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Jewish Holiday End-of the Year Review Game

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rosh Hashanah means

a)

Head of the year

b)

Start of the year

c)

Beginning of the year

2.

Yom Kippur means

a)

Day of fasting

b)

Day of atonement

c)

Day of unhappiness

3.

Teshuvah means

a)

Sin

b)

Return

c)

Mistake

4.

The three steps of Teshuvah are

a)

Make a mistake, say you are sorry, move on

b)

Make a mistake, feel bad, apologize to God

c)

Make a mistake, apologize to the person you hurt, try not to do it again

5.

On the Jewish New Year we

a)

Wear party hats and set off firecrackers

b)

Think about how we can be a better person

c)

Stay up to midnight and adults drink champagne

d)

All of the above

6.

Traditional Rosh Hashanah Foods include:

a)

Apples and honey

b)

Latkes

c)

Matza

d)

Hamentashen

7.

During the festival of Sukkot, we build

a)

The Temple

b)

The Western Wall

c)

Booths

d)

None of the above

8.

Shabbat takes place

a)

For seven days

b)

Every week

c)

Every year

9.

Shabbat begins on (a)   evening

10.

Check all of the following that apply to Shabbat

a)

We go to temple

b)

We go to work

c)

We light candles to greet Shabbat

d)

We spend time with our family

e)

We study torah

11.

Shalom Bayit means

a)

Peace at school

b)

Happy Shabbat

c)

Peace in the home

d)

Peaceful shopping experiences

12.

The greeting that we use on Shabbat is "Shabbat (a)   "

13.

We end Shabbat with a ceremony called Havdallah

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What do we celebrate on Chanukah?

a)

The Jewish people's survival

b)

The miracle of the oil and the Maccabim's victory

c)

Jewish people being freed from Greek slavery

d)

Freedom to eat greasy food

15.

Chanukah lasts for (a)   days

16.

What’s the difference between a chanukia and the menorah?

a)

Chanukiahs have 9 branches and menorahs have 7 branches.

b)

Chanukiahs have 7 branches and menorahs have 9 branches

c)

Menorahs have 6 branches and chanukiahs have 8 branches.

17.

Chanukah is the most important Jewish holiday

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

"Or goyim" means brining light to the world. Name one way that you can bring light to the world. Please try to think beyond your immediate friends and family

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19.

On Tu B'Shevat we celebrate

a)

The New Year of the world

b)

The birthday of the trees

c)

The birthday of the Jewish people

20.

Shomrei Adamah means

a)

Guardians of the earth

b)

Reduce, Reuse, recycle

c)

Care for the trees

21.

How long has concern for the environment been part of Judaism?

a)

Ever since global warming began

b)

Ever since the oceans started to fill with plastic

c)

Ever since the first chapter of the Torah

22.

What is one way that you can practice Shomrei Adamah?

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23.

The heroes of the Purim story are

a)

Esther, Haman, Judah Macabee

b)

Vashti, Esther, Mordechai

c)

Mordechai, Moses, Pharaoh

24.

Ometz Lev means

a)

Baskets of food that we give to friends

b)

The holiday of Purim

c)

Courage of the heart

d)

None of the above

25.

You can practice Ometz Lev by

a)

Standing up for your beliefs

b)

Watching out for others

c)

Doing the right thing even when it is hard

d)

All of the above

26.

Esther showed ometz lev by

a)

Refusing to dance for the King

b)

Going to the King and begging him to save her people

c)

Refusing to bow down to Haman

d)

All of the above

27.

The heroes of the Passover story are

a)

The midwives, Miriam, Esther

b)

Moses, the midwives, Vashti

c)

The midwives, Miriam, Moses

28.

The ritual meal that we eat at the beginning of Passover is called

a)

Matzah

b)

Maror

c)

Seder

29.

We retell the story of the Exodus every year at Passover so that

a)

We remember it as if it happened to us

b)

We have a chance to sing Ma Nishtanah

c)

We get to eat matza ball soup

30.

Passover lasts

a)

One night

b)

Two days

c)

Eight days

31.

During Passover, we are not supposed to eat

a)

Bread

b)

Donuts

c)

Cereal

d)

All of the above

32.

Jewish peoplehood refers to

a)

All Jews are responsible for each other

b)

All Jews are part of a big extended family

c)

Jews all over the world practice the same holidays, even though they might have different traditions or recipes or languages

d)

All of the above

33.

Israel is important to Jews because

a)

It is the homeland of the Jewish people

b)

It has great beaches

c)

Without Israel we wouldn't have falafel

34.

Shavuot comes _______ weeks after Passover

a)

7

b)

1

c)

10

35.

The word Shavuot means

a)

Weeks

b)

Wheat

c)

Mountain

36.

Shavuot is a very important holiday because the people of Israel received the _________ from God on Shavuot

a)

Torah

b)

Prayerbook

c)

Haggadah

37.

What is this object?

a)

Haggadah

b)

Megillah

c)

Shofar

d)

Lulav

38.

The most important thing I learned this year in Religious School was ___________________

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