What event does Chanukah recall?

The rededication of the desecrated Temple in Jerusalem, The miracle of the oil

How do you spell חנוכה?

Hanukah, Chanukkah, חֲנוּכָּה, Chanukah

Which is NOT a name for Passover?

Hag-hayetziah=the festival of the Exodus

Which are Chanukah Practices?

Lighting the Chanukiah and eating oily foods

What makes a holiday minor?

Work, shopping, lighting fires etc are permitted

Which symbolic foods are eaten on Passover

Bitter herbs and Charoset (like mortar)

Which Jewish Memory is associated with Shavuot?

Giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai

What is the major theme of Purim

Jews of Persia were saved from Haman's wicked plot

What practices are associated with Sukkot?

Building and dwelling in a Sukkah, waving the lulav and etrog

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1
What event does Chanukah recall?
The rededication of the desecrated Temple in Jerusalem
The miracle of the oil
The superiority of Hellenism over Judaism
The return from Babylonian Exile
2
How do you spell חנוכה?
Hanukah
Chanukkah
חֲנוּכָּה
Chanukah
3
What Can Pesach Mean?
All of the above
Lamb sacrifice
The Passion (Greek pun)
Pass-over
4
Which is NOT a name for Passover?
Hag He-Aviv=the holiday of Spring
Pesach
Hag hamatzot=the festival of unleavened bread
Hag-hayetziah=the festival of the Exodus
5
Which festival is most closely connected to Passover?
Sukkot
Chanukah
Shavuot
Presidents Day
6
Which holiday recalls the destruction of the Temple
Yom Hashoah
Tu Bishvat
Tisha B'av
Yom ha-atzmaut
7
Which are Chanukah Practices?
Reading the Books of Maccabees
Lighting the Chanukiah and eating oily foods
Eating Antiocookies and Judah Maccabeans
Counting to ten in Greek
8
The major theological idea of Sukkot is joy slightly tempered by fragility
True
False
9
When does Passover take place?
Winter
Summer
Fall
Spring
10
What makes a holiday minor?
Its history, theology, text, and practice are unremarkable
The day is considered holy
All the music is in a minor key
Work, shopping, lighting fires etc are permitted
11
What is the primary ritual associated with Passover
Bedikat Chametz-the search for leaven
The Passover Seder
Leaving your home and walking to synagogue/temple
Reading the story of the Exodus
12
Which is NOT a pilgrimage festival?
Shavuot
Passover
Sukkot
Purim
13
Which text is associated with Passover?
The book of Ecclesiastes
The book of Exodus
The Machzor
The Hagaddah
14
Which event is relived during Passover
all of the above
The Exodus from Egypt
The ancient passover sacrifice
The bitterness of slavery in Egypt
15
Which symbolic foods are eaten on Passover
Fish heads and carrots
Potato pancakes and jelly donuts
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Bitter herbs and Charoset (like mortar)
16
Which Jewish Memory is associated with Shavuot?
I forgot
The story of Ruth
Giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai
Wandering in the desert
17
Which are the newest holidays
Purim and Chanukah
Yom Pastrami and Yom Rye
Yom Hashoah and Yom Ha-atzmaut
Tisha b'av and Tu bishvat
18
What is the major theme of Purim
Restoration of the Temple
Jews of Persia were saved from Haman's wicked plot
Eating hamantaschen
It has "Lots" of themes
19
What practices are associated with Sukkot?
Building and dwelling in a Sukkah
waving the lulav and etrog
Eating Sukkahtash
going to synagogue/temple
20
Which Jewish Memory is associated with Sukkot
I remember...no wait, I forgot
The building of the Temple
Entering the promised land
The fragility of existence
21
What is the primary belief/theology associated with Passover?
Freedom
Atonement
Rest and renewal
Revelation

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