purim characters
mitzvot & customs
Purim story
Hebrew words
parsha
100

I wanted everyone to bow down to me. When one Jew would not bow and made a plan to get rid of all the Jews. who am I?

Haman

100

When we hear Haman's name in the Purim story, it is a costume to?

Shake a gragger or make noise to drown out his name. 

100

What did Haman want to do?

get rid of the Jews

100

how do you say head in hebrewhow to say head in hebrew?

Rosh

100

what happend to the sea when the Jewish people were running away?

it split open

200

After sending his old queen away, I became the new queen. I was brave and helped save the Jews from Haman's evil plot. who am I?

Ester

200

There are 4 special mitzvot we do on the holiday of Purim. one is to listen or hear the... 

story of ester - Magillas ester

200

What didn't the king know about his new queen Ester?

That she was Jewish

200

How do you say hand in Hebrew?

Yad

200

The Jewish people became slaves in the land of?

Mitzrayim 

300

I am the king. what is my name? 

Achashverosh  

300

There are 4 special mitzvot we do on the holiday of Purim. One is called mishloach manot, we give what to our friends.

2 gifts of food

300

what happend to Haman when he was tulling Mordechai on the horse? 

His wife through garbage down and it landed on his head. 

300

what letter does the 4 mitzvot of Purim start with?

Mem

300

name the 3 fathers of Israel 

Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob

400

I would not come when the king asked so I was banished from the palace. who am I?

Vashti

400
It is a Mitzvah to eat what on Purim?

A festive meal. (It is not a mitzvah to eat hamantashin, but rather a fun costume)

400

what did Mordechai do to help save the king? 

warned the king that the 2 gaurds planed to poison the king. 

400

Where did the name hamantaschen come from and why?

Hamantashchen means Haman's pockets. It is said that the cookies look like hamans hat or ears.Eating these cookies is a way of making fun of him and his evil ways. 

400

name the 10 plages 

  • Blood.
  •  Frogs.
  • Lice
  • Wild animals 
  • Sick cattle 
  • Boils.
  • Hail.
  • Locusts.
  • Darkness
  • Death of the firstborn 
500

I am was the leader of the Jewish people. I was faithful to Hashem and did not bow down to Haman. Who am I?

Mordechai

500

why do we give tzadaka (charity) to the poor on Purim?

so they can have money to buy food in order to eat a festive meal for the holiday. 

500

how where the Jewish people saved?

Ester invited Haman and the king to a party. at the second party she told the king that she was Jewish and that Haman was trying to harm the Jewish people. 

500

In what Hebrew month is the holiday of Purim? 

Adar

500

name 2 of the 12 tribes (12 sons of Israel)

Reuben

Simeon

Levi

Judah

Dan

Naphtali

Gad

Asher

Issachar

Zebulun

Joseph 

Benjamin.