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What event does Passover/Pesach remember?
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What event does Passover/Pesach remember?
Leaving Egypt/Yetziat Mitzraim
Getting the 10 commandments & the mitzvot at mount sinai
Yom Sababa
Traveling in the desert from Egypt to Israel, in huts
2
It takes 29.5 days for
d. both "b" and "c"
b. the moon to travel around the earth
a. the earth to travel around the moon
c. the moon to go from hidden to full to hidden
3
What does the moon look like about one week into a Jewish month?
No moon
A half moon
A full moon
A sliver/ crescent
4
What do we sometimes do to the Jewish Calendar to help it stay in sync/matched up with with the Gregorian calendar
Add February 29th
Add 11 days
Make each month longer
Add a 13th month to the year
5
How often do we add the extra month of Adar Bet to the Jewish Year/Calendar
Every 3-4 years
Every 4-5 years
Every 1-2 years
Every 2-3 years
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What does the moon look like on the first day of a Jewish month? (Rosh Hodesh)
A full moon
No moon
A sliver/ crescent
A half moon
7
Yom Hashoa is in honor of
Israel's fallen soldiers
The Destruction of the Temples
Israel's Birthday
The Holocaust
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The Torah says to celebrate Rosh Hashana in the __ month
7th
12th
1st
6th
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Passover is in the middle of the month of:
Kislev
Nissan
Tishrei
Adar
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1ST SECTION: JEWISH AND GREGORIAN CALENDARS..... How many days long is a Gregorian year?
365
354
355
364
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A Gregorian calendar is 365 days long because that's how long it take the ______ to travel around/orbit the ____________
moon around the earth
earth around the moon
earth around the sun
sun around the earth
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What's the name of the extra month that we add?
Nissan Bet
Tishrei Bet
I'll bet
Adar Bet
13
Which holiday was the beginning of the harvest season and which was the end of it?
Begin: Shavuot, End: Sukkot
Begin: Sukkot, End: Passover
Begin: Passover, End: Sukkot
Begin: Passover, End: Shavuot
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If Rosh Hashana is on Sept. 20 one year, when could it be the next year?
Oct. 9
Sept. 1
Sept. 9 or Oct. 9
Sept. 9
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A main reason for not doing these things is so you can focus on your inner self and not on your body/physical needs
True
False
16
Today's Jewish/Hebrew date is:
12 Tishrei
30 Cheshvan
30 Tishrei
12 Cheshvan
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Yom Haatzmaut is in honor of
Israel's fallen soldiers
Israel's Birthday
Yom Sababa
The Destruction of the Temples
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Today's date is...
Oct. 29, 2021
Oct. 30, 2021
Oct. 30, 2020
Oct. 29, 2020
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How many students in the 6th grade?
65
67
68
66
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What do the shalosh regalim (3 pilgrimage holidays) have in common
they remember an event in the Torah
they were harvest holidays
All of the above
21
A lunar calendar is based on the
sun
earth
moon
wind
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What does the moon look like in the middle of a Jewish month?
No moon
A sliver/ crescent
A full moon
A half moon
23
Which is not one of the arbaat haminim
arava
hadas
willow
lavender
24
How many days long is an average Jewish Year?
354
365
355
364
25
Which Jewish holiday is in the month of Adar?
Passover
Hanukkah
Lag Baomer
Purim
26
the roof of the sukkah should provide more
wind than rain
sun than rain
shade than sun
sun than shade
27
Which of the following is not in the Mishna on the list of things we shouldn't do on yom kippur
Eating and drinking
wearing white
Sexual activity
bathing
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Which of these is not part of the Shalosh Regalim
Shavuot
Sukkot
Rosh Hashana
Pesach
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What would happen if we didn't add Adar Bet to the calendar?
Werewolves!
Snow in July
Jewish Holidays would fall later and later in the year
Jewish Holidays would fall earlier and earlier in the year
30
A solar calendar is based on the
earth
moon
sun
wind
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What does the moon look like 2-3 days into a Jewish month?
a q
A sliver/ crescent like a backwards C
A sliver/ crescent like a C
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2ND SECTION: MONTHS AND CATEGORIES OF HOLIDAYS... What's a pilgrimage?
A new year
A holy day
A journey for a religious purpose/to a holy place
The age of a pilgrim
33
What do we call the 3 Jewish pilgrimage holidays?
Shalosh Etzbaim
Shalosh Matosim
Shalosh Regalim
Shalosh Shaloshim
34
The capital city of Canada is:
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
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What event does Sukkot remember?
Leaving Egypt/Yetziat Mitzraim
Traveling in the desert from Egypt to Israel, in huts
Getting the 10 commandments & the mitzvot at mount sinai
Yom Sababa
36
In what year was Israel established?
1939
100 BCE
1945
1948
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What event does Shavuot remember?
Yom Sababa
Traveling in the desert from Egypt to Israel, in huts
Leaving Egypt/Yetziat Mitzraim
Getting the 10 commandments & the mitzvot at mount sinai
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Who's the prime minister of Canada
Justin trudeau
Jean Valjean
Jaques Cousteay
Jaques Cartier
39
What horn do we use as a shofar?
rhino
almost any unkosher animal
almost any kosher animal
ram
40
Which holiday is in Kislev?
Tu Bishvat
Hanukkah
Yom Kippur
Yom Haatzmaut
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the branches of the sukkah are called
hadas
tefach
kreplach
sechach
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What city would Jews try to travel to for the shalosh regalim?
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Beer Sheva
43
What's the date of Rosh Hashana?
1st of Kislev
1st of Nissan
1st of Adar
1st of Tishrei
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What parts of the Torah do we read on Simchat Torah?
Just the end
The end then the beginning
The beginning then the end
Just the beginning
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How long are Jewish months?
29 and 30
30
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