Hasidism
Book 1: The Game
Book 1: Friendship
Jewish Vocabulary
Book 1: Knowledge
100
The color of clothing all Hasidic men wear.
What is black (with white)
100

Danny and Reuven first meet here.

What is a baseball game.

100
Reuven's first emotion in response to Danny's visit.
What is anger
100

Faithful Jews are still waiting for ____________.

Who is the Messiah

100

A famous American novelist that Danny reads

Who is Hemingway

200

The country of origin for Hasidism. (Hint: home of the Cossacks)

What is Poland

200

Calls the Hasidic team "murderers"

Who is Davey Cantor?

200
Danny says the accident was not entirely his fault because Reuven didn't __________. a. duck b. pitch well c. try to catch the ball
What is duck
200

Teffilin

What is the scripture boxes that Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish men wear around their foreheads and arms

200

Danny is expected to listen for ___________ when his father gives a sermon.

What is mistakes

300
How does a Hasidic girl's education differ from her brother's education?
What is instead of studying the Talmud, she mainly learns how to keep house
300

Reuven's team is coached by Mr. ______________ while Danny's team is coached by ______________.

What is Mr. Galanter and a rabbi.

300

Mr. Malter is sick with a ___________ when he visits Reuven in the hospital.

What is a cold

300

Tzaddik

What is a very holy, pious rabbi who serves as a mediator between the people and God.

300

Gematriya

What is mathematical problems in which each letter of a words has a numeric value

400

The founder of Hasidism rejected book learning in favor of experiencing God where?

What is in nature

400

When Danny hits Reuven in the eye with the ball, the glass cuts Reuven's: a. retina b. optic nerve c. pupil

What is his pupil

400

The reason Danny can memorize and learn quickly

What is he has a photographic memory

400

The word for an unbeliever or apostate

What is apikorsim

400

Battle that the patients celebrated in the hospital

D-Day, or Operation Overlord

500
The distinctive hairstyle that Hasidic men sport.
What is earlocks.
500

Reuven might lose his sight because of the presence of: a. glass b. scar tissue c. dirt from the baseball field

What is scar tissue

500
In addition to being a rabbi, a tzaddik, and writing scholarly articles, Reb Saunders also ______ in a _______.
What is teaches in a college
500

The Jewish New Year

What is Rosh Hashannah

500

The home country of Reb Saunders and his followers

What is Russia