Festivals Flashcards
Why do Jews celebrate Passover/ pasach
Celebrate when the last plague swept over Egypt
Passover Torah quote
“Anyone who puts a cross in the form of lambs blood on their doors, I will Passover your home”
What is one the sedar plate
Bone of a lamb- for the lambs blood cross
Glass of salty water- tears
Flatbread- when bread didn’t have time to rise
Why do Jews celebrate their festivals
Because they are MITZVOT
What does Sukkot remember?
The end of harvest
What does sukkot remind them of?
The 40 yrs in desert trying to find promise land
How do Orthodox Jews celebrate sukkot?
Eat their meals outside in a hut to remember where they lived in desert
What is rosh hashana?
Jewish new year
What is Yom Kippur?
The day of judgement,
They admit their sins and try to be the best jew possible
Why do Jews eat apples in honey at rosh hashana?
For a sweet new year
Why is honey important to Jews?
Ancestors had no sugar so used honey instead
When is Shabbat
Every week, Friday night to Sunday
Kosher is a….
MITZVOT
What is kosher about?
Purity of food
Kosher food quote
“Any animal that chews the cud, and has a cloven hoof is not kosher”
Why do reform Jews sometimes disagree with kosher
Hard to find kosher super markets
What is Brit milah
The circumcision of a baby at 8 days old
Brit milah is a…
MITZVOT
Brit milah is also a…
Naming ceremony to give the baby a Jewish identity
Girls have a…
Bat milah
What is bat milah?
The naming of a female baby and a party
What does Brit mean?
Baby
What happens at a bar mitzvah
Boys at age 13 sing a part of the Torah in Hebrew.
They are now a young Jew with the responsibility to follow the MITZVOT
What is a bat mitzvah
She reads the poem eishet chayil
Only females attend
She becomes a daughter of god
Brit milah was a convent with…
Abraham to circumcise his son
Mezuzah
Scrolls of shemah prayer on door
“There is one god and you shall love that god with everything”
