J4 - Religion and Family, Rites of Passage

Question 1

What is Brit Milah?

Answer 1

The name of the ceremony in which circumcision takes place fulfilling the covenant of circumcision commanded of Abraham.

Question 2

When are Orthodox boys and girls blessed?

Answer 2

The first Shabbat after their birth.

Question 3

When does Brit Milah happen?

Answer 3

When the baby boy is 8 days old.

Question 4

What is the name of the trained circumciser?

Answer 4

Mohel.

Question 5

When are girls and boys named?

Answer 5

Girls - first Shabbat after their birth.
Boys - after circumcision.

Question 6

What does Bar Mitzvah mean?

Answer 6

Son of the Commandments.

Question 7

What does Bat Mitzvah mean?

Answer 7

Daughter of the Commandments.

Question 8

What happens during a Bar Mitzvah?

Answer 8

The boys reads the Torah in the synagogue for the first time.
He wears tallit and tefillin for the first time.
The boys becomes responsible for his own faith.

Question 9

What is the importance of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah?

Answer 9

They become an adult.
Preparing for it brings you closer to God and your community.
Choosing to accept your role in the chosen people of God.
Can become part of the Minyan.

Question 10

What does Bat Chayill mean?

Answer 10

Woman of valour

Question 11

What traditions perform Bat Chayill?

Answer 11

Orthodox

Question 12

What happens during Bat Chayill?

Answer 12

She will talk about a topic related to Judaism but will not read from the Torah.

Question 13

What is kosher?

Answer 13

food that Jews are allowed to eat. clean/acceptable.

Question 14

What is treyfah?

Answer 14

food that Jews are not allowed to eat. unclean.

Question 15

What is kashrut?

Answer 15

dietary laws.

Question 16

What is shechita?

Answer 16

the method of killing animals correctly.

Question 17

What are the animal food laws?

Answer 17

no pigs.
only animals with split hooves and multiple stomachs.

Question 18

What are the fish food laws?

Answer 18

scales + fins fish are okay to eat.

Question 19

What is parev?

Answer 19

fruits and nuts that are okay to eat.

Question 20

What is the law about meat and dairy?

Answer 20

cannot be eaten together.

Question 21

What is the Ketubah?

Answer 21

the marriage contract that is legal in Jewish law.

Question 22

What is the chuppah?

Answer 22

a shelter with four sides open that symbolises the Jewish home. under here is where they are married.

Question 23

How many blessings are said during a Jewish wedding?

Answer 23

7

Question 24

Why does the groom break a glass?

Answer 24

as a reminder of the destruction of the temple

Question 25

What is Kiddushin?

Answer 25

the betrothal and first part of the marriage ceremony.

Question 26

What is the Nisuin?

Answer 26

second part of marriage ceremony that includes the 7 blessings.

Question 27

What are the Hevrash Kadishah?

Answer 27

society that prepares the body for burial.

Question 28

What is Gan Eden?

Answer 28

Jewish equivalent of heaven.

Question 29

Why are Jews buried?

Answer 29

Genesis 3:19

Question 30

What direction is the head facing when buried?

Answer 30

east

Question 31

What is Se’udat Havra’ah?

Answer 31

the first meal after burial brought by friends and family to the bereaved.

Question 32

How many stops are there on the way to the grave?

Answer 32

7

Question 33

What is El Malei Rachamin?

Answer 33

prayer of mercy said at the graveside

Question 34

How long does mourning last?

Answer 34

1 year

Question 35

What are some clothing laws?

Answer 35

not mixing wool and flax
women can’t wear pants
can’t put on clothes left first