Fall/Winter Holidays
What holiday represents the Jewish New Year?
Rosh Hashanah
What was the name of Moses' father-in-law?
Jethro/Yitro
What is the literal translation of the word "Mitzvah"?
commandment
What is the name of the cookie we eat on Purim?
Hamantaschen
What kind of calendar is the Jewish calendar?
Lunisolar
What is the name of the Hebrew month where all 4 Jewish fall holidays are celebrated?
Tishrei
What was the source of Samson's strength? (2 answers)
1. His hair
2. His faith in G-d
What is the Hebrew phrase for "peace in the home"?
Shalom Bayit
Name all 5 characters in the Purim story
Vashti, Mordechai, Esther, Haman, King Achashverosh
What is Rosh Chodesh?
The new month (head of the month)
In which direction do you place candles in the Chanukiah and in which direction do you light them?
Placing candles= right to left
Lighting= left to right
What did Miriam do with the Israelites after crossing the red sea?
Led them in song with her timbrel
Name 3 Mitzvot we learned about this year
1. Visiting the sick
2. Not gossiping
3. Welcoming the stranger
4. Courage (ometz lev)
5. Shalom Bayit
6. Judging others favorably
7. Good manners (derech eretz)
8. Sticking by your friends
What two things do we celebrate on Shavuot?
1. Wheat harvest
2. Receiving the 10 commandments at Mount Sinai
When does Shabbat begin and when does it end?
It begins on Friday at sundown and ends on Saturday at Sundown
Name two customs that we practice on Tu B'Shevat
1. Have a Tu B'Shevat seder
2. Plant trees/parsley
3. Drink 4 cups of wine representing the seasons
4. Try a new fruit
What was Deborah's prophecy?
That a woman would defeat Sisera
Name 3 virtues we learned about
Honesty
Generosity
Humility
Why is Passover night different than all other nights? 4 answers
1. We eat matzah
2. We eat bitter herbs
3. We dip twice
4. We recline
What is the name of the ceremony that ends Shabbat and what are the 3 ceremonial objects you need to create it?
Havdalah- braided candle, spices, wine
Name two customs of Simchat Torah
Unscroll the whole Torah
Read the last and first sentence in one breath
Dance with the Torah in circles
What is one of the names given to the portable dwelling place of God the Israelites built while traveling the desert?
Mishkan, Tabernacle
What is the Hebrew word for a virtue or value?
Middah
Name all 6 items on the seder plate and what they represent
Maror/Horseradish= bitterness of slavery
Karpas/Parsley= dipped twice in salty tear water
Shank bone= spring lamb sacrifice and the blood on doorposts
Charoset= mortar between bricks
Another bitter herb (lettuce)
Egg= spring/renewal
Name 3 Hebrew months
Nisan, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Tishrei, Shevat, Iyyar, Tammuz, Tevet, Adar, Heshvan, Kislev