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Passover 2020

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what month do we celebrate Passover?

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

fall

2.

In what Hebrew month do we celebrate Passover?

a)

Tishri

b)

Kislev

c)

Nisan

d)

Iyar

3.

What do we celebrate on Passover?

a)

spring break

b)

weekends

c)

exodus from Egypt

d)

receiving of 10 Commandments

4.

When was the first Passover celebration?

a)

after we wandered in the desert looking for dessert

b)

at 10:30 am

c)

during the first Temple period

d)

the night before we left Egypt

5.

What is the first step in the Passover seder?

a)

magid

b)

yachatz

c)

kadesh

d)

nirtza

6.

What is the last step in the Passover seder?

a)

rachatz

b)

karpas

c)

nirtza

d)

shulkhan orekh

7.

What is NOT one of the names for Passover?

a)

Zman Cherutenu/Time of our Freedom

b)

Chat Hamatzot/Festival of Matza

c)

Chag HaPesach/Festival of the Sacrifice

d)

Spring Fever

8.

הגדה/haggada means

a)

the telling

b)

the listening

c)

the hearing

d)

the eating

9.

How many times do we wash our hands during the seder?

a)

once

b)

twice

c)

three times

d)

four times

10.

Karpas is a vegetable, such as parsley or celery, that sits on the Seder plate. We dip it in a certain liquid at the beginning of the Seder. In which liquid do we dip the karpas?

a)

chocolate milk

b)

apple juice

c)

fruit punch

d)

saltwater

11.

One of the four questions customarily asked by the youngest child at the beginning of the Seder is: "On other nights, we eat many vegetables. Why, on this night, do we eat bitter herbs?" The Hebrew term for the bitter herbs is 'מרור/maror'. Which herb is often used for the maror?

a)

horseradish

b)

garlic

c)

beet root

d)

dandelion root

12.

Beitzah/ביצה represents the festival sacrifice carried out in the Temple in Biblical times. Some interpretations also see it as a fertility symbol, or a symbol of the destruction of the Temple. What type of food is the beitzah/ביצה?

a)

bowl of milk

b)

roasted egg

c)

dandelion

d)

baked apple

13.

Charoset/חרוסת is a sweet paste made up of various ingredients such as chopped dates, kosher wine, nuts and honey (although there are tons of different recipes out there). What does charoset/חרוסת represent?

a)

Red Sea

b)

desert sand

c)

mortar used by Hebrew slaves

d)

ketchup

14.

Matzah/מצה is made of flour and water - it's basically a very large cracker. It represents the exodus from Egypt, when Jews on the run had to eat unleavened bread instead of their usual bread, as they did not have enough time to wait for it to rise. It is customary to make a 'sandwich' out of pieces of matzah, charoset and maror, and eat it before the meal. What is the name for this sandwich?

a)

Akiba sandwich

b)

Rambam sandwich

c)

Hillel sandwich

d)

Shammai sandwich

15.

After we've eaten the Seder meal, the children (or the youngest person present, if there are no kids) will hunt for the afikoman/אפיקומן, or kidnap it and hold it for ransom. It is a piece of matzah that is broken in two. What does the word 'afikoman/אפיקומן' mean?

a)

prize

b)

dessert

c)

freedom

d)

money

16.

As well as food, wine features very heavily throughout the Seder. At one point, we dip our fingers into our cups and spill drops of wine on the table. How many times do we do this, and what does it represent?

a)

13 times for the 10 plagues, and the 3 acronyms with their initial letters

b)

5 times for the 5 books of the Torah

c)

12 times for the 12 tribes of Israel

d)

7 times for the 7 days of the week