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jewish calendar

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What month is Rosh Hashonah in?

a)

cheshvan

b)

sivan

c)

tevet

d)

tishrei

2.

what month has both yom kippur and sukkot in it?

a)

kislev

b)

tevet

c)

tishrei

d)

adar

3.

what makes the jewish calender different to the non jewish calender?

a)

it is lunar, not solar

b)

it follows the sun, not the moon

c)

we don't base it on the earth

d)

we base it on the earth

4.

what is celebrated at the beginning and end of each month?

a)

Rosh chodesh

b)

selichot

c)

shemah

d)

lag b'omer

5.

when did we start counting years? (hint-non jews count from the birth of jesus)

a)

birth of moshe

b)

death of avraham

c)

beginning of creation - (light and dark on the first day)

d)

the birthday of adam - (first man)

6.

when is lag b'omer?

a)

iyar

b)

it's made up

c)

at the beginning of every month

d)

nissan

7.

when is Pesach? #matzah

a)

Nissan

b)

adar

c)

nissan

d)

adar

8.

what is tu'bi'shevat and when is it?

a)

Birthday of the fruit - in tammuz

b)

day that yaakov died - in shevat

c)

Birthday of the fruit - in shevat

d)

the day that we were given the torah - tevet

9.

when is Miss Blank's birthday? - (very important)

a)

Cheshvan

b)

tammuz

c)

iyar

d)

nissan

10.

when is shvuot? - (cheescake whoo)

a)

sivan

b)

adar

c)

cheshvan

d)

kislev

11.

what month is purim in????

a)

adar

b)

nisan

c)

shvat

d)

tevet

12.

when is chanukah?

a)

kislev

b)

kislev

c)

kislev

d)

kislev

13.

what jewish year are we in?

a)

5779

b)

2089

c)

5766

d)

2018

14.

what do we do in elul? (we do it everyday)

a)

eat matzah

b)

blow the shofar

c)

eat meat

d)

burn chametz

15.

when is purim??

a)

shvat

b)

adar

c)

iyar

d)

nisan

16.

what is tisha ba'av?

a)

the day that Moshe died

b)

when the first and second bet hamikdosh were destroyed

c)

the day the torah was given

d)

miss Blank's birthday