Hebrew Words
What is tzedakah?
The Festival of Lights
What is Hanukkah?
"THE Prayer"
What is T'Filah?
The event marks the moment when a Jewish person takes on the rights and obligations of a Jewish adult.
What is the Bar/Bat Mitzvah?
Many Jewish people travel to pray at this holy site that is the ruins of the Second Temple.
What is the Western Wall/Kotel?
What we use to point at the words in the torah so that we do not touch the parchment itself.
What is a yad?
These High Holy Days are ten days apart.
What are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
We close our eyes for this prayer
What is the Shema?
When a Jewish person usually gets a Hebrew name.
What is a Baby Naming Ceremony?
This ancient, holy city is located in the center of the country.
What is Jerusalem?
A prayer book
What is siddur?
The New Year of Trees
What is Tu Bishvat?
This prayer tells us to love G-d with all your heart, soul, and might.
What is the V'ahavta?
What is conversion?
The current Prime Minister of Israel
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
Translated literally as pomegranates, this is what we call a type of ornaments on the Torah.
What are rimonim?
The Feast of Booths
What is Sukkot?
The actual title of the song/prayer that we call "AO"
What is Lo Yisa Goy?
The bride and groom stand under this canopy, held by four poles, in a wedding.
What is a chuppah?
This is considered the most modern city in Israel
What is Tel Aviv?
Repairing the world
Tikkun Olam
The Festival of Lots
What is Purim?
We typically bow during this is the part of the prayer service that is the "call to prayer."
What is the Barchu?
The seven days following a funeral
What is Shiva?
These countries border Israel.
What are Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt?