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WorksheetsJewish Month
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
The name for the Hebrew Leap month is _______ Rishon
Cheshvan
Nissan
Adar
Elul
The names for the months come from which language
Hebrew
Babylonian
Egyptian
Yiddish
The name for the first month is
Nissan
Tishrei
Adar
Elul
The month that was historically known for having no holidays is called what?
Av
Sivan
Iyar
Cheshvan
The Hebrew months originally had no names and were referred to by "first month", "second month", and so on
True
False
