2 plus a tefach of a third

200

Who are the 7 Ushpizin?

Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe, Aaron, Yosef, David (order does not matter).

300

In what parsha in the Torah are we told to dwell in the sukkah?

Emor

400

Which 2 holidays in the Torah are called Atzeret?

Shmini Atzeret and Shavuot

500

The pitum protrudes from one side of the etrog. What protrudes from the other?

Ukatz or oketz

Tanach People

100

I am a kohen, but was not born a kohen. I also have a parsha named after me.

Pinchas

200

I was David's head general.

Yoav

300

I collected leket for my mother-in-law.

Ruth

400

I lived the longest out of anybody in the Tanach.

Metushelach

500

I am the wife of Aharon Hakohen.

Elisheva.

SAR

100

Spell the lower school Judaic Studies principal, Morah Sarah's, last name.

Richter

200

Which is the smallest grade in the middle school?

6th grade (77 kids)

300

Dr. Fine is the head of the STEM program. What does STEM stand for?

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

400

What are all the colors of the SAR logo? (7 colors)

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Purple 

500

Who is the associate principal of the ELC?

Alana Gelnick

Sukkot 2.0

100

What megillah do we read on sukkot?

Kohelet

200

List 3 alternative names for sukkot

Chag HaAsif, Zman Simchateinu, Chag

300

What are all the brachot said at kiddush on the first night of sukkot?

בורא פרי הגפן

מקדש ישראל הזמנים

לישב בסוכה

שהחיינו

400

Demonstrate the correct way to shake a לולב and אתרוג - you must say the ברכה (without God's name) first. (Assume this is not your first time shaking.)

לולב ביד שמאול (הדסים ימין, ערבות שמאול) ואתרוג ביד ימין אם פתאום למטה.

ברוך אתה ה אלקינו מלך העולם אשר קדישנו במצותיו וציונו על נטילת לולב. 

עכשו פתאום למלעה.

Then…    Shake: forward, right, back, left, up, down

500

What are the 2 Torah portions that we read on שמחת תורה (in חו"ל)?

זאת הברכה

בראשית (פרק א)

Theme of the Year

100

In Hebrew, what is the theme of the year? 

Kavanah

200

What does כוונה mean?

Mindfulness (focus)

300

What was the theme of the year last year?

Shemita 

400

What does the שרש of the theme of the year (כִּווּן) mean?

Direction

500

Who is in charge of making the theme of the year music video and song?

Morah Ali