Numbers
What is 49?
This word means "weeks"
What is שבועות?
This is the date of Shavuot
?ו בסיון
What is Megillat Ruth?
Ruth was the ancestor of this famous Jewish person
King David
Number of days Moshe was on Har Sinai
What is 40?
This was given to the Jews on Shavuot (in Hebrew)..hint don't say "the Torah"
What is עשרת הדברות?
Why do we stay up late to study Torah all night on Shavuot?
Because we want to "fix" the Israelites' mistake of oversleeping when it was time to receive the Torah
It's a custom to eat this special kind of cake
What is cheesecake?
These are the three holidays where Korbanot and Bikurim were brought to the Temple
What are Sukkoth, Passover, and Shavuot?
Number of Mitzvot in the Torah
What is 613?
This is the season that Shavuot falls in
What is אביב?
What was included in the offerings of the first fruits?
The seven species: Wheat, Barley, Grapes, Figs, Pomegranate, Olives, Date honey
it is customary to decorate our Shuls/homes with this on Shavuot
Greenery/flowers
Israel is called the land of ___________ and __________.
What is milk and honey?
Number of commandments given at Har Sinai
What is 10?
This word means "sheaf". A measurement of barley.
What is עומר?
We count this between Passover and Shavuot
What is the Omer?
It's a custom to eat this kind of food
Dairy
What mitzvah from the Torah is related to harvest festival. Hint: it has to do with farming
Leket, or allowing poor people to "glean" or take freely from the corners of the farmers' fields
Give three names, in Hebrew for Shavuot (not including Shavuot)
זמן מתן תורתינו
חג הקציר
עצרת
חג הביכורים
This word means "first fruits" as in the first of the harvest, the Jews brought to the temple.
What is בכורים?
Give 2 reasons that we read Megillat Ruth on Shavuot
Because the story happens during the Omer period and into Shavuot
Because Ruth accepted Judaism as her religion similar to the Israelites accepting the Torah
How much time are we encouraged to spend studying Torah on Shavuot?
All night long!
This is a special prayer we add to Tefillah on Shavuot. We also say it on other holidays, and the beginning of every month. A prayer to praise Hashem.
What is Hallel?