Things Worth Knowing

Question 1

Name a Jewish festival and what happens in it.

Answer 1

Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights and it remembers the the dedication to the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This happened in the 160s BC (before Jesus was born). (Hanukkah is the Jewish word for ‘dedication’.) People also play the Dradle game.

Question 2

What are Prophets?

Answer 2

Prophets are “a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.”

Question 3

What does it mean to be kosher?

Answer 3

Food that satisfies the laws and requirements of being Jewish.

Question 4

Name 3 prophets.

Answer 4

Nathan, Elijah and Abraham are all prophets.

Question 5

What happened on the Holocaust and why should we remember this?

Answer 5

In the Holocaust disabled, homophobic and Jewish people were all prosecuted because they were seen as “different.” We should remember it incase it happens again so we can stop it.

Question 6

What does the name Abraham mean?

Answer 6

The name Abraham means “father of a nation.”

Question 7

What does Judaism mean?

Answer 7

Judaism means the monotheistic religion of the Jews.

Question 8

What does Pesach mean?

Answer 8

Pesach is the Jewish term for the Passover festival.