Show:
Minyan Practices
Prayer-Service Names
History of Prayers
Good Morning!
Brachot
100
This is the meaning of the root of the word siddur.
What is S.D.R. - to organize?
100
This is what the root of Shacharit means.
What is morning light?
100
This is the century the siddur was first printed.
What is the 15th?
100
This is the set of blessings read aloud at the start of shacharit.
What are birkot hashachar?
100

What is the evening tefilah called?

What is Maariv or Aravit?

200
This is the English word for Tefillin.
What is phylacteries?
200
This is the name of the nighttime prayer.
What is Ma'ariv?
200

One of the earliest prayers, it affirms our belief in one G!d

What is the Shema?

200
This prayer celebrates the splitting of the Red Sea.
What is Shirat HaYam?
200

Aleinu orginially comes from which holiday?

What is Rosh HaShana or Yom Kippur?

300
This is the mark of a kosher tallis.
What is 4 corners + tzitzit (+ no mixing wool and linen, size requirements, etc.)?
300
This is the additional prayer whose name reflects its very existence.
What is Musaf?
300
This is reason there are three basic prayers.
What is to remember the three main sacrifices given at the Temple?
300

Kaddish is in which language?

What is Aramaic

300

What is the purpose of reciting Barechu?

What is to gather every to pray together?

400
This is the Hebrew word for spiritual intention during minyan.
What is kavana?
400
This is the language from which the word daven stems.
What is Yiddish?
400
This is the time when most of our prayers were finalized into today's siddur.
What are the Middle Ages?
400
This is the formal name for the prayers preceding the barchu?
What is pesukei d'zimra?
400

What is a blessing that comes from the Torah?

What is Birkat HaMazon or Birkat HaTorah?

500
This is is the biblical source for the requirement of 10 people to have a minyan.
What is the story of Abraham and the destruction of Sodom (Genesis 18 & 19)
500
This is the service named for the flour offering that accompanied sacrifices at the Temple.
What is Mincha?
500
This is the era when the 18th blessings of the Amidah originated.
What is the end of the biblical era?
500
This is the reason why Torah reading only occurs on Mondays and Thursdays?
What are the historical market days in the ancient world?
500

Why was the originial reason the Amidah was repeated outloud by the shaliach tzibur after everyone said it privately?

What is because someone people didn't know it and this enabled them to fulfil their obligation through saying Amen to the Shaliach Tzibur.