Judaism

Question 1

Adonai

Answer 1

Name of God

Question 2

Hanukkah

Answer 2

• 8 day period representing the Maccabean revolt
• ceremonies to rededicate the temple took 8 days
• One day’s worth of oil lasted 8 days
• Minorah: 9 candles (1/day + servant candle)

Question 3

Ketubah

Answer 3

Special agreement used in marriage, outlines the grooms responsibilities in relation to the bride

Question 4

Kippah/Yarmulke

Answer 4

Hat worn by Jewish men

Question 5

Mezuzah

Answer 5

Little box on door posts in Jewish homes with verses of the Torah written in it. Reminds them of their connection to God.

Question 6

Mitzvot

Answer 6

613 Commandments

Question 7

Passover

Answer 7

Pesach

• 7/8 days
• commemorated the exodus
• seder

Question 8

Seder

Answer 8

• celebrated on 1st night of pesach
• ritual service & ceremonial dinner
• prayers of praise
• exodus is retold, using the Haggadah (book of biblical interpretations, rituals, symbols, etc.)

Question 9

Shema

Answer 9

First two words of a section of the Torah. Morning/evening prayer

Question 10

Shiva

Answer 10

Week long mourning period

Question 11

Talmud

Answer 11

Book with rabbinic interpretations of the Torah and laws

Question 12

Tefillin

Answer 12

Black boxes Jewish men wear on their head and arm during prayer

Question 13

Tenakh

Answer 13

Sacred text (Old Testament)

Question 14

Yiddish

Answer 14

Jewish language. (Based on Hebrew and German)

Question 15

Sukkot

Answer 15

Feast of tabernacle, commemorating the years spent in the desert while going to the promised land

Question 16

Shavuot

Answer 16

Festival marking the time Jews we given the Torah

Question 17

Purim

Answer 17

It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.”
-book of Esther is read, she is the queen who foiled his plans