Jewish Holidays
What Jewish holiday falls in the month of Kislev?
Hanukkah
Friday night - Saturday
In what year was Israel formally established as a country?
1948
What are the names of the three fathers and four mothers in the book of Genesis?
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah
How many mitzvot are in the Torah?
613
On which holiday do we strike our chest?
Yom Kippur
Why is Shabbat on the seventh day of the week?
God completed the creation of the world on the seventh day
Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
David Ben-Gurion
Name two times that the number 10 comes up in the Torah
The Ten Plagues
The Ten Commandments
What is the name of the prophet we symbolically welome into join us at our Passover seder?
Elijah/Eliyahu
During which holiday meal do some people have a tradition of hitting each other with scallions?
The Passover Seder
What is the name of the service we say on Friday night to welcome Shabbat?
Kabbalat Shabbat
What is the name of Israel's national anthem and what does it translate to?
Hatikvah; The Hope
What are the names of Moses's brother and sister?
Aaron and Miriam
What is the commonly used Hebrew name for the Western Wall in Jerusalem?
The Kotel
Name the 4 species that we shake on Sukkot
Lulav, Etrog, Hadas, Arava
What is the name of ceremony that signals the end of Shabbat on Saturday night?
Havdallah
What is the Hebrew name of Israel's Independence Day?
Yom Ha'atzmaut
What gold object does Moses find the Israelites have built when he comes down from the mountain?
The Golden Calf
According to the Torah, why are foods like shrimp and lobster unkosher?
Because sea animals must have fins and scales in order to be kosher
Put the following Jewish holidays in order:
Passover, Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Rosh HaShana, Sukkot, Purim, Shavuot
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, Shavuot
Which of the following holidays is referred to as Shabbat Shabbaton? And why?
A) Passover B) Rosh HaShana C) Hanukkah D) Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur; It is considered like the greatest version of Shabbat
Which 4 countries border Israel modern day Israel?
Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon
Name the five books of the Torah both in Hebrew and in English
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuterononmy
Breishit, Shmot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Dvarim
What is the name of the parsha in which we read the famous story of Abraham smashing the idols?
That story does not appear in the Torah