Jewish Month

Which Jewish scholar created the set Jewish Calendar?

• Rabbi Micah

• Hillel

• Abraham

• Shammai

The rabbis in Jerusalem originally told the Jewish people across Israel that the new month had started by lighting a series of fires on different mountains

• True

• False

The Jewish month follows the cycle of which celestial body

• The Sun

• The Moon

• The Stars

• Pluto

The lunar cycle describes how long it takes for the moon to do a complete orbit around the Earth

• True

• False

What is Rosh Chodesh?

• The beginning of the year

• The middle of the month

• The end of the month

• The beginning of the month

The secular (non-Jewish calendar) and the Jewish calendar have the same months

• True

• False

What is Hebrew word that means "the birth of the moon" and refers to the cycle of the moon starting over again?

• אוֹר

• מּוֹלָד הַלְּבָנָה

• חוֹשֶׁך

• ראש חודש

The Hebrew Calendar has a leap month in _ out of every 19 years.

• 4

• 2

• 7

• 10

It is a mitzvah to keep Pesach in the spring

• True

• False

The Hebrew Months were given names while the Jews were in Egypt

• True

• False