Shavuot General
The main point of Shavuot is to celebrate the giving of this to the Jewish people.
What is the Torah?
On Shavuot, we read this book.
What is the Book of Ruth?
The Book of Ruth is 1 of 5 of these in the Tanakh.
What is a megillah?
Aseret HaDibrot, the commandments uttered on Sinai
What are the Ten Commandments?
On this Holiday we celebrate the Exodus from Egypt.
What is Pesach, Passover?
The meaning of "Shavuot".
What is "weeks"?
It is common to eat lots of these types of food on Shavuot.
What is dairy?
After the death of her husband, Ruth chose to stay with this woman, her mother-in-law. a) Orpah, b) Naomi, c) Deborah, d) Esther
Who is (b) Naomi?
The minimum number of wicks in a Havdallah candle.
What are 2?
The Day of Atonement
What is Yom Kippur?
This happened on Shavuot in ancient times. a) the beginning of spring, b) the exodus from Egypt, c) the offering of first fruits
What is (c) bikkurim, offering first fruits at the Temple in Jerusalem?
Many people decorate their homes or synagogues with this for Shavuot. a) things from ancient Persia, b) flowers and other greenery, c) images of the ushpizin
What are (b) flowers and other greenery?
Who is Orpah, Ruth's sister-in-law?
The number we count to in the Omer.
What are 7 weeks or 49 days?
This Holiday is the Birthday, or New Year, for the Trees.
What is Tu B'shevat?
Shavuot corresponds to this time in Israel. a) the wheat harvest, b) the blossoming of the almond trees, c) the fruit harvest
What is (a) the wheat harvest?
These are common Shavuot menu items. a) blintzes and cheesecake, b) matzah balls and macaroons, c) pomegranates and fish
What are (a) blintzes and cheesecake?
Ruth is the ________ of King David.
What is great-grandmother?
Mitzvot in the Torah (traditionally).
What are 613?
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, marks this historical event.
What is the victory of the Maccabees and restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem (as well as Jewish sovereignty)?
Shavuot is held after this seven week period following Passover.
What is the Omer?
A common practice on erev Shavuot.
What is tikkun leil Shavuot, an all-night Torah study session?
Ruth is considered to be the first of these to Judaism. a) matriarch, b) queen, c) convert, d) prophet
What is convert? (After their husbands died, Ruth, a Moabite, decided to stay with her mother-in-law Naomi, an Israelite, saying "your people shall be my people and your God, my God.")
If it's Shavuot, it is this many days since Passover.
What are 50 days?
These are the two main protagonists who saved the Jews in Shushan and all of Persia.
Who are Esther and Mordecai?