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Shavout here we come!
Shavout here we come!
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A TEST OF SHAVUOT KNOWLEDGE
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WHY IS SHAVUOT ALSO KNOWN AS "ZEMAN MATAN TORATENU?"
because it's the festival when children begin learning Torah
because it commemorates when the Jews received the Torah
2
Shavuot
means the "Feast of Weeks"
True
False
3
WHY IS THERE A CUSTOM TO EAT DAIRY ON SHAVUOT?
THAT'S WHAT THEY ATE IN THE DESERT
THE TORAH IS LIKE MILK THAT SUSTAINS US
4
IN WHAT OLD CITY MEGILLAT RUTH TOOK PLACE IN?
BETH LEHEM
BEER SHEVA
EGYPT
JERUSALEM
5
On Shavuot, we eat sufganiyot
True
False
6
What book we read on Shavuot
The Book of Ruth
Harry Potter
The Book of Esther
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WHY IS THIS FESTIVAL KNOWN BY THE NAME SHAVUOT?
Because we count 7 weeks between Pesach and Shavuot.
Because it's a feast of many weeks.
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On Shavuot Jewish farmers brought their first fruits to the Temple in Jerusalem
True
False
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ON WHAT MOUNTAIN WAS THE TORAH GIVEN TO THE JEWS?
MOUNT ARARAT
MOUNT SINAI
MOUNT NEBO
MOUNT OF OLIVES
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In ancient times, Shavuot marked the end of the barley harvest and the beginning of the wheat harvest
True
False
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HOW LONG AFTER THE JEWS LEFT EGYPT DID THEY RECEIVE THE TORAH?
40 YEARS
10 YEARS
7 WEEKS
3 WEEKS
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WHY IS THERE A TRADITION OF CHILDREN BRINGING FRUIT BASKETS?
REMEMBERING THE FIRST FRUITS THAT JEWS BROUGHT TO THE TEMPLE
THEY WERE ON SALE AT THE SUPERMARKET
KIDS ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY IN SHUL
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WHO WENT UP MT. SINAI TO GET THE TORAH?
GOD
JACOB
MOSHE AND AHARON
ONLY MOSHE
14
Ruth was the great-grandmother of which king of Israel?
BOAZ
DAVID
SAMUEL
SOLOMON
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Shavuot marks the day that the Torah was given to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai
False
True
