key hebrew words ✅

Question 1

shabbat

Answer 1

jewish holy day- friday evening to saturday evening

Question 2

tallit

Answer 2

prayer shaul worn during synagogue services

Question 3

synagogue

Answer 3

jewish place of worship

Question 4

ner tamid

Answer 4

the eternal light in a synagogue (shekhinah)

Question 5

menorah

Answer 5

candle stick

Question 6

the torah

Answer 6

first part of the tenakh (the teachings/five books of moses)

Question 7

the nevi’im

Answer 7

second part of tenakh (the prophets)

Question 8

the ketuvim

Answer 8

third part of tenakh (the writings)

Question 9

the tenakh

Answer 9

the jewish holy book

Question 10

the talmud

Answer 10

rabbi’s interpretations of the tenakh from over thousands of years

Question 11

mitzvot

Answer 11

jewish commandments

Question 12

yeshiva

Answer 12

jewish school, mainly for orthodox jewish boys

Question 13

gan eden

Answer 13

jewish equivalent to heaven

Question 14

tabernacle

Answer 14

small temple which is used during shekhniah (god’s presence)

Question 15

the ark

Answer 15

place in a synagogue where torah scrolls are kept

Question 16

challah

Answer 16

bread prepared before shabbat begins

Question 17

chametz

Answer 17

foods containing wheat, barley and oats not to be eaten during pesach

Question 18

gehinnom

Answer 18

a place of purification for jews after death

Question 19

haggadah

Answer 19

a book that sets out the rituals for pesach

Question 20

halakhah

Answer 20

the list of 613 mitzvot

Question 21

kaddish

Answer 21

a prayer of praise blessing god’s name

Question 22

kiddush

Answer 22

prayer of sanctification said during shabbat

Question 23

minyan

Answer 23

a group of ten or more men (orthodox) over the age of thirteen

Question 24

olam ha-ba

Answer 24

‘the world to come’ used to describe the messianic age and spiritual afterlife

Question 25

rabbi

Answer 25

jewish leader of services

Question 26

shavuot

Answer 26

jewish festival which celebrates moses being given the ten commandments

Question 27

shema

Answer 27

jewish prayer of declaration of faith

Question 28

siddur

Answer 28

book of daily prayers

Question 29

tefillin

Answer 29

small boxes worn on heads and arm containing verses from the torah so that God can be closer to jews

Question 30

kashrut

Answer 30

the jewish food laws

Question 31

kosher

Answer 31

food that obey the laws of kashrut

Question 32

bar/bat mitzvah

Answer 32

a coming of age ceremony for jewish boy and girls in which they become an adult.

Question 33

brit milah

Answer 33

a ceremony for jewish boys at 7/8 days old (circumcision ceremony).